Category Archives: Copyright

Richard Stallman on Bill Gates

Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 – 14:04

The BBC have an article from Richard Stallman, (he of the Free Software Foundation), regarding Bill Gates recent departure from Microsoft. As with all of Stallmans articles, it’s a pitch for freedom of software. The article is released under a Creative Commons NoDerivs license, read it in full below the fold.

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Limbo of the Lost

Wednesday, 18th June, 2008 – 17:32

There’s a fantastic new game available at the moment, but it may not be around for long. In the last day or two, it’s popularity has gone threw the roof.

It’s called “Limbo of the Lost” and it’s yours, if you can find it, for the tidy sum of GBP£24.99. The best thing is that you [...]

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EU Wants to Extend Copyright Period

Thursday, 14th February, 2008 – 14:24

The EU have announced plans to extend copyright periods from 50 years to 95 years. Arguing that the move would benefit session musicians and lesser known artists, Charlie McCreevy, the EU Internal Markets Commisioner, said that “copyright protection for Europe’s performers represents a moral right to control the use of their work and earn a [...]

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The Pirate Bay Under the Cosh

Wednesday, 16th January, 2008 – 12:49

I see that The Pirate Bay have been served with legal papers by a Swedish Prosecutor in relation to the Swedish Governments on-going investigation of copyright infringement. In fact they’ve been served with 4,000 pages of legal papers by the prosecutor. The Pirate Bay has obviously pissed off some very important people by keeping their [...]

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Dozier Internet Law

Friday, 19th October, 2007 – 10:38

Dozier Internet Law are an American company specialising in Internet and (US) copyright law. Their tag line is “We Protect the Reputations and the Intellectual Property of Businesses on the Web.”

For a company specialising in Internet law, they have some strange ideas. According to their User Agreement, it’s illegal to link to their site without [...]

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What Copyright License Would You Use?

Tuesday, 25th September, 2007 – 12:13

Over the past few years the issue of copyright on the Internet has become a decisive one. Which side of the fence do you stand on? Do you believe that information yearns to be free and that there should be no restrictions applied to creative works, or do you believe that hard work and talent [...]

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