Archive for the ‘Infringement’ Category
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
On January 28th, 2008, the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and the IZDIHAR Project co-hosted Iraq’s first Iraqi Copyright Awareness Conference. While it was awarded minimal media coverage, the rare congregation of authors, creators, painters, innovators and government representatives exemplified the manner in which the political and social landscape is shifting ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
I recently attended a lecture by professor Bruce Ziff, of the University of Alberta Law School, where he described what he termed as his only original academic idea. He posited that the reason we as a society are so restrictive about property rights is because it is basically impossible to ...
Posted in Technology, Infringement, Infringement, Digital Locks, Privacy, Copyright, IP, Patents, General | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
When asked to think about the pop-culture zombie genre, classics such as George A. Romero’s 1979 film “Dawn of the Dead” (and its 2004 remake) and Peter Jackson’s 1992 creation “Dead Alive” come to mind. After all, the storylines read typically: man battling the undead for ultimate survival.
Joining the genre ...
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
In 2005, two brothers in Kolkata, India launched Scrabulous, an online implementation of the board game Scrabble. With a few thousand regular players, it wasn’t about to replace World of Warcraft in the annals of online gaming. But in 2007, they took the suggestion of a regular ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
In October 2007, the Copyright Board of Canada rendered a decision regarding tariffs payable to SOCAN by online music services.[1] As part of the Board’s decision it concluded that music previews do not infringe copyright as they constitute fair dealing for the purpose of research. While I agree in principle ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Being an enthusiastic fan of J.K Rowling’s Potter novels I was infuriated to hear the French student arrested for publishing his own translation of the seventh chapter of the Potter tale would not be prosecuted. An agreement was made with J.K Rowling not to seek damages from the student for ...
Posted in Subsidiary Rights, Infringement, Literary Works, Internet Sharing, Copyright | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Advances in technology facilitating dissemination of digital files
inevitably poses challenges on enforcement of existing copyright laws.
Prince’s lawsuit, if filed, would be of significance in setting the
standard of care to which file-sharing providers (YouTube), indexing
services (The Pirate Bay) and online trade forums (EBay) should exercise
to prevent making copyright-infringing works available ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
According to several media sources recording artist Prince (a.k.a., formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince) is prepared to sue YouTube (as well as eBay and Pirate Bay) for copyright infringement of his works.
Prince is not alleging that Youtube is itself infringing on his copyright. Youtube only provides ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
The events of early October, 2007 may herald a new age of respect for intellectual property (IP) rights. The first trial on peer to peer music file sharing pits the major record companies against a woman accused of copyright infringement, an act for which the U.S. Federal Court awarded a ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Although the imagery of the article from which this post takes it's title, is
hilarious; turn our movie theatres into war zones, with metal detectors,
pat-downs, and night-vision goggles, while security at our schools and
universities remains lax, I believe that despite the movie industry's use
of James Bond-esque technology, this may not be ...
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