03/10/2008
New Yes Men web site sending up BP (in copyright)
Read carefully. Please don't forget to check their website, as well. Read More
11/29/2007
The death of OiNK (R.I.P.) (in copyright)
Rob Sheridan, at Demonbaby, writes eloquently about the passing of music site OiNK, and makes several great points about major labels and their history, music distribution, and the world of intellectual property. [...] If you're not fami ... Read More
11/18/2007
good copy bad copy (in copyright)
I've been able to watch about half this film (streaming hassles), and what I've seen is excellent; an hour-long documentary on copyright and intellectual property by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke, called good copy bad copy ... Read More
11/13/2007
The MPAA and the RIAA get what they pay for (in copyright)
Corporate schmuckery looms quite large in one of the Democrat's latest congressional initiatives: institutions of higher learning must pay the RIAA/MPAA blanket fees, or Democratic lawmakers will take away all federal funding from students; inc ... Read More
10/20/2007
Comcast blocks Internet traffic it doesn't like... (in copyright)
...and doesn't tell anyone about it. The AP tested and found that Comcast is blocking p2p file transfers of any size. "NEW YORK (AP) Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share ... Read More
09/25/2007
Victorious RIAA defendant gets attorneys' fees, turns to class-action plans (in copyright)
In some wonderful news, a federal magistrate judge late last week awarded former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen attorneys' fees for her nearly two-and-a-half-year fight against a copyright infringement lawsuit. Andersen, a disabled single moth ... Read More
08/31/2007
How fair use actually works (real world example) (in copyright)
The concept of fair use is an embattled idea in the age of digital information. Theoretically, one is allowed to use a piece of copyrighted material without permission in order to comment on it, editorial stylee. How does it actually work? Ch ... Read More
06/28/2007
Disabled single mom sues the RIAA (in copyright)
Tanya J. Andersen and her daughter Kylee were put through the mill by the RIAA and their "investigators", who accused the Andersens of a fictitious downloading crime. Unlike most of the victims of this group of musical Republicans, Ms. Andersen ... Read More
05/24/2007
Gonzales proposes thoughtcrime legislation (in copyright)
Remember years ago, when you read Orwell's 1984 for the first time? There's a passage in it where O'Brien, the totalitarian thug, explains something to Winston; he points out that the easiest way to control a huge populace is to make sure that ... Read More
05/21/2007
Fair use, in a Disney stylee (in copyright)
With a big thanks to Loughlin, who got the goods. Pay close attention; it's your ass and your right of free speech on the line. Read More