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CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You
CNet - Apple: Burn DVDs--and We'll Burn You- Article on Apple using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to prevent its customers from burning DVDs on external drives using iDVD software. ...
Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat
Security Warning Draws DMCA Threat- "Hewlett Packard has found a new club to use to pound researchers who unearth flaws in the company's software: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." By Declan McCullagh. [CNET] ...
On Trial: Digital Copyright Law On Trial: Digital Copyright Law
On Trial: Digital Copyright Law- "The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Thursday in an attempt to overturn key portions of a controversial 1998 copyright law." By Declan McCullagh. [CNet] ...
321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA 321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA
321 Studios Plays It Safe Against the DMCA- "CNet reports on a request by 321 Studios to have it legally declared that their DVD Copy Plus software doesn't violate the DCMA." Reader discussion. [Slashdot] ...
What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act- A practitioner's journal from 1999 which includes useful information relevant to the DMCA for colleges and/or universities. ...
TCPA / Palladium FAQ TCPA / Palladium FAQ
TCPA / Palladium FAQ- Ross Anderson's analysis of Intel's TCPA and Microsoft's Palladium, technologies for digital rights management which may well have implications upon the implementation of the EUCD. ...
UK Campaigners Call for Anti 'Anti-rip' CD Day of Action UK Campaigners Call for Anti 'Anti-rip' CD Day of Action
UK Campaigners Call for Anti 'Anti-rip' CD Day of Action- "Campaigners will take to the streets of Britain this Saturday (6 October) in a bid to raise public awareness of the music industry's attempts to prevent listener ...
FIPR - Policy Work FIPR - Policy Work
FIPR - Policy Work- The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is an independent organisation researching the effects of new legislation and lobbying UK Government parties for the provision of academic and per ...
Shouting About Copyright Shouting About Copyright
Shouting About Copyright- Technology consultant Bill Thompson discusses issues of concern in the UK implementation of the EUCD, his view being that it may eat away at our rights to enjoy music and film. [BBC] ...
See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made
See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made- Chris Lightfoot's correspondence with Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD. ...
EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents
EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents- Repository of European Union Directives, Proposals and Reports on Intellectual Property legislations, in PDF format. ...
UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause
UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause- Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register] ...
Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA
Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA- Article covering Alan Cox's speech at the Campaign for Digital Rights meeting [Register] ...
Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response
Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response- The Patent Office will miss the EUCD deadline of 22 December due to extensive feedback on the draft UK proposal. Article by Drew Cullen [Register]. ...
The EU's Answer to the DMCA The EU's Answer to the DMCA
The EU's Answer to the DMCA- "You thought the DCMA was bad? Well EU Directive 2001/29/EU is due to be passed into individual country law next year." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot] ...
File Sharing: A Debate File Sharing: A Debate
File Sharing: A Debate- Arguments for and against filesharing, with a focus on trading MP3s. ...
The Effect of P2P File-sharing Depends on Popularity The Effect of P2P File-sharing Depends on Popularity
The Effect of P2P File-sharing Depends on Popularity- The hits at the top of the charts lose sales, but the niche artists further down the popularity curve actually benefit from file-trading, according to a Harvard paper ...
Yo Ho Ho – Buccanerds Give Studios a Broadside Yo Ho Ho – Buccanerds Give Studios a Broadside
Yo Ho Ho – Buccanerds Give Studios a Broadside- Profile of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay and file-sharing evangelism. [Times Online] ...
The Pirate's Dilemma The Pirate's Dilemma
The Pirate's Dilemma- A blog about the relationship between piracy, youth culture, pop culture and innovation. Information on the book The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Re-invented Capitalism and author and speaker ...
Who Owns Culture? Who Owns Culture?
Who Owns Culture?- Streaming audio of a presentation by Lawrence Lessig, a discussion between him and Jeff Tweedy on digital filesharing, and question and answer session. Part of "Live From the New York Public Library". ...
File-Sharing Getting Bad Rap? File-Sharing Getting Bad Rap?
File-Sharing Getting Bad Rap?- "A controversial new study by economists at Harvard and the University of North Carolina has found that file-sharing is not the cause of declining CD sales." [Rolling Stone] ...
Copying Isn't Cool Copying Isn't Cool
Copying Isn't Cool- "File sharing isn't just a problem for the music industry. It's a threat to anyone who depends upon intellectual property for a living." By Scott Matthews. [Salon] ...
LA Times: File 'sharing' or 'stealing'? LA Times: File 'sharing' or 'stealing'?
LA Times: File 'sharing' or 'stealing'?- Jon Healey writes about the semantic debate over whether copyright infringement is theft, in response to an Op-Ed submission that called for file sharing to be decriminalized. ...
DieTrollDie DieTrollDie
DieTrollDie- News and views from a person who was targeted for an alleged file sharing case. Includes information on how to file a motion, settlement letter examples and a forum. ...
Fight Copyright Trolls Fight Copyright Trolls
Fight Copyright Trolls- Includes educational material for the people targeted by settlement demands and provides a forum to discuss the defense strategies. ...
Openlaw: Eldred v. Reno Openlaw: Eldred v. Reno
Openlaw: Eldred v. Reno- Open law public forum for collaboration and discussion on the case challenging the Bono Act's 20 year extension of the copyright terms. ...
