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6/6/2006


Death by DMCA

Filed under: News — Charlie Summers @ 7:35 pm

From the IEEE Spectrum: Death by DMCA

You need to read this article, which discusses how the alleged reason for the DMCA, “piracy,” has not decreased, but legitimate uses of copyrighted material have. From the article: “Copyright is being turned from a limited-term incentive designed to encourage creative artists to a broadly scoped transfer of wealth from the public to the private realm.” Amen.


Content industry continues to push aggressive copyright laws

Filed under: News — Charlie Summers @ 4:39 pm

From Ars Technica: Content industry continues to push aggressive copyright laws

An excellent look at the disaster recent and upcoming copyright laws are making of your ability to do anything other than give the Entertainment Industry your money.