Digital Culture For Creative Minds

Digital Culture For Creative Minds
by ERIC SHINN
Digital Journal.com, publication date: 30 October 2004
"“A lot of DJs are record collectors, audiophiles who will still buy a record and make an MP3 from their own copy rather than download a version off the Internet with shitty compression and no cover art,” he explains. “Our market is people like me, who are going to buy records no matter what. Blank cassettes were supposed to be the death of vinyl, or how about radio?”"

A chat with Creative Commons Creative Director Matt Haughey

A chat with Creative Commons Creative Director Matt Haughey
by JESSAMYN WEST
InfoCommons, publication date: 27 October 2004
"And we've seen it happening, at least with some bands making it useful for them, and I saw the CD coming out in Wired.... Okay now how about the reverse. I work in a public library, we buy a copy of a book and share it around, or a DVD, or a CD, or whatever. Does the CC world, or the information commons world affect us now, or is it a trickle down thing, in your opinion?
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Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA

Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
ZDnet, publication date: 26 October 2004
"Static Control has seized on the last exemption [interoperability], which permits reverse-engineering 'for the purpose of enabling interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs' and says its creation of the Smartek chip is also protected by traditional fair use rights enshrined in U.S. copyright law."

IT firms call for patent protection in EU

IT firms call for patent protection in EU
by SIMON TAYLOR
PC Advisor, publication date: 27 October 2004
"The group warns that if MEPs insist on some of the amendments they requested when they were first asked their views on the directive, it would 'seriously threaten research and development in Europe' and put thousands of highly skilled jobs at risk.

The Parliament wanted to exclude software from the scope of patents, saying that software packages were already sufficiently protected through copyright law."

Court Overturns Lexmark Case Injunction

Court Overturns Lexmark Case Injunction
Associated Press
The Mercury News (San Jose), publication date: 26 October 2004
"In a blow to printer company Lexmark International Inc., a federal appeals court overturned on Tuesday an order that barred a North Carolina company from making computer chips for ink cartridge replacements."

Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA

Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
ZDnet, publication date: 26 October 2004
"Static Control has seized on the last exemption [interoperability], which permits reverse-engineering 'for the purpose of enabling interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs' and says its creation of the Smartek chip is also protected by traditional fair use rights enshrined in U.S. copyright law."

Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA

Ruling on refilled printer cartridges touches DMCA
by DECLAN MCCULLAGH
ZDnet, publication date: 26 October 2004
"Static Control has seized on the last exemption [interoperability], which permits reverse-engineering 'for the purpose of enabling interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs' and says its creation of the Smartek chip is also protected by traditional fair use rights enshrined in U.S. copyright law."

LAMP and Regulatory Arbitrage

LAMP and Regulatory Arbitrage
by EDWARD FELTEN
Freedom to Tinker, publication date: 25 October 2004
"According to MIT, transmission of music via LAMP is legal because it is covered by music licenses that MIT has purchased in connection with the campus radio station."

Self-destructing DVDs to help market new film

Self-destructing DVDs to help market new film
Reuters
CNet News.com, publication date: 19 October 2004
"Disposable DVDs are not new. A company called Flexplay, which Convex bought in September, has been making them for the Walt Disney Co., and Disney has test marketed them with some success in a limited number of cities for about a year."

Love ends 90 years of solitude in laureate's new novel

Love ends 90 years of solitude in laureate's new novel
by GILES TREMLETT
Guardian [UK], publication date: 22 October 2004
"A million copies of Memories of My Melancholy Whores went on sale in Latin America and Spain, and the publishers celebrated, having outwitted the copyright pirates who have been selling a clandestine version in Colombia in recent days."

Decision to sue is not a surprise

Decision to sue is not a surprise
Birmingham Post, publication date: 22 October 2004
"Mr Robb-John said: 'Fair dealing allows people to listen to and download music from the internet at home in a reasonable and limited way. There's a specific piece of law that allows you to set the video to record a favourite TV programme to watch later and there's a general area of law called 'fair dealing' that allows limited use of music and other copyright material at home."

Bush, Kerry Agree on P2P

Bush, Kerry Agree on P2P
by ROY MARK
InternetNews.com, publication date: 22 October 2004
"For the last two years, Congress has debated a number of proposals aimed at slowing the trade of pirated music through file-swapping networks, including measures that would essentially ban the technology itself."

Software patents raise hackles in Britain

Software patents raise hackles in Britain
by GRAEME WEARDEN
CNet News.com, publication date: 22 October 2004
"More than 20 small companies and individuals involved in the software industry have already used Protect Innovation to voice their concerns. Many fear that their businesses would be seriously affected if software were to be made patentable."

