Category: Copyright
The Word of Notch – How piracy works
Wouldn’t the world of copyright be a lot simpler if people followed this train of thought?
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Join EFF in Standing up Against Internet Censorship
What more do you need to know?
CNET News – Congressman wants WikiLeaks listed as terrorist org
In short everybody has a reaction, overall mine is Wikileaks is a valuable service, in no way is it a terrorist organization.
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Legal Attack on Internet Music Storage Threatens ‘Safe Harbor’ Rules for Online Businesses
Online storage and streaming service for music, gets in trouble with EMI.
Ars Technica – No, you don’t own it: Court upholds EULAs, threatens digital resale
EULA made to turn customers into criminals.
TechCrunch – Google, Facebook To Microsoft’s Paul Allen: Your Argument Is Invalid
Yet another example of stupid and worthless software patents.
MarketWatch – Oracle sues Google over intellectual property
I don’t which to think that Oracle is just insane or stupid.
Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers
New exceptions to the DMCA, the most important of these has to be the ability to break DVD encryption for fair use.
Apple Rejecting Apps With “Pad” In Title – 9 to 5 Mac
Apple rejecting apps that have the word “pad” in them.
Giving Up On Patents – ongoing
Software patents are a failure especially here in the US.