MIT's YouTomb Resurrects Videos Pulled from YouTube

Leave to an MIT crew like Free Culture to come up with YouTomb, a place to resurrect the online carcasses of videos that have been killed by YouTube for allegedly violating copyright.This is an interesting...

User-Generated Content Services and Copyright Issues

"Cannes, France-- Could you be arrested for uploading my film or clip on the internet? India Eu Film Initiative (www.iefilmi.com) brings you a fascinationg debate on the content that you as an ordinary user of the...

BBC forces fan to remove Dr Who knitting patterns from website

While the BBC encourages Dr Who fans to make their own video trailers and comic books, one thing they must not do is make knitted toys.The BBC has slapped a craft website with a copyright infringement notice for displaying knitting patterns of Dr Who characters. The...

Jurassic Dinosaur Dung Sold at NYC Auction for Nearly $1,000

" NEW YORK (AP)  -- A 130-million-year-old pile of poo goes for $960.A spokeswoman for Bonhams New York says the prehistoric deposit fetched more than its pre-auction estimate of $450 Wednesday night in Manhattan.The auction house says the dinosaur dung is Jurassic...

Citizen Journalism – Are comments legal viewed as being copyrighted? Opinion

Many Citizen Journalist have used comments from their readers in follow up articles or as I have done one on a article that will be published on sites where citizen journalist lurk.I used a pearl of a comment from...

Pirate Bay to Sue Music Industry Lobbyist

Just when we all got used to the comforting routine of lobbyists for the recording industry suing the Pirate Bay, and the Swedish peer-to-peer tracker getting around the  suits due to differing laws in the US...

Be responsible if your a Citizen Journalist - Opinion

A few years ago or more development on the internet allowed new activities to sprout new types of social communities became a new way of making money on the web based on revenue that could made from...

Michael Geist - Exclusive video interview in Calgary

Michael Geist is one of the leading and internationally recognized legal expert in technology law and the fight for fair copyright. It was my great pleasure to attend a copyright workshop with him as the featured...

10 Big Myths about copyright explained

10 Big Myths about copyright explained. So as no to violate copyright or fair use rules. (it would be ambarassing to violate the law when writing about violating the law) here is the first three. Please see...

Star Wars stormtroopers in British court

A prop designer who made the stormtroopers costumes for the 1977 cult hit 'Star Wars' appeared for the first time in court today over a dispute with George Lucas about the fact that he doesn't own the rights to...

Mongolian Pop and Rock Getting Set to Take on Global Music Scene

"Hurd: famous Mongolian rock band aims to cross-over With Sa Ding Ding - the Inner Mongolian/Chinese - pop singer currently on her promotion tour in London, UK, it is time to visit the vibrant pop and rock scene...

Record Labels Seek $2.5 Million in Damages From Pirate Bay

No Joke, the swedish industry has put a price on Pirate Bay's activities. The response was, I guess, expected..."Record Labels Seek $2.5 Million in Damages From Pirate BayBy Eliot Van Buskirk EmailMarch 31, 2008 |...

Swedish court rules against ads

I must say that ads sure do mess up a movie. An interesting, and perhaps groundbreaking, decision from the Swedish Supreme Court which ruled that inserting ads into a movie without the directors explicit permission is in violation of the copyright. The limitation with this...

MusicBlob » Hey, there’s pirate music in my Qtrax…! A Musicblob exclusive

"The last find about that improbable digital distributor called Qtrax happened here at Musicblob this morning: there’s apparently pirate music in Qtrax (!)."

Can Pwnage be Pwned?!

It's very, very clear that the term "pwnage" ("ownage") has been in the public parlance for... well, I don't know how long, but google it and see how many hits you get. "On February 26, 2008, Finnish software...

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