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DMCA and Fandom
I attended the “The DMCA and Fandom” panel on Sunday at ConJosé. The official description reads: How has the Digital Millennium Copyright Act affected Fandom? Fan writers, editors and lawyers discuss recent actions…
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More from Others on the Berman-Coble p2p Bill
See what happens when I waste my time working on my dissertation ? I miss really thoughtful and intelligent posts, like this DaveNet piece from Dave Winer. Read the whole thing, but I…
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On the Berman p2p
I intended to write something polemic and scathing about the Howard Berman (D- California) and Howard Coble‘s (North Carolina) so called “Peer to Peer Piracy Prevention” bill to allow rights owners to create…
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HP uses the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to Hide Security Problems
HP uses the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to Hide Security Problems I didn’t think it could get even more idiotic than the Disney/RIAA shenannigans, but yes, Hewlett-Packhard has managed to wrench copyright to…
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What about the Artists?
I’ve already ranted about copyright, but it’s time to rant some more. I’m perfectly willing to pay for a product I want, but there need to be some changes to the way recordings,…
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Efforts to Extend and Enforce the DMCA
But wait—there’s more. Not only are publishers turning on libraries and librarians, now the music industry is trying to tell us what we can do with our CDs. One of the problems with…
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DMCA
The DMCA or Digital Millennium Copyright Act has essentially removed the concept of “fair use” from consideration when using digital assets. The implications of this restriction, coupled with the 1998 Copyright Extension Act,…
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Why the Bono act is Unconstitutional
Michael Reinhardt in an interesting thread in TidBits discussion board TidBits Talk summarized the rationale for the challenge to the Sonny Bono act. Basically, as he points out (and I’m cribbing here), Congressional…