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Viacom's General Counsel Lecture On Copyright Leaves Out Certain Facts
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| Someone once told me that Viacom's top
| lawyer, Michael Fricklas, has been known to
| read Techdirt on occasion. I have no idea
| if this is true, but it still is
| interesting to watch him give a lecture to
| some Yale law students where he offers a
| somewhat nuanced position on copyright
| issues (thanks to JJ for being the first of
| many to forward the video to us), but which
| repeatedly seems to leave out certain
| pertinent facts...
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091117/0030476959.shtml
Ars responds to Big Cable: TV networks nothing like an iPod
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| Opinion: The cable industry's wants the
| ability to control analog outputs on your
| TV, in order to offer "high-value" content
| sooner. But television isn't just one more
| gadget; it's part our national public
| network, and selectable output control
| poses an eventual threat to this important
| resource. Ars responds to the NCTA's
| editorial.
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http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/11/selectable-output-control---more-choices-but-for-who.ars
The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good
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| Today marks the end of an era, as The
| Pirate Bay team announces that the worldâs
| largest BitTorrent tracker is shutting down
| for good. Although the site will remain
| operational for now, millions of BitTorrent
| users will lose the use of its tracker and
| will instead have to rely on DHT and
| alternative trackers to continue
| downloading.
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http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-tracker-shuts-down-for-good-091117/
EFF analyzes the legal creepiness of ACTA, the secret copyright treaty
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation's
| international policy crimefighting duo,
| Eddan Katz and Gwen Hinze, have published a
| scholarly article analyzing the secret
| Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in
| light of US law and policy. Called "The
| Impact of ACTA on the Knowledge Economy,"
| it was recently published in the Yale
| Journal of International Law, and
| constitutes a fantastic, reference-heavy
| resource for understanding just how creepy
| it is that the Obama administration is
| sneaking around behind Congress's back (not
| to mention the backs of the American
| public) to create a privacy-invading,
| internet-breaking trade agreement that the
| US will be bound to bring into its law.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/19/eff-analyzes-the-leg.html
Entertainment Industry Wants More People To Know About OpenBitTorrent Tracker
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| Suing Napster made Napster into the service
| to use. Ditto with Kazaa and Grokster. The
| Pirate Bay wasn't that big until Hollywood
| got Swedish authorities to raid the
| operations and confiscate the servers.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091118/1218246994.shtml
Intel Lawyers Again Go Too Far In Trademark Bullying
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| Chip giant Intel has a bit of a reputation
| for being a trademark bully at times,
| threatening or suing many companies just
| for having "intel" in their name somewhere
| -- including a travel agency and a jeans
| company. Now, before anyone brings it up,
| yes, as a trademark holder the law requires
| you to enforce your trademark against
| infringement, lest it become considered
| "generic" (such as xerox machines, kleenex
| tissues, aspirin and other brand names that
| became generic).
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091117/1151596970.shtml
Recent:
Google Doesn't Rely On Intellectual Property For Its Leadership Position
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| And that -- right there -- is the key point
| we keep trying to make around here. You
| don't need to rely on intellectual property.
| And, if you do, you are opening yourself up
| wide to competition that doesn't rely on IP
| and innovates in a way that simply cuts your
| legs out from under you. Yet... we'll still
| hear stories for years about how all of
| Google's billions are because of its
| intellectual property, even as it gives away
| more and more of it each and every day.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091110/0843176877.shtml
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