Blocked channels

Blocked channels
by BENNETT RING
The Age [Australia], publication date: 23 October 2004
"The TV networks weren't forthcoming about why they haven't teamed up for the simple task of creating an Australian EPG. Simon Francis, director of corporate development at Channel Seven says only that "there are broad legal issues relating to copyright" and pointed us to the commercial free-to-air peak industry body, Free TV, to discuss what these legal issues were."

Effect of open access on citation impact: a bibliography of studies

Effect of open access on citation impact: a bibliography of studies
Open Citation project, last updated: 13 October 2004
"Why might open access be of benefit to authors? One universally important factor for all authors is impact, typically measured by the number of times a paper is cited. Studies have begun to show that open access increases impact, although more studies and more substantial investigations are needed to confirm the effect."

HBO freezes fair use; plugs analog hole

HBO freezes fair use; plugs analog hole
by JASON SCHULTZ
Copyfight, publication date: 18 October 2004
"Coming this June to a cable or satellite set top box near you, HBO will be locking down all fair use rights on their content -- whether analog or digital. "

Hollywood's new director

Hollywood's new director
by INA FRIED
CNet News.com, publication date: 18 October 2004
"Change is inevitable. You've got to encourage new technology. You've got to do education, and you've got to do research and technology. You've also got to enforce your rights. Some are criminal (actions). Some are civil"

Activists seek copyright alternatives

Activists seek copyright alternatives
The Associated Press
MSNBC News, publication date: 13 October 2004
"Artists and scholars who believe the current copyright system unduly stifles creativity are pushing a less restrictive alternative that they call the Creative Commons. Its adherents are a varied lot. They include MIT, the Beastie Boys, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, newspaper columnist Dan Gillmor and the British Broadcasting Corp."

Glickman to film industry: nurture new technology

Glickman to film industry: nurture new technology
by BOB TOURTELLOTTE
Reuters, publication date: 13 October 2004
"In recent years, Valenti has led the charge against illegal copying and downloading of digital movie and TV show files on the Web through a strategy that included legal action against Web sites, new federal legislation and consumer education.

But technology industry leaders have claimed actions of the movie and TV industry, as well as similar anti-piracy tactics by music makers, have stifled innovation and industry growth."

First Pooh, Now Pan: Disney in Court over Peter Pan Rights

First Pooh, Now Pan: Disney in Court over Peter Pan Rights
Animation World Network (AWN), publication date: 12 October 2004
"Hyperion, Disney's New York-based book division, claims that the original novel’s copyright ran out, but the hospital claims that the Copyright Extension Act of 1998 extended the U.S. copyright until 2023. "

Duplicate Publication, Multiple Problems

JAMA -- Duplicate Publication, Multiple Problems
by CATHERINE D. DeANGELIS
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), publication date: 13 October 2004
"Duplicate publication is a serious issue that raises concerns about copyright and ethical conduct.7 Duplicate publication also wastes valuable resources8 and causes problems for researchers, especially those who conduct meta-analyses.9 "

Supreme Court Denies Cert in RIAA v. Verizon

Supreme Court Denies Cert in RIAA v. Verizon
by DONNA WENTWORTH
Copyfight, publication date: 12 October 2004

Supreme Court refuses to consider issue of Internet privacy

Supreme Court refuses to consider issue of Internet privacy
Associated Press
TwinCities.com, publication date: 12 October 2004
"The Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a dispute over whether Internet providers can be forced to identify subscribers illegally swapping music and movies online."

Peer-to-peer piracy on university campuses; October 5 hearing

Peer-to-peer piracy on university campuses; October 5 hearing before the subcommittee on Courts, The Internet and Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives:
Witness list
Spanier statement
Sherman statement
Davis statement
McGlade statement
Full webcast
publication date: 05 October 2004

Click Here to Lose Your Fair Use Rights

Click Here to Lose Your Fair Use Rights
by DONNA WENTWORTH
Copyfight, publication date: 01 October 2004
"It seems to me that most unfortunate thing about this ruling is the power it gives companies to crush the competition. What copyright giveth (fair use, reverse engineering for interoperability), contract via clickwrap buttressed by the DMCA taketh away."

Notorious pirate Taiwan now fights IPR piracy

Notorious pirate Taiwan now fights IPR piracy
by MAC WILLIAM BISHOP
Asia Times Online, publication date: 07 October 2004
"Most Taiwanese consumers will probably not appreciate what their country has gained by sacrificing this illicit convenience: compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) regulations and the possible removal of Taiwan from an esoteric US list of media piracy-ridden nations from Novembe"

Spanier testifies before U.S. Congress on efforts to combat digital piracy

Spanier testifies before U.S. Congress on efforts to combat digital piracy
Penn State Live, publication date: 06 October 2004
"He appeared before the subcommittee on February 26, 2003, shortly after becoming co-chair of the Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment Communities. Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), co-chairs the committee along with Spanier.
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