Copyright

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

WRITE YOUR LOCAL MP A HAND-WRITTEN LETTER!


http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/05/ca ... nis-2.html

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5008/125/

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010 ... -bill.html




All that after it's shown our copyright law is already more strict than the USA's:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... chlist.ars


I mean, sh!t, no satire/parody protection?

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

An alternative to the IP nonsense going on currently:

http://listverse.com/2007/10/31/top-10- ... or-movies/


Public domain movies. There are actually quite a few.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

German newspapers want to copyright headlines:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/19/ ... art_pos=26


In a related quote........

"There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to the public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."
-Life-Line by Robert A. Heinlein (1939)

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Weaker copyright has benefited society:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... ociety.ars

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Oh, and now it gets interesting:

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/10/0 ... art_pos=19

One politician is suing another for referencing their speeches in theirs. Hopefully, this will illustrate the bull$hit this is.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Showing you what would happen if you let Congress decide how to deal with copyright:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201009 ... past.shtml

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Upload to these sites and lose the copyright to your pics:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... photos.ars

[eight_ender]

Hooray at least Imgur is okay. My vast library of cat photos is safe from commercialization.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Man who designed Stormtrooper helmets beats George Lucas at a copyright trial in the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12910683

He can now sell them. Also, since it's not called a work of art the copyright has expired so we could technically make and sell them.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

The UK says copyright needs an overhaul:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... dorsed.ars

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Congress extends copyright of works that are currently in the public domain:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... yright.ars

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Want to make money off a public domain video?

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12 ... ube-videos

Just claim you own it!

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Batmobile kits cannot be reproduced:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/0 ... batmobile/

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Two decades of failed attempts to uphold it:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... enough.ars

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Creative Commons music from Kevin Macleod:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?src_vid= ... feature=iv

http://incompetech.com/

He has over 500 songs that you can use for free as long as you give him credit in your end credits.