Copyright

Is Content King?

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Google, Digital Media, Search Engines, Content, Copyright, Advertising, Social Networking, Pinterest, Digital, Cisco, Youtube, Facebook, Technology, Technology News

The days of unrestrained Internet downloads and open access content are approaching the end. People are the Internet's biggest content owners and they want their share of value.

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A New Way To Make Money From Old Books?

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Creative Commons Ebooks, Copyright, Crowdsourcing, Successful Crowdfunding, How to Crowdfund a Book, unglue.it, Crowdfunding Book, Free Ebook, Free eBooks, Unglue, Crowdfunding Author, Books News

Unglue.it is a new website that launched on Thursday with a unique proposition: it wants people to come together and pay copyright holders to release ...

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How George Clinton Is Using Indiegogo To #SaveFunk Online

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Twitter, Indiegogo, Copyright, George Clinton, Funk, Snoop Dogg, Music, Labels, Performance, George Clinton Funk, Video, Technology News

George Clinton goes by many monikers: the Funkmaster, The Granddaddy of Funk, and my personal favorite, Dr. Funkenstein.

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WWII Vet Sending Thousands Of Pirated Movies To U.S. Troops

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Troops, Illegal Dvds, Copyright, Trademark, Big Hy, Dvds, Movies, Movie Piracy, Video, Military, US Troops Iraq, Illegal Downloading, US Troops Afghanistan, Hyman Strachman, Hollywood, Business News

Meet Hyman Strachman, probably the nation's most patriotic movie pirate. For the past eight years the 92-year-old widowed World War II veteran has ...

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Creativity Endures: The 'Amen Break' and Copyright Law

Network Awesome | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Electronic Music, Drum and Bass, Amen Break, Copyright Law, Copyright, Music Industry, Copyright History, Video, Culture News

What do Amy Winehouse, N.W.A., David Bowie, a Jeep 4x4 commercial, and the cartoon Futurama all have in common? Believe it or not, they all share six seconds of drum music.

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I Found My Boyfriend's Face On A Dating Website

| Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Photography, Photo Agency, Image Rights, Copyright, Stock Photo-Use, Stock Photos, Stock Images, Photography Rights, Privacy, Women News

By Reyhan Harmanci (Click here for original article.) Last June, my morning routine was interrupted by a series of texts from a friend, showing a ...

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Pinterest and Its True Colors?

Arnt Eriksen | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Social Networks, Copyright, Pinterest, Business Insider, Media News

Don't get me wrong -- I do it myself, but I'm getting more and more aware of the complications and consequences that might come in the aftermath of our desire to overshare anything and everything.

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My Dad, SOPA and Me

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Bittorrent, Creative Commons, Pipa, Sopa, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, Creative Work, Acta, Media News

In our family we have two takes on copyright issues and SOPA. These two approaches reflect the gap between digital and offline worlds. Let's look at ...

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What If the Next Steve Jobs Is Chinese?

Dean Baker | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Manufacturing, Trade Deficit, Copyright, Patents, China Piracy, China Currency Manipulation, China Currency, U.S. China Trade, China Manufacturing, u.s. Innovation, China Innovation, Business News

The United States continues to be at the forefront in innovation, but this likely will not always be the case. It is worth asking whether we should care.

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WATCH: The New Birthday Song

Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Happy Birthday, Video, Copyright, Happy Birthday Song, Funny Videos, Funny Songs, Luke Barats, Birthday Song, Hapi Berth Day, Comedy News

You know that charming part of copyright law that makes it hard or expensive to sing certain songs on camera? "Happy Birthday" is one of those songs, ...

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Are Property Rights and Human Rights in Competition?

Brad Reid | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Human Rights, Twitter, Copyright, Censorship, Health Care, Business News

Twitter's recent announcement concerning compliance with national censorship requirements adds a popular dimension to the information access debate.

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Music Blogs React to Megaupload Seizure and Cyberlocker Lockdowns

Jason Sigal | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: mp3, Blogosphere, mp3s, Piracy, Copyright, Music Blogs, Pipa, Online Piracy, Music, Sopa, Video, Technology News

Even if they were just the new sleazy middleman in the distribution chain, millions of users had come to rely on Megaupload for very legitimate uses. Now their files are gone.

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Thanks, Take Aways From Internet Revolution Over SOPA, PIPA

Edward J. Black | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Internet Freedom, Pipa, Piracy, Copyright, Sopa, Internet Censorship, Mpaa, Wyden, Lofgren, Hollywood, Issa, Politics News

The hundreds of thousand of calls to Congress and millions of petition signatures opposing two controversial bills, SOPA and PIPA, have been character...

