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No Defense for MediaDefense

06-02-2008 | 08:33 PM EST | 0 Comments

When a couple of teens recently knocked Comcast.net offline, the FBI went into overdrive to bring the criminals down. When a systematic attack by the recording and motion picture industries' corporate goons-for-hire brought down a large new medi . . .

Patently Absurd

05-29-2008 | 10:37 AM EST | 0 Comments

What if I told you that someone had invented a device that will completely revolutionize society? It will make a number of other products completely obsolete, and it will make day-to-day living so much easier for many of us. Now what if I told y . . .

One From the Vault

05-21-2008 | 08:27 PM EST | 0 Comments

Ever wonder why some videos on YouTube are here today and gone tomorrow? Well, there are several possible reasons, but the one that an MIT student group is taking exception with has to do with copyright-related takedowns. Don't worry though, the . . .

Preserve Culture: Donate to the Internet Archive

05-16-2008 | 11:54 AM EST | 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I mentioned the rise of audio re-mixing websites, and today I want to up the ante by suggesting that you not only contribute your re-mixes but your actual source work as well. Movies, music, text, even web pages, they're all being . . .

Primer: Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture, and Creative Commons

05-14-2008 | 02:03 PM EST | 0 Comments

It recently dawned on me how, when you've been researching a topic for a while, the cornerstone ideas, people, and works that are so familiar to you may be completely foreign to others. And, as much as I want to make sure I'm providing people wit . . .

Wikipedia a Sell Out?

05-07-2008 | 05:44 PM EST | 0 Comments

News came recently that a major German publisher plans to lift articles directly from Wikipedia to be included in a commercial book that will be printed and sold later this year. Because Wikipedia's articles are written and edited free-of-charge . . .

Who Owns This Image? Art, Access, and the Public Domain After Bridgeman v. Corel

04-30-2008 | 03:42 PM EST | 0 Comments

On April 29, 2008, The New York City Bar Association's Great Hall was the setting for a one-and-a-half hour public panel discussion on the Bridgeman v. Corel ruling of 1999. The discussion, cosponsored by Art Law Committee, New York City . . .

Organization Spotlight: Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

04-21-2008 | 09:50 PM EST | 0 Comments

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), whose membership "includes 140 large and mid-size companies and over 550 small businesses, universities, inventors, authors, executives, law firms and attorneys," is a trade association that seek . . .

Free to Begin

04-15-2008 | 05:15 PM EST | 0 Comments

The first post on a brand new blog is a weird thing. On the one hand, you feel all kinds of pressure to set the right tone from the start. You have a lot of expectations about the future of the blog, what'll be covered, and what the response wil . . .