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January 24, 2013
Piracy and the Entitlement Mindset, Again
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Earlier this week, I sent a link to my previous post on this subject to an old friend of mine. Once upon a time, we were both in local rock bands and fancied ourselves to be future professional musicians. These day
January 21, 2013
Piracy and the Entitlement Mindset
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In reading a bit about "Mega," the new site/service launched by alleged pirate Kim Dotcom, I did something that is really against my better judgment: I scrolled down and read through the comments posted in response
January 18, 2013
A Pair of Highly Recommended Posts About Aaron Swartz
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So much has been written and said about the suicide of Reddit founder Aaron Swartz that I'm torn between wanting to add my two cents and thinking that everything of value (as well as a whole lot of no particular val
January 17, 2013
Carnegie Mellon Prof. Addresses ‘Piracy Myths’
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Speaking at the Digital Book World Conference in New York earlier this week, Carnegie Mellon University's Michael D. Smith addressed three myths common to discussions of illegal downloading, according to Media Bistr
January 15, 2013
Judge: AFP, Washington Post Liable For Improper Use of Tweeted Photos
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The full case is far from over, but Judge Alison Nathan (Southern District of New York) has reportedly ruled that Agence France-Presse and The Washington Post infringed on the copyrights of photographer Daniel Morel
January 11, 2013
Reminder: The Trouble Copyright Infringement Lands You In Ain’t Always Civil
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In discussing copyright violation in the Internet Age, particularly with some of my younger friends, I'm often stunned to find that they are unaware that copyright violation can carry with it criminal liability (as
January 9, 2013
Does Congress Have a SOPA Hangover?
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Earlier this week over on Hillicon Valley, Jennifer Martinez penned an interesting piece about an apparent reticence on the part of many in Congress to introducing new legislation designed to curb online piracy, a h
January 7, 2013
The Vimeo Case: A Study in “Knowledge” and “Control”
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At the heart of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is the idea that Internet Service Providers should not be liable for infringements on copyright undertaken by third-party users of
December 27, 2012
The Long Saga of Jammie Thomas-Rasset; Will It Include a Trip to the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Way back in 2006, The yeezy pas cher Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against a woman named Jammie Thomas-Rasset as a result of Thomas-Rasset's use of the Kazaa
December 17, 2012
Just In Time for Christmas: Judge Issues Ruling in Christmas Carol Copyright Case
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OK, OK, so "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" technically probably doesn't count as a "Christmas carol," but considering it one made for a nice, alliterative ending to the headline for this post, so I couldn't resist.
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