I have long argued that copyright law has grown far out of proportion and no longer serves the needs of the creators, so I was pleased to read this week...Continue reading
Category: Intellectual Property
E-ink Now Being Sued for Patent Infringement
Mike Cane slipped me a press release today which looks to be a simple case of patent trolling – but isn’t. It seems my favorite screen tech company is now...Continue reading
Antigua Gets WTO Permission to Launch Pirate Website
I have long suspected that international politics worked on a school yard level (“he hit me first”) but I never expected to see such an explicit example as today’s news...Continue reading
You Don’t Own Your Books (This is Already Happening)
There’s a case before the Supreme Court right now that many in and around the publishing industry are watching (and I should have covered sooner). Some in the publishing industry...Continue reading
The (US) Public Domain Class of 2012
It’s the last day of the year, and in many parts of the world the first of January marks a new set of works entering the public domain as copyrights...Continue reading
U.S. Copyright Office Publishes Final Rules With DMCA Exemptions
As you probably know, the DMCA is a US law which makes it illegal to strip the DRM from music, ebooks and other content. There are a limited number of...Continue reading