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Category Archives: Business Law
Microsoft’s Ironic Poker Game: But are they bluffing this time?
Back in February, Network World ran a story that Linus Torvalds, inventor of the Linux operating system and guru of the Linux kernel, believes that Microsoft is bluffing in its threat to sue for patent infringement. NW quotes Torvals as … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged GNU, GPL, LexisNexis, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Microsoft, patent
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Hulu and the NHL, follow-up
In response to a comment received putting succinctly Mr. Bettman’s effect on the NHL, I would like to present two screen captures comparing the customer relations aspects of licensing issue manifestations. We have the new South Park Studios web site, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged Gary Bettman, hulu, licensing, nhl, rebroadcast, South Park, webcast
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Hulu and the NHL
Michael Geist pointed out that the NHL webcast on Hulu.com is blocked to Canadians. It was pointed out in the comments that it seems blocked to other non-Americans as well. I added my $0.02 (i.e. this is my comment on … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged circumvention, hulu, licensing, nhl, rebroadcast, webcast
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Collective mens rea? Or a lack of musical supply…
Ben Jones of TorrentFreak published an article a couple of weeks ago discussing the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey in the U.K., in which it was revealed not only that so-called “piracy” is rampant, even among the generally non-criminal element. What’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property
Tagged copyfight, entertainment survey, licensing, mp3, music, pop culture, RIAA
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Selling your everything: Non-comp clauses, IP, and employment contracts
I would like to write, today, about a murky subject I’ve been thinking about for a few weeks. The various forms the germ of this post has assumed over those weeks all stem from a particular type of clause – … Continue reading
Joomla Demo Camp – Vancouver
I am spending this evening at the Joomla! Demo Camp at The Network Hub in downtown Vancouver. Joomla! is an open-source content management system (CMS) that makes creating sophisticated websites with dense, extensive, and/or media rich content as easy as … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Information Technology
Tagged CMS, Content Management, Joomla, Joomla DemoCamp, Tazzu
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Shysters be Gone, part III
In part II, I identified two types of antisocial behaviour which we attempt to prevent, restrain, correct, punish, etc., with law: “those which harm the integrity of society, potentially leading to its collapse; and those which alter the dynamic of … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Legal Explorations
Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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Reconstituting the Copyfight Polarization, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Corporation
I was recently discussing with a colleague on Tazzu the new allies the Copyfight seems to have found: Tazzu Discussion Thread: “The Forces of CopyRightness gain another ally” Ars Technica: The Privacy Commissioner is not a big fan of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property
Tagged copyfight, DMCA, moral rights, users' rights coalition
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Shysters be Gone! part II
We ended the first post in this series with the question, “Whence comes the ethical imperative, ‘Don’t be a Shyster!’?” Now we will get into it: I would like to draw an ephemeral line between moral and ethical laws – … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Legal Explorations
Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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Ford gets confused and shoots itself in the foot
So Ford Motor Company is a little bit confused. They are claiming some form of intellectual property in photographs of specific Ford Mustangs. Not in the abstract image of the iconic car, but in the photographs taken by enthusiastic owners … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property
Tagged black mustang club, copyright, ford, ford motor company, Intellectual Property, licensing, mustang, trademark
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