Jul 17, 2001 | DRM, file_sharing, law
Here’s an example of the future as envisioned by the megacorporations that are trying to turn copyrights to their advantage. Imagine that you open the cover of your summer reading and find this notice: “By opening the cover of this book, you agree to the...
Jun 28, 2001 | law, Microsoft
If you’re looking for more analysis, here’s a good article on the meaning and likely effect of the appeals court decision today.
Jun 28, 2001 | law, Microsoft
If you want a headstart on tomorrow’s headlines, here’s an article about today’s appeals court ruling vacating the remedies ordered by Judge Jackson and remanding the case back to a different trial judge. Microsoft also backed away from the...
May 22, 2001 | audio, DRM, file_sharing, law
There’s a lot to learn about the copyright issues symbolized by the war against Napster. Copyright owners are waging a concerted battle with a single-minded goal: to make your every exposure to copyrighted material into an event that costs you money. In 1998 the...
Apr 10, 2001 | audio, file_sharing, law
My lawyer friends will appreciate this story. Last week jurors in a federal court trial in New York awarded $300,000 to an independent record label for copyright violations – delivered as 145 individual awards, one for each infringed song. The defendant,...
Feb 28, 2001 | law, Microsoft
If you’re following the Microsoft hearings, the best part was the obvious distaste shown the by appellate panel for Judge Jackson’s outrageous anti-Microsoft ravings in the press. Here’s an article that quotes extensively from the oral arguments...
