DigitalConsumer Newsnews about copyright and intellectual propertyCopyright and innovation- October 9, 2004 BusinessWeek: Are The Copyright Wars Chilling Innovation Nobody disputes that digital technology has created unforeseen dilemmas for copyright protection. But changing the laws to target versatile technology and scientific investigation rather than bad behavior is asking society to pay too high a price. Fritz Attaway from the MPAA says: &8220;It&8217;s easy to assert you feel chilled, but I don&8217;t see any evidence to support that.&8221; Yet Intimidation isn&8217;t hard to spot..http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2004/10/09/copyright-and-innovation/ Copyright and democracy- October 9, 2004 CNet: The judge also found that Diebold had misrepresented its claims against the students, who were indeed protected by their fair use defense. &8220;No reasonable copyright holder could have believed that the portions of the e-mail archive discussing possible technical problems with Diebold&8217;s voting machines were protected by copyright,&8221; the judge said. Diebold will pay damages to the students and reimburse their lawyers&8217; fees&8211;the first case of its kind to slap the...http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2004/10/09/copyright-and-democracy/ INDUCE- October 9, 2004 Great news! The INDUCE act is dead, for now. Coverage from Wired and Newsday.http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2004/10/09/induce/ Hollywood takes P2P case to Supreme Court- October 9, 2004 CNet: Hollywood studios and record companies on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn a controversial series of recent court decisions that have kept file-swapping software legal.http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2004/10/09/hollywood-takes-p2p-case-to-supreme-court/ Fear of copyright (litigation)- October 3, 2004 A book about song lyrics can&8217;t quote any song lyrics: I have written something &8211; in this case, an entire book &8211; which seeks to engage popular culture as part of theological education in a theologicalscholarly argument, and the publisher has told me I can&8217;t use actual quotes from pop culture songs to do so. It&8217;s immaterial whether the inclusion of the lyrics is really fair use (and it obviously is). The point is that the publisher&8217;s fear of overstepping fair...http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2004/10/03/fear-of-copyright-litigation/ Bad Blizzard- October 1, 2004 A terrible decision on Blizzard vs. BNETD: In sum, it&8217;s a horror on every item, and rules solidly against programmer&8217;s interests. &8230; You can click away your fair use rights &8230; Interoperability exemption is narrow &8230;http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2004/09/30/bad-blizzard/ |