The concerns of copyright reform
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| The Canadian legislation, which could be introduced as early as next week, is
| expected to use the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as a model.
|
| [...]
|
| Stoddart notes that if "DRM technologies only controlled copying and use of
| content, our Office would have few concerns".
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| However, those same technologies can be used to collect personal information
| about computer users that is "transmitted back to the copyright owner or
| content provider, without the consent or knowledge of the user".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7201993.stm
So when America decides on something, everyone in the world has to follow.
Bush, Hollywood and oil tycoon think that DMCA needs to spread, then so be it.
And what else does one get?
IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways
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| Self-professed patent reformer IBM snagged a patent Tuesday for the Variable
| Rate Toll System, which covers the rather anti-egalitarian scheme of pricing
| motorists off of the roads by raising tolls as congestion increases...
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/1828245&from=rss
Related:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5jkZFIwmc-8
Lessig: Required Reading: the next 10 years
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| Yet governments continue to push ahead with this idiot idea -- both Britain
| and Japan for example are considering extending existing terms. Why?
|
| The answer is a kind of corruption of the political process. Or better,
| a "corruption" of the political process. I don't mean corruption in the
| simple sense of bribery. I mean "corruption" in the sense that the
| system is so queered by the influence of money that it can't even get
| an issue as simple and clear as term extension right.
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http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003800.shtml#003800
RIAA, MPAA urge pro-copyright vows from presidential candidates
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| One question, for instance, asks: "How would you promote the progress of
| science and creativity, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, by upholding
| and strengthening copyright law and preventing its diminishment?"
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9821141-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Advertising that is relevant to a person - classic case of patent trolling
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| Patent application Advertising that is relevant to a person just filed by
| Microsoft is a splendid example of patent abuse or patent trolling.
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http://www.ventureitch.com/?p=372
Microsoft patents Wish Lists
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| Microsoft has been granted a patent for electronic Wish Lists. The patent,
| 7,315,834, was filed in April 2005 and granted on New Year's Day.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/microsoft_patents_wish_list/
Microsoft hopes to patent 'automatic goodbye messages'
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| Microsoft is trying to patent automatic goodbye messages, including "Have a
| great afternoon!" and "Ciao, Harry!"
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/07/microsoft_tries_to_patent_automatic_goodbye_messages/
Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy
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| Microsoft said you could count on them to improve patent quality.
| For an example of how they're raising the bar on innovation, check
| out this just-published patent application for Emotiflags, which
| Microsoft explains solves the problem of indicating an emotion
| associated with an email message. At the risk of infringing on the
| patent, this one Makes Me Mad!"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/16/038207&from=rss
Microsoft patents Tivo for commercial breaks
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| Microsoft has patented the idea of inserting fresh advertisements
| into old recordings on personal video recorders, to ensure you see
| today's ads even if you're watching a recording from last week.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7946&Itemid=1063
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