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Tag Archives: copyright
Good news on copyright, but bad news on protection for sources
Some great news from Brussels on the attempt to extend copyright terms, again: “Copyright term extension was dealt another serious blow last week when COREPER, the European Committee representing EU member states and the Council of Ministers, voted against the … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, EU, European Court of Human Rights, European Parliament, European Union, law
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Lessig is wrong (mostly)
Via Doc Searles comes this quote from Lawrence Lessig: …our attention is not focused on these creators. It is focused instead upon "the pirates." We wage war against these "pirates"; we deploy extraordinary social and legal resources in the absolutely … Continue reading
What’s the point of copyright law?
One of the things that is making me happy at that moment is that Danny is blogging again. Of course, with Danny being Danny and me being me, we don’t always agree – and there’s a great example in that … Continue reading
Posted in Web/Tech
Tagged artists, copyright, copyright reform, Danny O'Brien, Music, Statute of Queen Anne
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In what way is slavishly copying something “original”?
Joseph Jaffe is generally great, but I really do have to pick him up on his post about how "Hasbro should change its name to Hasbeen": "Proof that you can’t keep a good Indian programmer down comes from the Agarwalla … Continue reading
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Tagged Argawalla brothers, copyright, Hasbro, intellectual property, rip-offs, Scrabble, Scrabulous, theft
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It’s not OK to steal content, even if you’re The Daily Mail
Back when I was a proper journo, I went on a course about media law. One of the basics – the very, very basic elements – was that all pictures are copyrighted and you are likely to get sued if … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing
Tagged copyright, Daily Mail, Giles Turnbull, intellectual property, photography
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Kid Rock: Copyfighter
Link: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Kid Rock boycotts iTunes over pay. "The performer – whose real name is Robert Ritchie – said his record company Atlantic had asked him to "stand up for illegal downloading" a few years ago … Continue reading
Paul Carr on Mike Arrington and copyright
Paul Carr writes a brilliant response to Mike Arrington’s idiotic post on reforming copyright law (by which he means "killing it"): "But for all the fancy talk about “finding new business models” to “remove friction”, which is the thrust of … Continue reading
