YouTube Blocks UK Music Videos

Licensing: working once again to keep creative works out of the public eye. In this case, Google is removing professionally-submitted music videos from its Youtube UK site, having failed to come up with a licensing...

French President Sued for Copyright Infringement

French President Nicolas Sarkozy joins a grand tradition of political leaders calling for stringent intellectual-property laws, and then getting caught for violating those same laws. It's difficult enough to swallow the tortured reasoning behind some of these copyright laws...

New Zealand's terrible copyright law suspended, may be dead

This is interesting: "Street demonstrations, netwide campaigns, unfavorable press attention and sustained lobbying have moved the New Zealand government to temporarily suspend its new copyright law, which would...

India to patent traditional yoga poses

Indian government plans to recognize the practice of yoga as “traditional knowledge” and patent all yoga postures that were ever mentioned in traditional Indian texts to prevent others from monetizing on what...

Day 3 - The Pirate Bay’s ‘King Kong’ Defense

Day three of the trial started with presentation of the amended charges and ended early again with all sides retiring for pizza! " The lawyers representing all four called on the court for the acquittal of their...

Pirate Bay trial opens in Sweden

The founders of Pirate Bay, the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, have gone on trial in Stockholm, Sweden charged with copyright theft. If convicted, the men could be fined $143,500 and face up to two...

AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image

Thousands and thousands of $$ have been made from the sale of one of the most recognizable images of Pres. Obama, designed by street artist Shepard Fairey.  Now the AP wants credit and compensation;  the...

The whole idea of being a citizen journalist is!

The whole idea of being a citizen journalist is should not be orientated to making money. It is however to be ready to publish stories on your door step that simple get missed by the media or before they get to the...

YouTube in copyright clampdown

Everyone understands that copyright is important but some YouTube users are enraged by the seemingly arbitrary removal or muting of some videos including home videos of sing-alongs and kids playing songs coming out...

Facebook Game Scrabulous: It's Back as Lexulous!

Good news for all Scrabulous fans - it's back on Facebook!  It's pretty much the same, except it's now named Lexulous, and for those of us playing it when it went off last summer, our unfinished games,...

In Bratz spat, a small ray of hope for Mattel rival MGA Entert...

Riverside, California - The judge that ordered MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz dolls be removed from store shelves by February 11th has extended the deadline through to the end of 2009, due to "the clear importance...

Hasbro drops Scrabulous Lawsuit against Agarwalla Brothers

Hasbro has settled a lawsuit filed against two Indian brothers, whose RJ Software had created the word game 'Scrabulous' on Facebook.  They, however, cannot use the term 'Scrabulous' in any of their...

Telecoms package: EU Council deletes fundamental rights safeguards

"Paris, 27/11/08. The EU Council reached a political agreement on the telecommunication reform (“Telecoms Package”). On one hand, crucial modifications to the text finally doom Nicolas Sarkozy's project to impose graduated response to the whole Europe. On the other hand,...

Breakfast with Joi Ito: The Sharing Economy at Japan Society (11/20)

Let's get it straight, this was not a private breakfast with Joi Ito rather a Breakfast Discussion on the Sharing Economy (and Creative Commons) at the Japan Society in New York (November 20, 8:00 AM).The premise:"The Internet has advanced a new type of innovation where...

India v England, 4th ODI: Rain stops India at 82/1

"Rain interrupted the fourth ODI as India were halted at 82 for one after the end of 14 overs. England won the toss and elected to field trying to make use of the moisture in the air. India brought in Sachin Tendulkar in place of Rohit Sharma and the openers got off to a good...

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