Dec
14
In an essay entitled “Copyright, Copyleft and the Creative Anti-Commonsâ€, Anna Nimus explores the contradictions of the “copyleft” movement, insofar as the copyright freedoms that are promoted tend to be founded on the orthodox principles of copyright law that they seek to be freed from. She observes: Copyleft uses copyright law, but flips it over… Continue reading »
Nov
30
“BitTorrent’s software currently sits on 80 million computers, and Internet service providers say that file trading on the service — most of it illegal — now accounts for 40 percent of all online traffic”, reports Brad Stone in the New York Times on November 29, 2006, noting that fat video files that might take an… Continue reading »
Nov
22
To my mind there are two types of know-how: (i) our own personal, legitimate accumulation of experience in an area; and (ii) the asset called “know-howâ€. The first is subjective, cradled in the notion that the advancement of civilization is hobbled when people are unduly constrained from practicing their trade or calling. The second is… Continue reading »
Nov
14
A counterclaim filed against major U.S. record label plaintiffs on September 25, 2006, by peer-to-peer (“P2Pâ€) technology defendant Lime Wire LLC adds a twist to the familiar cocktail of copyright issues facing distributors of music and videos over the Internet. The plaintiffs, which include Universal Music Group, Warner Bros. Records, Sony/BMG and Capitol/EMI, allege in… Continue reading »
Nov
02
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