DigitalConsumer Newsnews about copyright and intellectual propertyCopyright news- February 28, 2005 Some articles from the past few days: Courts question anti-piracy rule: &8220;The US broadcast regulator has been told by appeal judges it has &8220;crossed the line&8221; with an anti-piracy tag which stops programmes being copied.&8221; More here. Off The Shelf notes that you pay orders of magnitude more for violating copyright than for stealing a physical item. (In a somewhat related story, you pay more for indecent material on the airwaves than you do for dumping toxic waste in the...http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2005/02/28/bbc-news-technology-courts-question-anti-pira... Long Tail vs. Lessig- February 28, 2005 Nice connection between two concepts that are on my mind a lot lately: Long Tail vs. Lessig. What you need to encourage this multiplicity of commercialization potential is tiered alternatives to one-size-fits-all copyright, from allowing derivative works (good marketing!) to shorter terms for the sake of the remix-culture social good. We&8217;ve been talking about the long tail (and situated software and other stuff) at JotSpot for a few months now. It&8217;s good to see people thinking...http://weblog.foopee.org/archives/2005/02/28/the-long-tail-long-tail-vs-lessig/ |