Hollywood Loves a Sequel — But Really, SOPA 2? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Can we just ban the MPAA already? It’s not really doing much of anything that’s particularly useful. Hollywood Loves a Sequel — …
Read more...Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod (TED)
Something that I rail against is the abhorrent greed shown by the entertainment industries. It’s really amazing that they are in business at all given that (according to their armies of accountants and lawyers) nothing ever actually makes money.
Read more...Pick up the pitchforks: David Pogue underestimates Hollywood (Clay Shirky)
Hollywood wants to take the law into their own hands — they had our representatives add a vigilante clause, for God’s sake, …
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It’s Been an Interesting Day For Freedom of Speech
The United States government has a long history of considering, if not passing and creatively interpreting, some really poopy-headed laws. From the Alien and Sedition Acts, to the Dred Scott Decision, to SOPA and PIPA; the Congress and Supreme Court of the United States are sometimes the most dangerous groups of people in the country when it comes to how we communicate ideas.
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The Wisdom of Public Web Photo Sharing
After a few false starts over the years, I’ve finally committed to self-hosting any pictures I share on the socnets. This doesn’t mean that there will be no photos of mine out in the interwebverse–some need to be out there for marketing purposes–but most won’t be. Why? One simple phrase: “Terms of Service” (ToS)
Read more...Magazine Copies Entire Story From Web, Tells Writer She Should Pay Them For Publishing It (The Consumerist)
If ever there was a slam-dunk copyright lawsuit, by all appearances, this is it. Magazine Copies Entire Story From Web, Tells Writer …
Read more...From Dickens to digitization: How technology killed copyright
We’re are obviously in need of some re-think on this. As a content creator, it’s no small thing. From Dickens to digitization: How …
Read more...Copyright Clause Confusing? Crazy!
I noticed this on Shutterfly (though many, many, many sites have a similar warning): Since most countries (including the U.S.) have a …
Read more...We Must Respectfully Demand That Copyright Law Be Rewritten ASAP
Copyright is supposed to be a right of creators, not a bludgeon for a corporate entity to wield for however long they think they can make money. Here’s a rant saying that it’s time the people get copyright back onto its intended foundation.
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