Copyfightthe politics of IPPi-Con 3 (Alan Wexelblat)- June 25, 2008 I've been invited to be a panelistguest at the 3rd annual Pi Science Fiction Convention being held in West Springfield, MA this August. Given that the guests include Cory (boingboing) Doctorow and Randall (xkcd) Munroe I doubt most anyone will notice I'm there. On the other hand, I can't imagine putting Cory and myself in the same place and NOT having discussions of intellectual property arise. As I've noted before, Cory has been putting some effort into educating SF writers on the status...http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/25/picon_3.php The War on Photography (Alan Wexelblat)- June 23, 2008 Bruce Schneier has an update on his article for the Guardian describing the "movie plot" efforts to link public photography and anti-terrorist work. The gist is that there is no credible evidence linking public photography - even of public buildings, infrastructure, etc - to terrorist acts. Therefore, acting against photographers is not increasing security - it's just making people feel good and wasting resources. His blog entry pulls out all the embedded URLs from the article and includes..http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/23/the_war_on_photography.php Be Careful What You Wish For (Alan Wexelblat)- June 20, 2008 Microsoft wished for a new trial, but must not have asked nicely enough this time. Last time it was accused of infringing Alcatel-Lucent (digital music) patents it won, getting a negative verdict and large judgment thrown out. This time, however, Judge Marilyn L. Huff of the U.S. District Court in San Diego not only upheld the verdict, denying Microsoft's request for a new trial, she increased the penalty against the infringing software maker to a whopping USD 511.6 million in damages and...http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/20/be_careful_what_you_wish_for.php The 21st Century Version of the Copyright Notice (Alan Wexelblat)- June 18, 2008 I had a nice chat last week with Mike O'Donnel of iCopyright about their new service for small and independent publishers. The company has a large for-pay service that is used by large publishers, including news wires, to track the digital progress of copyrighted materials and they're reusing some of that technical infrastructure for the new offering. O'Donnell noted that previous attempts to let individuals control how their intellectual property is used, particularly Creative Commons, lack a.http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/18/the_21st_century_version_of_the_copyright... Future Writers, Future Books (Alan Wexelblat)- June 16, 2008 The Futurist online has an interesting think piece by Patrick Tucker on the possible future of writers, books, and writing in this century. Riffing primarily on a talk by Tim OReilly from earlier this year, Tucker visits interesting notions such as "the book as souvenir." There's not a whole lot new here for Copyfight readers but it's an interesting checkpoint that draws together several ideas. One is that modern online writing (primarily blogging) is barely paying the bills even for fairly..http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/16/future_writers_future_books.php Tracking the Trackers (Alan Wexelblat)- June 13, 2008 The CS Department at University of Washington have released a report with this title reporting on an investigation of copyright enforcement as it currently exists on P2P networks. The report's site contains a summary of the report's findings, a downloadable PDF of the full report and an online FAQ describing their research methods and key findings. I haven't digested the full thing yet, but the three basic conclusions are stated pretty bluntly:Anyone can be framed for copyright infringement. .http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/13/tracking_the_trackers.php FMC Releases "Rock the Net" Compilation CD (Alan Wexelblat)- June 4, 2008 Our friends at the Future of Music Coalition are announcing a CD compilation to benefit their Net Neutrality campaign. Featured names include Wilco, Bright Eyes, They Might Be Giants, Aimee Mann, Guster and more. The CD is set for an end-of-July release.http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2008/06/04/fmc_releases_rock_the_net_compilation_cd.... |