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Category Archives: Intellectual Property
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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Nine Inch Nails in the RIAA’s Coffin
According to Prof. Larry Lessig, Nine Inch Nails’ latest album has been released under Creative Commons. Kudos to Trent Reznor! http://lessig.org/blog/2008/03/nin_goes_cc.html I tried to comment but Prof. Lessig’s blog is giving me some sort of SQL error. Here is my … Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged copyfight, creative commons, Lessig, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, RIAA
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Fair Play and Griefing in Second Life
Terra Nova has an interesting piece on the issue of fair play in virtual worlds. I think the question is whether “griefing” could be considered infringement to fair play, which implies that fair play exists as a principle, and infers … Continue reading
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
Congratulations, Professor Michael Geist!
Prof. Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa is the Canada Research Chair in E-Commerce and Internet Law, an advocate for users’ rights in the copyfight, and the recipient of an EFF Pioneer Award: Slaw Electronic Frontier Foundation Professor Geist … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property
Tagged copyfight, EFF, Michael Geist
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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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