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US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits, spyware, ransomware and trojans to attack pirates!

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Yeah. since that whole Sony RootKit thing worked out so well, let’s give them “permission” this time. The hilariously named “Commission on the Theft of…

Politics & Law

Canadian Anti-Piracy Outfit Pirates Photos for its Website

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The U.S Copyright Group, for example, ripped off the website of a competitor. They copied the design and code of the Copyright Enforcement Group and…

Politics & Law

Members of Congress finally introduce serious DMCA reform

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

New legislation sponsored by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Jared Polis (D-CO) takes a broader approach to the issue. In…

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Welcome to the century of the copyright troll: Prenda Law was just the beginning

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

As the saga of the porno copyright trolls Prenda Law moves into its end-game (likely to involve disbarments and jail time for the fraudsters behind…

Books

Why Isn’t Gatsby in the Public Domain?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Michael Sauers

When The Great Gatsby rolls out to theaters across the country this weekend, it will bring to the screen a story familiar to millions from…

Politics & Law

The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Copyright cases typically only reach the Supreme Court of Canada once every few years, ensuring that each case is carefully parsed and analyzed. As readers…

Politics & Law

What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international…

Politics & Law

The Real Danger of Copying Music (It’s Not What You Think)

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The one thing I can generally say about Jaron Lanier is that he definitely makes me think… Please notice how similar music is to mortgages. When…

Politics & Law

Major fair use victory in court

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Michael Sauers

“This decision absolutely clarifies that the law does not require that a new work of art comment on any of its source material to qualify…

Politics & Law

US Ambassador to Australia on Game of Thrones piracy & copyright

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Since not everyone is on Facebook, and he’s a US government official, I’m re-posting his whole post here. However, after reading it,if your’s able, you…

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