The Archives
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08.29.05RIAA lawsuit blogWhile I will always defend a copyright owner's right to receive appropriate payment for access to his/her material, it's nice to see someone standing up to the bully tactics of the RIAA. This blog is a commentary by the (EFF-backed) lawyers for Patricia Santangelo, who has refused to settle with the RIAA over filesharing which took place from her computer (although there are some interesting issues around that if you read through the site). Of significant interest is the apprent attitiude of the judge on the case, who is pretty disenchanted with the RIAA lawyer and very encouraging of Ms ...
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04.04.05Copyright IS brokenClay Shirky has told boingboing a tale which clearly illustrates the brokenness of copyright laws in the developed world. These effects and others akin to them, created by the bloody-minded enforcement of stupid laws, are the reason so many applications are broken or crippled, why grannies and little kids get sued by the RIAA for file-sharing and why Clay can't rip a DVD of his own work to AVI without breaking the law. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. The online community has a civic duty to stop this insanity continuing. Do something. Join the EFF, or your ...
