"While I no longer make or read fan-fic I can see positives for both those who do write it ... and those who originate the material ... and few, if any, drawbacks if the fan-fiction is restricted
"The newly launched website is marketing itself as a trading ground for ideas; allowing users to post problems and handpick a team of thinkers varied in age, experience, location and field of exp
"When the clip then reappears on the web, its owner can automatically be identified and viewers can be targeted with adverts that generate revenue for the original copyright owner." Yeah, li
"Anyone who says that is effectively saying that they can't figure out a way to add value that will make someone buy something above marginal cost -- but it's no different if the good is free or
"As virtual worlds proliferate across the Web, software designers and lawyers are straining to define property rights in this emerging digital realm." MSM catches up with the SL/copybot stor
"Of course, we don't really know how to price an acre of SL land, given that there aren't ready RL or even Internet equivalents...except we do. The land market is doing that for us." The rea
"...there was an ad in the FT listing 4,000 musicians who supported retrospective term extension. If you read the list, you’ll see that at least some of these artists are apparently dead..."
"They're writing patents that cover broad, general topics that totally unrelated ideas can be described as infringing -- and which can then be used to set up toll booths to slow down innovation.&
"A more sophisticated version of the argument is that intellectual property laws are like drinking scotch: lovely, but only up to a point. Taken too far, they stifle innovation, by removing ideas
"...an independent review is to recommend the terms are not extended, a well-placed government source has said." A triumph for common sense and fair use! w00t!
"The burger company says owning the 'intellectual property rights' would help its hot deli sandwiches look and taste the same at all of its restaurants." This patents business is getting rid
"...the major labels have decided to abandon [DRM]. They haven’t announced it yet - but it’s coming soon. In the wake of the Sony BMG Rootkit debacle, and in the light of the competitive advantag
"Designers who can put out new ideas quickly will do relatively well in the resulting economy of novelty, while designers that have counted on ongoing sales of existing designs to build up their
"...the havoc sewn by Copybot promises to transform the virtual word into a bold experiment in protecting creative work without the blunt instrument of copyright law." Interesting perspectiv
"... explain to the average person what DRM means to them: that music they've bought from one service that works with one device may not work if they get a different brand of device."
"If the earliest days of Second Life resemble the first century of American history (and they do) then the most recent years of the world seem to be replicating the last couple decades of the Int