copyright

Should Google Be Allowed to Monopolize "Orphan" Books?

BY Chris DannenTue Jul 7, 2009 at 1:10 PM

Google may be guilty of antitrust violations for its Book Search initiative, reported several newswire services on Monday. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the search giant's settlement with the Author's Guild ...READ»

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This Week's Top Tech News: Elimination Edition

BY Chris DannenFri Jun 26, 2009 at 3:41 PM

Put an end to blindness, bullshit, copyright laws and Time Warner's dark hegemony? Sure: the top tech stories of the week are all about the death of things that Web nerds hate--and that includes Bing, whether you like the idyllic backgrounds or not. READ»

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Pirate Party Wins a Seat on E.U. Parliament

BY Kit EatonMon Jun 8, 2009 at 12:01 PM

Europeans have been busy choosing new members of the European Parliament, and the Swedes have pulled off a surprising maneuver: They've elected a member of the Pirate Party. For the anti-copyright movement, it's a huge ...READ»

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YouTomb Shows Music Labels Stepping Up YouTube Copyright Crackdowns

BY Chris DannenMon May 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM

Every month, thousands of videos are pulled off YouTube for copyright infringement and other user-flagged violations. A student organization at MIT called Free Culture has compiled a kind of online eulogizer for videos lost to ...READ»

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Four Convicted in Pirate Bay Trial

BY Chris DannenFri Apr 17, 2009 at 10:51 AM

The music industry won a major victory against copyright infringement today with the conviction of the four men behind the Pirate Bay, a file-swapping service with over 20 million members. The men were sentenced in a Swedish court ...READ»

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Rant:Why Copyright MUST Be Respected

BY Shel HorowitzWed Apr 8, 2009 at 6:12 AM

Someone on a forum I belonged to posted a really great article. The only problem was, it looked like the poster hadn't gotten permission. As entrepreneurs, we need to be careful to respect the intellectual property rights of ...READ»

SUING | Comment

Kindle Gets New Legal Threat, Weirdly From Discovery Channel

BY Kit EatonWed Mar 18, 2009 at 3:06 PM

The Kindle is clearly a paradigm-shifting device, signaling as it does the start of the digital book revolution--so it's only natural to expect people to get shaken up by it. And earlier this year the Author's Guild got antsy about ...READ»

AMAZON | 2 comments

The Big, Stupid Problem with a Kindle that Talks

BY Chris DannenThu Feb 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM

As we reported yesterday, the new Amazon [AMZN] Kindle can read to you. Apparently, this is a problem. The Authors' Guild says that the Kindle's text-to-speech feature could infringe upon book copyrights. Its probably afraid that a ...READ»

AMAZON | 1 comment

Authors Guild Says Kindle 2's Text-to-Speech Violates Copyright

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 27, 2009 at 9:49 AM

One of the most interesting new features in Amazon's Kindle 2 e-reader is the text-to-speech function built into the device. It's a primitive bed-time story reader, and while it won't match, say, HAL 9000 for elegance in ...READ»

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Are Google Books a Threat to the Kindle?

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM

Google's Book Search has been a controversial background project for most of its four-year life, but its most recent move may see the scheme brought right into the limelight: Google Book Search is now available on the iPhone and ...READ»

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Rumor: Apple Drops iTunes DRM, Enables 3G Downloads

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM

There's an intriguing rumor ahead of today's Apple keynote at Macworld: The company has successfully negotiated with the major record labels to drop DRM copy protection from all tracks in iTunes. And, as a major bonus, it's likely to ...READ»

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RIAA To Stop Suing Individuals For Music Piracy

BY Kit EatonFri Dec 19, 2008 at 9:03 AM

'Tis the season traditionally associated with goodwill, but I'm not sure I could've predicted this piece of good news: the Recording Industry Association of America is going to stop suing individuals for music piracy. There are ...READ»

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Psystar Keeps Shipping Mac Clones, Despite Lawsuit

BY Chris DannenThu Aug 14, 2008 at 7:57 PM

Psystar ventured to do the impossible: sell generic Macintosh clones preinstalled with Apple's [NASDAQ:AAPL] Mac OS X operating system, without Apple's blessing. It's not usually a good idea to cross Apple's team of attack-dog IP ...READ»

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Work/Life: Stealing vs Spruiking

BY Lynette ChiangMon Mar 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM

We've been talking about rigid rules and policies and when it's prudent to nuke 'em with a sprinkle of water and a paper towel. A related example is what I call copyright overprotection : when protecting one's own ...READ»

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