As a long-time follower of Lawrence Lessig I recognized the @AOC video instantly. This Wired article provides the best context I’ve seen so far. THURSDAY…
Tag: copyright
About a month ago a friend pointed me to an article which used a photograph of mine. The trouble was, this was a commercial use…
‘Pirate’ sites Sci-Hub and LibGen have been ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to Elsevier, one of the largest academic publishers. A New…
All rights reserved. All lefts are reserved too. And while we’re reserving things, I’ll also take front row seats to all NBA Finals games. Unless…
From The Pirate’s Dilemma, December 8, 2008
I’ve never been a big fan of the Copyright Clearance Center. This isn’t helping… I then asked CCC to clarify why an article from CCC…
I just received this from Pinterst. Ignoring the fact that I don’t recall ever pinning a blank 200×200 jpg (as why would I,) but even…
Stephanie Lenz was in her kitchen in rural Pennsylvania, filming her two young children having fun after dinner. As Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” played,…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the music publishing company that has been collecting royalties for the song “Happy Birthday To…