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ACTA Sparks Protests In Latest Anti-Piracy Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Copyright Treaty, Protect Ip Act, Anti-Piracy, Video, Stop Piracy Online Act, Copyright, Acta, Poland, Pipa, Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Union, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Internet Protest, Sopa, Technology News

In the United States, a massive Internet protest last week led by Wikipedia and Google drove congressional leaders to place controversial anti-piracy ...

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Does Daily Variety Validate SOPA Fears?

Joe Escalante | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Daily Variety, Copyright, Sopa Pipa, SOPA Bill, Sopa, Technology News

At first, I thought that SOPA was the right thing to do. But now I am now against it. I've seen the beast face to face, and I now have first hand knowledge of what the large media companies think of the Internet.

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The Surefire Way to End Online Piracy: End Copyright

Dean Baker | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Innovation, Piracy, Copyright, Sopa, Copyright Infringement, Creative Community, Digital Age, Middle Ages, Online Piracy, Business News

The institution of copyright dates back to the late middle ages. It may have served a useful function back then, but we will need something better for the Internet Age.

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SOPA Protests: In Internet-DRIVEN Activism, It's the Customers and Users Who Matter

Colin Delany | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Google, Wikipedia, Congress, Online Advocacy, Copyright, Activism, Lobbying, Pipa, Intellectual Property, Lolcats, Sopa, Video, Politics News

Here's an angle that just occurred to me about yesterday's widespread online protests against the "Stop Online Piracy Act": normally we talk about dig...

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SCOTUS Adds More Fuel to the Copyright Debate With Golan V. Holder

Christina Gagnier | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Public Domain, Supreme Court, Law, Congress, Copyright, Pipa, Copyright Law, Protect IP, Sopa, Golan v. Holder, Technology News

The case marked a continuance of the debate over the Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution that was broached in the 2003 Supreme Court decision in the Eldred v. Ashcroft case.

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Battle Of The Banana: Warhol Vs. Velvet Undergound

Posted 01.11.2012

Andy Warhol's career was based on repurposing well-known celebrity images and brands, but now the Warhol Foundation has found itself in a heated battl...

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America Vs The Public Domain

Jennifer Jenkins | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Public Domain, Free Books, Public Domain Day, Narnia, Copyright, American Public Domain, Public Domain Law, Parody, Copyright Law, Lolita, Books News

Copyright law gives authors and publishers exclusive rights for a "limited time," to encourage them to create and distribute works. So what is entering the public domain in the U.S. this year? Not a single published work. Why should you care?

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WATCH: Rihanna's New Video Rips Off Famous Photographer... Again?

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Rihanna, Numero 93, Copyright, Copy, Rihanna S&m, Video, Rihanna You Da ONe, Rihanna You Da One Copy, Rihanna Sexy Video, Rihanna Music Video, David Lachapelle S&m, S&M, Rihanna Copy, Solve Sundsbo, Arts News

While most of us watched Rihanna's new music video for 'You Da One' in an entranced fugue state, mouse hovering over the 'replay' button, amazingly s...

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Key Company Reverses Course In Online Piracy Fight

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Copyright Infringement, First Amendment, Godaddy, Copyright, Congress Sopa, Go Daddy Sopa, Online Piracy, GoDaddy.Com, Sopa, Stop Online Piracy Act, Go Daddy, Internet, Video, Piracy, Internet Piracy, Congress Online Piracy Act, Politics News

The largest Internet domain registrar and web hosting company Go Daddy has abandoned its support for the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), accor...

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OPEN Act Falls Short for Artists and Creators

Sandra Aistars | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Online Piracy, Stop Online Piracy Act, Copyright, OPEN Act, Sopa, Protect Ip Act, Entertainment News

The process, hurdles and cost burdens proposed by the OPEN Act make this an unworkable alternative for artists and creators.

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Economic Conflicts With China and Class War in the United States

Dean Baker | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: National Debt, Trade Deficit, Wall Street, Copyright, Federal Budget Deficit, China, China Dollar, China Commerce Department, China Deficit, China Yuan, Business News

The debate over China is often buried in confusion, leading to a situation that is not conducive to effective action. A major reason for this confusion is that there is not a common U.S. interest against China.

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Let's Play Fair on SOPA and Copyright

Chris Castle | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Google, Piracy, Copyright, Internet Freedom, Internet Censorship, Mpaa, Chris Dodd, Department of Justice, Technology, Censorship, Rogue Websites, Sopa, Hillary Clinton, Pirate Bay, Technology News

Investors may be losing confidence in whether Google can support the legality of its revenues -- and for good reason. Where there's smoke, there's fire and it smells like a fire in the house of Google.

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