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Re: Copyright

Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:02 pm
by 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?

Re: Copyright

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:54 pm
by 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.

Re: Copyright

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:18 am
by 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)

Re: Copyright

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:30 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Weaker copyright has benefited society:

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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:55 pm
by 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.

Re: Copyright

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:48 pm
by 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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:37 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Upload to these sites and lose the copyright to your pics:

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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:27 am
by eight_ender
Hooray at least Imgur is okay. My vast library of cat photos is safe from commercialization.

Re: Copyright

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:59 pm
by 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.

Re: Copyright

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:39 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
The UK says copyright needs an overhaul:

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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:36 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Congress extends copyright of works that are currently in the public domain:

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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:56 pm
by 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!

Re: Copyright

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:33 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Batmobile kits cannot be reproduced:

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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:02 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Two decades of failed attempts to uphold it:

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

Re: Copyright

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:27 am
by 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.