Tag Archives: IP
Journal of Journal Performance Studies
Nicholas Knouf’s official statement: I am very happy to announce the launching of the Journal of Journal Performance Studies. Journal of Journal Performance Studies (JJPS) is a series of three interrelated works that engage with academic publishing. The project consists of a Firefox extension, an online radio, and a journal. The JJPS Firefox Extension overlays [...]
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Abject Press
Following up on “Home naming is killing the, oh, nevermind…“ (2009 Dec 09), the Wikipedia entry on Ted Klaudt (“accessed,” as they say, 6 July 2010) reports: “Copyrighting” his name In December 2009, Ted Klaudt sent a “Common Law Copyright Notice” to the Associated Press and various state media outlets warning that use of his [...]
Terrorist training video
Chilling footage: Siracusa: At the DMCA 1201 hearings at the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, representatives from the MPAA showed a video demonstrating how users can videorecord a TV set. They argue this is an acceptable analog alternative to breaking copy protection on a DVD. Don’t try this at home in the movie [...]
Common privilege
Arne Moll at Chessvibes: Last week, ChessBase was apparently ‘forced to cease Internet broadcasting of the Topalov-Kamsky match’. As we noted in our report on the first match game, live broadcasting of the chess moves in this match without permission was prohibited by the Bulgarian Chess Federation (although they didn’t seem to have a problem [...]
New directions in intellectual property
Craigslist Seattle (since “flagged for removal”): looking to create a supergroup – but there is a catch (seattle - tacoma) Reply to: comm-989309…@craigslist.org [?] Date: 2009-01-11, 7:27PM PST hi there i am a genius musician with over 15 years of experience and I am looking for adept musicians to help me create my symphony. The [...]
Untitled
David McLeish at Square Root of Minus G*rf**ld: (“But… but… you just can’t do that.” “Oh yes you can.”) (aag@s-t)
Takedown notice
AP (Watkins, “Feds Say They Drive a Stake into Mongols Gang,” 22 Sep ’08): But U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien has asked for an injunction that would seize the Mongols’ trademarked name. If the order is approved, any Mongol would no longer be able to wear a jacket displaying the gang’s name or emblem. “It would [...]
NEWS FLASH: yes you do “defen[d] piracy”
WSJ publishes a commonsensical defense of “piracy” by Lessig, who bridles: Sorry to disappoint, but my new book, Remix, is not “A Defense of Piracy,” whatever the Wall Street Journal’s headline writers may think. Note to Larry: “Piracy” is defined by the Content Cartels, not by WSJ headline writers—and, according to the CCs, you’re defending [...]
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O really?
“Olympic Mottoes Borrow Lines from O Canada,” CBC, 25 Sep ’08: Two phrases borrowed from Canada’s national anthem have been chosen as the mottoes for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and organizers have already moved to protect the commercial rights to the lines. The lines “With glowing hearts” from the English version and [...]
“The Soviet Union was breaking the law!”
That is the considered opinion of the Société pour l’administration du droit de reproduction mécanique des auteurs compositeurs et éditeurs (SDRM) on the subject of the USSR’s national anthem. SDRM just billed the filmmaker Jean-Christophe Soulageon a bill for EUR1000 because someone whistled seven seconds of the commie anthem “L’Internationale” in his 2004 film Insurrection [...]
Compulsory licensing of green tech
Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Dir of Nat’l Intell for Analysis and Chairman of the Nat’l Intel Council, in his 25 June ’08 testimony before Congress (114K pdf): Elsewhere, developing countries—particularly major greenhouse gas emitters—may demand that the WTO Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) be amended to allow for the production and [...]
YA Rights loop: AP
AP recently caused a stink when it announced that it plans to charge $7.50+ for the right to quote as few five words. Their “Licensing Agent for Reuse,” iCopyright, announced in a press release that “AP Deputy Director/Business Development Bruce Glover [said,] ‘iCopyright makes it easier to monitor copyright compliance and to identify pirated and [...]
Patenting will eat itself