Wendy Seltzer on the other problem with DRM
Wendy Seltzer has posted an article that will run in Berkeley technology Law Journal (Jan. 25 2010) . In it she argues that the problems with DRM go beyond its failure to accommodate Fair Use: The fair...
View ArticleGoogle’s copyright cartoon
Google’s educational copyright cartoon is amusing in a Ren and Stimpy sort of way But it’s disturbing that the cartoon purposefully makes the Fair Use “explanation” unintelligible. Presumably that’s...
View ArticleUnknowing v. Lessig
Not since the NFL sent a takedown notification to Wendy Seltzer because she posted the NFL’s copyright notice has a takedown notice been so unknowing. Wendy is a law professor and the head of the...
View ArticleTime to invoke the Streisand Effect?
The Register just posted one of the most ridiculous pieces of clickbait trolling I’ve ever seen. They’re claiming that by posting the parody video below, the UK’s Open Rights Group is comparing people...
View ArticleA victory for fair use
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the decision that permits Google Books to scan and index books to make them searchable and for data mining. The court agreed that this is fair use. It...
View ArticleFair use and the Google Books decision
Ting.com has posted my brief-ish article on why the decision that Google Books doesn’t violate copyright is a big win for us all.
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