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No surprise here:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-m ... full.story

Disney is a d!ck when it comes to copyright. The cases they lose they keep in court long enough to bankrupt their opposition.

New "copyright czar" position in the US:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13069

Though, since they have no power over law enforcement agencies, I do question the point of the position.

Teacher asks students to turn in all their notes to be destroyed:

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/0519226

Apparently, distributing Oregon state law breaks copyright:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/16/ ... art_pos=12


However, "ignorance of the law not being a defense" still applies.

Keychest by Disney:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142 ... 45222.html

While buying the right to have a movie, music, etc. for any device and having Disney host it seems cool (at first), it's actually a cr@ppy deal. Without physical possession of the medium, the following can happen:

1. Disney can limit the medium to a platform at any time.
2. Unlikely, but Disney can go under and you lose the medium.
3. Disney can restrict access at any moment.
4. No backups allowed.
5. You DON'T own it. You're simply paying rent on a work.

Website that highlights firms that use copyright to stifle free speech unjustly:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/10/27/ ... ?art_pos=8

Putting forth treaties on copyright:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/acta/

Really starting to hate policy laundering.

EDIT:

'nother article on it:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Will ... tes-105364

Colbert, Stewart, Parker, and Stone on the stand could be..........interesting:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10424157-261.html

Google questions/asks for legal documents the four in its lawsuit against Viacom and "illegal" uploads of the show clips to YouTube.

What with all the e-book talk and what digitally sharing is costing publishers, a tongue-in-cheek (well, for now) look at what libraries cost the print industry:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/01/19 ... ?art_pos=1

How the NFL is a d!ck over their franchise:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... ht-law.ars

ACTA would give the US government the right to seize, search, and destroy your electronics if they suspect you violated copyright:

http://www.infopackets.com/news/governm ... ronics.htm

EU strong-arming Canada to bow to new copyright laws:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/30/ ... art_pos=15

A movie on copyright is darn near impossible to make:

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100402/0055588846.shtml


The b!tch fight between a copyright lawyer and the site editor after the article is far more entertaining, though.

India passes a sensible copyright law?

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/24/ ... ?art_pos=7


Kinda puts us to shame.

An overview of Canadian copyright:

http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/201 ... s-for.html