ColumnsGetting Away (from DMCA)
Posted 07/21/08 at 01:32:48 PM by Quinn Norton
Who doesn’t love a Caribbean island? Imagine yourself on a beach in Antigua with a drink that comes in a hollow coconut. Beautiful women walk by. The sun begins to set, and you’ve just finished importing your DVD collection to a hard drive. It's good to be free from the DMCA.
Hit the jump for more fair-use vacation ideas!
ColumnsByte Rights: Fair Use Manifesto
Posted 05/14/08 at 07:27:37 PM by Quinn Norton
Our latest columnist, Quinn Norton, explains where she stands on the thorny issues of copyright, fair use, and piracy.
FROM THE ARCHIVETheft by Proxy with ImageShack
Posted 04/07/08 at 07:59:22 PM by David Murphy
Who needs ImageShack's BitTorrent service? We found three alternate services that use their bandwidth to download your BitTorrents and spit out the results in a friendly, HTTP-style download link!
FROM THE ARCHIVELegit and Illegitimate Streaming Music
Posted 01/24/08 at 10:36:40 PM by Erin Simon
Last.fm offers free streaming full-length songs on demand with the studios' blessing, while Seeqpod the music search engine gets sued.
FROM THE ARCHIVEWhy Immunity Matters: What Could Be Behind AT&T's Bizarre Proposal to Filter the Internet
Posted 01/18/08 at 12:07:05 PM by Erin Simon
Filtering its network for copyright infringement could expose AT&T to enormous liability. Why would the telecom be proposing to do just that?
FROM THE ARCHIVEScrabulous: I-N-F-R-I-N-G-I-N-G ?
Posted 01/14/08 at 07:47:12 PM by Erin Simon
Popular Facebook application Scrabulous faces the wrath of Hasbro over possibly infringing Scrabble's trademarks
FROM THE ARCHIVEWhat The Romantics Don't Like About Guitar Hero
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The Romantics try an end-run around the Copyright Act by claiming a cover song sounds too much like them.
FROM THE ARCHIVEAltlaw.org Wants You
Posted 11/18/07 at 06:09:11 PM by Erin Simon
An upstart database of judicial decisions puts the public back in public domain, but it needs your help.
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