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Do we need GPLv3?
Insight perspective Version 3 of the General Public License is clearer than its predecessor in many ways, but does that mean you should use it? A legal expert discusses the pros and cons.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., Version, Open-source Software, GPL, software, digital-rights management, Free Software Foundation, DMCA
Pondering the publication vs prosecution dilemma
News A talk billed as the "presentation the RIAA does not want you to see" goes ahead, but it may have a chilling effect on other programmers.
HP raps rival for invoking DMCA
News A top Hewlett-Packard executive says although intellectual property rights are vital in the printer industry, rival Lexmark is wrong to try and use the DMCA to safeguard those rights.
Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
News Summary judgment states that Psystar's creation of Mac clones that run Mac OS X violate "Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works".
Tags: Personal Computers, Business development/management, Apple Inc., William Alsup, Operating System, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Judge, Adobe PDF
In remembrance: DRMs
Blogs Last week, I was at a WIPO-organized forum on copyright and related rights in Singapore. Several persons spoke about...
Veoh wins copyright case; YouTube wins, too?
News Accused by the largest music label of violating its copyright, Veoh wins court decision that says such sites are protected under Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, Safe Harbor, Video, copyright violation, YouTube Inc., Web Site
Google: Pirate Bay booted off search by mistake
News Site is unavailable on Google's search pages for a while last week, but Google says it was just a mistake. The controversial BitTorrent search engine is being indexed again.
Tags: Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., search engine, TV, attorney, Internet Service, Internet Service Provider, Google Search, Internet
Did Viacom find smoking gun in YouTube case?
News YouTube's internal e-mail indicate employees and managers knew about copyright content, sources say, but chose to leave the material on the site. What are the DMCA ramifications?
Tags: Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., Viacom Inc., Web 2.0, Matz, TV, Entertainment Company, Entertainment Industry, Video
Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision
News There's no disputing that a federal court's decision to offer safe-harbor protection for sites such as Veoh is a blow to the entertainment industry. But will it bring change?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Web 2.0, Web sites, Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, attorney, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
DMCA conviction for seller of bogus Microsoft product keys
News A man in his early 20s is likely headed to jail under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act after he circumvents security measures to sell unlicensed Microsoft software.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Copyright, Microsoft Corp., Security, FBI, prosecutor, attorney, software, agent, Los Angeles
Judge seals courtroom in MPAA DVD-copying case
News DVD Copy Control Association says public should be barred from the courtroom because information about the technology used to encrypt DVDs is a trade secret.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Courtroom, Haiku, U.S. Circuit Court, RealNetworks Inc., attorney, DVD-copying, Marilyn Patel, CSS, DVD
How confidential is confidential?
Blogs Although this post is about the Aware's instructor guide, I would like to state from the outset that I am not going to c...
Google says Viacom's suit 'threatens' Net
News Legal response says Viacom's rewritten suit could affect the "way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information" over the Web.
Tags: Lawsuits, Web services, Music, Digital rights management (DRM), Video, Copyright, Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Associated Press, YouTube Inc.
Act outlaws sites discussing Mac OS for PCs
News Two water-cooler sites for hackers went down Friday, and one of them has credited the Digital Millenium Copyright Act with the outage.
Tags: Desktops, Mac OS, Copyright
Seeking changes to the DMCA
News Controversial law hinders warnings to consumers on matters like Sony rootkits, security researchers say.
Tags: Security, Digital rights management (DRM), Copyright, Piracy, Politics
