Aereo: a parable (June 6, 2014) Here's why people who understand both technology and copyright law think the Supreme Court's Aereo decision defies common sense.
15 items tagged with copyright
How to make friends and influence music fans (December 12, 2008) Apparently some of these labels have all the customers they need.
Draconian licensing makes piracy attractive (December 12, 2007) Microsoft's distinction between OEM and retail versions of Windows is enough to drive one to piracy.
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso's Response to Steve Jobs's 'Thoughts on Music' (February 2, 2007)
Dynamic copyright (January 1, 2007) How to ensure your copyright date is always current.
Content Republication (December 12, 2006) Several sites are using my feed to republish everything I say onto their site. What can be done?
DRM, vinyl, and the future (November 11, 2006) You can still play your old music today. Will you be able to play today's music in the future?
Feed usage and copyright (January 1, 2005) A trademark lawyer has requested that Bloglines stop including his feed. The complaint? That Bloglines is a commercial service.
Category feeds and Control (October 10, 2004) I don't provide category feeds. I like to provide my readers the bits of serendipitous content that comes from only publishing a full feed. At least one audience member at Gnomedex is disturbed by this idea.
Broadcast Flag (November 11, 2003) Piracy is certainly a problem, but technological solutions that trample on consumer's rights are abhorrent.
Plug Hollywood's hole (June 6, 2002) Hollywood wants to outlaw every device that might be able to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted works.
DCMA goes to court (March 3, 2002)
Copy protection loses in court (February 2, 2002)
Supreme Court To Hear Copyright Extension Case (February 2, 2002)
The Crime of Sharing (February 2, 2002)