Archive for the ‘Intellectual property’ Category

September 4th, 2009

A Peasants’ Revolt

by James Wimberley
Category: Intellectual property, Spain

Apanish village revolts against copyright parasites.

Posted: Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 1:28 am
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September 2nd, 2009

168,178,719

by James Wimberley
Category: Arts and Cultural Policy, Intellectual property, Technology and Society

The advent of Google Books calls for the restoration of non-automatic copyright renewal.

Posted: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at 4:04 am
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January 6th, 2009

Digital media again/still

by Michael O'Hare
Category: Economics, Intellectual property, Journalism (Online and Otherwise), Paying for nonrival goods, Policy briefs

The crisis in print journalism seems to be worsening, or at least ripening. It’s not just the incredible shrinking daily paper, but monthly magazines (including Wired, so it’s not outdated content) and it’s not just periodicals but books, and not just print media but music and video. Us shadetree mechanics always look for one specific [...]

Posted: Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
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May 18th, 2008

The bare necessities of copyright

by James Wimberley
Category: Corruption in Washington, Intellectual property

A proposal for a name for IP rollback.

Posted: Sunday, May 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am
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