Looking through posts tagged ‘copyright’

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The Public Domain by Boyle | 1st Dec 2008

James Boyle’s “The Public Domain” — a brilliant copyfighter’s latest book, from a law prof who writes like a comedian - Boing Boing. It was simultaneously released for free online under a CC license.

Illegal File Sharers Beware | 13th Oct 2008

President Bush signed into law a new cabinet-level position whose sole responsibility will be to monitor and enforce IP violations. This mainly includes copyright violations, which is putting the Executive Branch in the pocket of the RIAA, MPAA, and more. What this means for the illegal file-sharing crowd is still up in the [...]

On The DMCA | 2nd Oct 2008

Wellington Grey — On The DMCA. This is a brief and easy to understand slide show depicting what would happen if the DMCA applied to “real life”. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a law that makes it illegal to circumvent copyright protection for any means. Very interesting.

Burden of Proof | 2nd Jul 2008

According to Cory Doctorow’s latest article in the Guardian, copyright holders (like the RIAA, MPAA, etc.) are lobbying in governments here and abroad to force ISPs to pull the plug on customers who are “caught” transmitting or receiving illegal copyrighted material. That much isn’t necessarily a bad idea. After all, frequent violators may [...]

Review: Free Culture | 12th May 2008

I finally finished reading Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig a few weeks ago. With my impending exams, I decided I should wait to write a review. All-in-all this was probably one of the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read. Normally I am not a fan of non-fiction, but this book tackled [...]

Giving Copyright ‘The Slip’ | 6th May 2008

Nine Inch Nails has pre-released their new album, ‘The Slip‘, online (via Chicagoist). I’m not really a NIN fan, but there’s something a little different about this one. They’ve released it completely for free under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-NC-SA) in many different formats (including lossless). Apparently, Mr. Reznor feels that Radiohead, [...]

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