EULAs aren’t all bad

Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Virtual Worlds | No Comments »

End-User License Agreements aren't all bad. They are necessary for interration - that incorporation-like thing for virtual worlds that Castronova talks about - in order to set out and delimit the game space. It is when they violate ...

DMCA-Free Canada: a land of opportunity

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property | No Comments »

Technological Protection Measures (TPMs) are the fortresses of code, silicon, and/or law that enforce Digital Rights Management (DRM). By not criminalizing (as a per se offense) the circumvention of TPMs, Canada keeps the doors open to innovation. Period. Innovation is not ...