The copyright wars: Lessig vs. Epstein
The People Own Ideas (Lawrence Lessig) and The Creators Own Ideas (Richard A. Epstein) give the two respective sites of the copyright wars. From MIT Technology Review. (Thanks to Lori Watrous-deVersterre.)
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If you want the right to back up DRMed e-books…
...then read this Wired News item and contact the U.S. Copyright Office. Related: Slashdot discussion.
Grubby copyright issues vs. 'the love child': TeleBlog was on John Edwards' case for...
For years, the TeleBlog has been on John Edwards' case. The now-disgraced politician, a former vice presidential candidate here in the U.S., even "earned" a special WordPress category from...
EFF’s “Hall of Shame” outs abuse of copyright takedown notices
This is a great idea, as there is no question that many companies issue bogus takedown notices to force websites to remove content that is fully protected by the "fair use"...
Replicating The Last Unicorn: Pirates help fill void on the Net when publishers and...
Can authors, publishers and Hollywood really thwart pirates by keeping books, movies and other content offline?
We all know how Harry Potter has been pirated. But how about The Last Unicorn?
It's a...
Resold Righthaven.com domain to be used for ‘spineful hosting’
The mysterious purchaser of the domain name Righthaven.com has come forward and revealed his plans for the site using it. The intention of the new Righthaven site is to provide a...
‘Star Trek: Axanar’ dispute could have chilling effect on fanfic
A couple of months ago, Joanna took a look at the lawsuit against Star Trek: Axanar, a Star Trek “fan film” that had raised over a million dollars via a Kickstarter...
New EU ACTA reviewer also recommends not signing it, calls ACTA a threat to...
From BoingBoing comes this article by Cory Doctorow, reprinted here under a Creative Commons license:
ACTA is the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an extreme, far-reaching copyright treaty drafted in secret by industry...
IBM patents printer concept that could prevent printing copyrighted material
What if your printer wouldn’t print out text from your e-book? That’s the future IBM may envision if the patent application it just filed comes to fruition. Torrentfreak reports that IBM...
Department of Justice shuts down Megaupload, arrests executives
The Department of Justice has just shut down cyberlocker Megaupload, arrested a number of its executives including founder Kim “Dotcom” Schmitz, and seized $50 million in assets. Megaupload was in the...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
