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Category Archives: copyright
Texts Without Context
Times Article Excerpt: “Who owns the words?â€? Mr. Shields asks in a passage that is itself an unacknowledged reworking of remarks by the cyberpunk author William Gibson. “Who owns the music and the rest of our culture? We do — … Continue reading
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Canadian Movie Pirate walks the plank
from Canadian Press A Canadian man who drew international attention for illegally copying movies has been handed a two-and-a-half-month prison sentence. In a landmark decision, Geremi Adam will also be forced to perform 100 hours of community service, and has … Continue reading
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Hooray! Net pirates to be ‘disconnected’
The UK government has been laying out some of the ways it intends to pursue persistent net pirates. It comes as Lord Mandelson confirmed that he would introduce tough measures against illegal file-sharers. Initially pirates could have download caps imposed … Continue reading
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Music: Too Expensive to Be Free, Too Free to Be Expensive
MySpace, rumored to be on the verge of purchasing the free music streaming site imeem, is struggling to keep up with its own payments to music copyright holders, according to a top News Corp executive — a problem that has … Continue reading
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How Spotify might save the music industry
by Karen Pinchin- Special to Globe and Mail Update Published on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 9:37PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 3:19PM EST Today’s music industry can be a gloomy place, full of cranky concert promoters facing … Continue reading
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‘New’ Michael Jackson single over 25 years old
Editted From Reuters published:Â Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Michael Jackson didn’t do it his way after all. Hours after the pop singer’s first posthumous single “This Is It” was released amid great hype on Monday, it emerged that the tune had … Continue reading
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Copyright, It’s Getting Worse…
Report by Paul Resnikoff@DigitalMusicNews at Digital Music Forum West Is the licensing quagmire getting worse? Â Yes, yes, and yes, according to executives assembled at Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles on Thursday. Â ”With each new technology, there comes another … Continue reading
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Lily Allen: Ed O’Brien’s FAC statement is not okay
Lily Allen has responded to Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien’s statement on behalf of FAC (Featured Artists Coalition) to UK government’s plans to cut off the internet access of persistent illegal file-sharers. Ed O’Brien said cutting off illegal file-shares is not going … Continue reading
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Google book scans go paperback
edited from Quentin Hardy,Forbes Online 09.17.09 Google will make some 2 million out-of-copyright books that it has digitally scanned available for on-demand printing. The deal with On Demand Books, a private New York-based company, lets consumers print a book in … Continue reading
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Amazon Chief Says Erasing Orwell Books Was ‘Stupid’
Amazon.com was widely criticized last week for deleting electronic copies of George Orwell’s novels from its customers’ Kindle readers after it discovered that it had inadvertently sold unauthorized editions of the books. (Amazon deleted the paid copies without warning and … Continue reading
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24 songs cost her $1.92-million
edited from Toronto’s Globe and Mail Is a digital copy of Green Day’s classic pop-punk song “Basket Case” worth $80,000 U.S.? That’s what Jammie Thomas-Rasset may very well end up paying for each of the 24 songs she shared on … Continue reading
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Canadian Government ready to lean on ISPs
Edited from the Toronto Globe & Mail Police will have sweeping new powers to collect information about Canadian Internet users without a warrant, and activate tracking devices in their cellphones and cars under legislation proposed by the Conservative government yesterday … Continue reading
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Sweden’s Pirate Party wins European Seat
From Reuters Sweden’s Pirate Party has won a seat in the European Parliament, capturing 7.1 per cent of votes in Sweden in the Europe-wide ballot, enough to give it a single seat. The party wants to deregulate copyright, abolish the … Continue reading
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Canadian Copyright Researcher caught copying
edited article from Matt Hartley,Globe and Mail One of Canada’s most respected research organizations has a black eye after being forced to withdraw three reports on copyright and intellectual property because they contained plagiarized information from a study by a … Continue reading
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When a DRM stream becomes a DRM-free download
YouTube is restricted towards on-site consumption and free video downloads are not part of the YouTube offering. Â Most users are okay with that arrangement, but others would prefer to download a video or extract the music as an audio file. … Continue reading
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