Openlaw: Golan v. Ashcroft Openlaw: Golan v. Ashcroft
Openlaw: Golan v. Ashcroft- Open law public forum for collaboration and discussion on the case challenging the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and "restoration" of expired copyrights. ...
The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain
The Mouse That Ate The Public Domain- "Disney, The Copyright Term Extension Act, and Eldred v. Ashcroft." By Chris Sprigman. [FindLaw's Writ] ...
New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials
New Rules for Using Public Domain Materials- How to determine what is in the public domain in the US after the Copyright Term Extension Act. Discusses trademark and right of publicity issues that may burden otherwise "ri ...
Why the Public Domain Is Not Just a Mickey Mouse Issue Why the Public Domain Is Not Just a Mickey Mouse Issue
Why the Public Domain Is Not Just a Mickey Mouse Issue- Comments prepared for the NINCH Copyright Town Meeting on the Public Domain at the Chicago Historical Society by Diane M. Zorich. ...
Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer
Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer- Summary of issue and the arguments, and links to legal documents and other resources about the case over the constitutionality of the Copyright Term Extension Act. [Washington Post] ...
Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments
Eldred v. Ashcroft Oral Arguments- News of arguments in the case against the retroactive 20-year copyright extension and forum discussion. [Slashdot] ...
FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General
FindLaw: Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General- Text of the decision, with links to other cases cited. ...
Let the Stories Go Let the Stories Go
Let the Stories Go- Editorial citing the lawsuit against "The Wind Done Gone" as an example of what's wrong with copyright term extension. By Lawrense Lessig. [New York Times] [Free registration required.] ...
Wikipedia: Copyright Term Extension Act Wikipedia: Copyright Term Extension Act
Wikipedia: Copyright Term Extension Act- Free encyclopedia entry about the act. ...
The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain
The Mouse That Ate the Public Domain- "Antitrust lawyer Chris Sprigman has written a thoughtful column in Findlaw's Writ on the issues behind the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act and the legal challenge (Eldred v. Ashcr ...
Mouse Trapped Mouse Trapped
Mouse Trapped- Discusses shifts in the perceived purposes of copyright law from public benefits to author profits. By Mike Godwin. [The American Lawyer] ...
Washington Post - Everything you need to know about Congress's online piracy bills, in one post Washington Post - Everything you need to know about Congress's online piracy bills, in one post
Washington Post - Everything you need to know about Congress's online piracy bills, in one post- Q&A on the facts about SOPA and PIPA, the latest efforts to crack down on online copyright infringement, from Ezra Klein's ...
Wikipedia - PRO-IP Act Wikipedia - PRO-IP Act
Wikipedia - PRO-IP Act- Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (PIPA), H.R.4279. ...
Wikipedia - Stop Online Piracy Act Wikipedia - Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia - Stop Online Piracy Act- Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R.3261. ...
Publishers Weekly - Copyrights vs. Human Rights Publishers Weekly - Copyrights vs. Human Rights
Publishers Weekly - Copyrights vs. Human Rights- Cory Doctorow addresses the human rights implications associated with copyright policy, and why he opposes SOPA. ...
The Guardian - SOPA The Guardian - SOPA
The Guardian - SOPA- Collected news and analysis about the Stop Online Piracy Act. Includes links to related topics and articles. ...
New York Times - Copyrights and Internet Piracy (SOPA and PIPA Legislation) New York Times - Copyrights and Internet Piracy (SOPA and PIPA Legislation)
New York Times - Copyrights and Internet Piracy (SOPA and PIPA Legislation)- Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photos, multimedia and selected web resources. ...
THOMAS - H.R.4279 THOMAS - H.R.4279
THOMAS - H.R.4279- Official U.S. Library of Congress information about HR 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (PIPA). Includes summary, full text, sponsors and congressiona ...
THOMAS - H.R.3261 THOMAS - H.R.3261
THOMAS - H.R.3261- Official U.S. Library of Congress information about HR 3261, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Includes summary, full text, sponsors and congressional actions. ...
DeCSS for Linux and DVD DeCSS for Linux and DVD
DeCSS for Linux and DVD- Information about and links to various encryption and decryption tools for educational and research purposes. ...
Gallery of CSS Descramblers Gallery of CSS Descramblers
Gallery of CSS Descramblers- If DeCSS code is illegal in the USA, but text is protected, where do you draw the line? A gallery of exhibits of the descrambling algorithm from code through plain English to graphic images. ...
In Defense of Free Speech on the Internet In Defense of Free Speech on the Internet
In Defense of Free Speech on the Internet- The Global Internet Liberty Campaign member statement opposing the efforts by the DVD-CAA to censor websites worldwide. Signed by more than fifty global civil liberties organiza ...
Cryptanalysis of Contents Scrambling System Cryptanalysis of Contents Scrambling System
Cryptanalysis of Contents Scrambling System- A paper which shows that CSS encryption has weaknesses which make it rapidly breakable even without knowledge of any hardware keys, and describes algorithms to do so. ...
DeCSS/2600 Court of Appeals Decision DeCSS/2600 Court of Appeals Decision
DeCSS/2600 Court of Appeals Decision- Text of the decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the judgement against 2600 in the DeCSS linking case. ...

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