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- Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision
- It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...
- Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright case
- Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright caseShould make an interestig caseBut if I were a betting man my money would go on the government winning the case. Your mileage may vary.Same ole same old, no matter the countryntI wouldn't be too sureTry google they do the same thing....
- Tags: Point 2, Pirate Bay, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- 'Tis the season for common sense copyright
- 'Tis the season for common sense copyrightIn CanadaWe actually have copyright reform going on right. WOW is all I can say but looks like it's going to get dropped from the table before Christmas and with looming election in the spring I doubt it will occur. On another note there...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Micro$ux, copyright reform, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- What does fair-use really mean?
- Prior to passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (or just DMCA, for short), the fair-use rules were pretty clear. Quoting from the U.S. Code (TITLE 17, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 107, "Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair Use"): Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of...
- Tags: Educator, Use, Copyright Law, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marc Wagner
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights
- Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrightsI totally agreeThat's why I pretty much flip off the MPAA and RIAA. They've been hitting us over the head for so long for [I]their rights[/I] with frivilious lawsuits, that what does it matter? We have fair rights, but with this bought and paid...
- Tags: copyright law, immigrant
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- Pirates and other nonsense
- Digging through the "blog ideas" pile on my desktop, I found this article from earlier this week discussing Sweden's "Pirate Party." A US branch does exist, and so I decided to take at tour of its issues page to see what pirates truly stand for.As shouldn't surprise anyone, not very...
- Tags: Cost, Copyright Law, Piracy, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- More parties join Google copyright lawsuit
- More parties join Google copyright lawsuitBig target...Google is a big target with lots of money. These shameless media companies are trying to extort Google.Google "promptly" addresses complaints. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. These media companies can't get any lower or more disgusting. They won't get another dime from me.The real...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, copyright law, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Please don't steal this Web content
- Please don't steal this Web contentPLain and simple, copyright infringement is out of hand,Web sites, media, software, anything... Some people just don't care how much they steal or who they harm.Confusion"VanFossen isn't referring to the kind of plagiarism in which a lazy college student copies sections of a book...
- Tags: Channel management, Now IT, site source, copyright law, Web, Plagiarism
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Backers of stronger copyright laws form lobby group
- Backers of stronger copyright laws form lobby groupThat's exactly what it is..." RIAA President Cary Sherman, for his part, has denounced the group's stance as an "extremist" interpretation of the law designed to frighten consumers and policymakers."They just forgot to add.. "Because we want to suck you dry of all...
- Tags: Fair Use Act, CD, voter, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?
- Copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?Agree.....but.....Actually, it could be "theft" by the media conglomerates.When VCR's became popular, MPAA claimed that they would lose money when users taped shows and movies, so that they can be watched at the users convenience. A surcharge was eventually added to...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), Operational accounting, irony, piracy, file-sharing, sales, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?
- Over the months that this blog has been running weve had some really good discussions relating to copyright laws and piracy. Hardware such as portable media players and disc burners are closely linked to copyright and piracy because these devices allow people to do things with content that the...
- Tags: Copyright, Legal, DRM
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law
- YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law"Directly""Directly" means charging a fee to see the video(s).See how easy that is?:o)Should be fun to watchThis one will be good spectator sport watching. I think the obvious lesson, one which all can agree on, no matter which side you take in this...
- Tags: Corporate communications, INTERNET, copyright law, YouTube Inc., copyright-owner, Viacom Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- Court upholds copyright law on 'orphan works'
- Court upholds copyright law on 'orphan works'It's a poor legacy that it leavessad Sony had such a hand in it, but politicians do not make such grand artists but better businessmen. Oh well, time to travel to a foreign country so you can perform Happy Birthday in a restaurant...
- Tags: Big Business, useful Art, copyright law, U.S. Senate, Constitution
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- Google 2007: More Googlers blogging?
- Google 2007: More Googlers blogging?Googlers BloggingI am pleased, I guess, to have my blog noted, but not pleased to read that my views should be taken as a proxy for Google's views. My blog long predates my employment by Google, and most importantly, no one at Google has ever asked...
- Tags: Blogging, Google Inc., blog, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2006-12-25
- An end run round copyright laws?
- An end run round copyright laws?Road Ahead = From Read Only to Read Write CultureLessing hits a home run with his comments. But the lawyers, lobiests and polititions most resposible for the read only do not speak up culture are powerful. You can identify them from the Microsoft Antitrust case....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Lessing, Creative Commons License, GPL, copyright law, potato chip, read only
- Discussion threads 2006-08-15
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright laws
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright lawsWhere you are confused.I agree, there are "professional pirates" but in thruth they accound for a small percentage of piracy compared to the general public doing it.Consider that it's estimated 60 million people pirate and share content ILLEGALLY.Court decisions disagree."Yes, while it's...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, RIAA, piracy, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2006-06-20
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright laws
- I'm a firm believer that copyright laws are an essential tool in making sure that the creator of any piece of work (whether that work be analog or digital) gets a fair opportunity to make a The way that I see current copyright laws being used to criminalize minor copyright...
- Tags: music, piracy, recording industry, copyright law
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Politicos wary of changes to copyright law
- Politicos wary of changes to copyright lawMore ZD "journalism"[i] But fair use gets no mention in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998[/i]17 USC 1201(c):"(c) Other Rights, Etc., Not Affected.—(1) Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title."The...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, fair use, presumption, innocence, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2005-11-16
- Best description of the intractable state of the DRM state
- Best description of the intractable state of the DRM stateDon't build with wire!Please -- don't advise people to put wire in the walls on building a new house. Conduit is the only long-term way to go, and it's dirt cheap.My 23-year-old house was prewired for networking, but it wasn't...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, copyright law, Fair Use, digital-rights management, conduit
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- Anti-P2P lawmaker gets top Senate spot
- Anti-P2P lawmaker gets top Senate spotIs this not a blantant conflict of interest?[i]Hatch is also an amateur songwriter of music with titles like "Our Gracious Lord" and "Climb Inside His Loving Arms."[/i]Seems to me that someone who will be in charge of a new Senate panel responsible for writing copyright...
- Tags: Looks like IT, anti-P2P, copyright law, U.S. Senate, Anti-P2P lawmaker
- Discussion threads 2005-03-17
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