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If Copyright Is About Incentive, Should It Allow Total Control Over The Work?

<a href="http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/05/forseeability-and-copyright-incentives.html" target="_new">William Patry</a> points us to an interesting draft of an article by Prof. Shyamkrishna Balganesh (of University of Chicago Law S...
Congress Follows States' Lead In Trying To Ban Stores From Selling Violent Video Games To Kids

At least 10 states have tried to ban the sale of violent video games to kids, and in each and every case, the laws have been found to be <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080317/161732562.shtml">unconstitutional</a>. Yet that d...
Patent Attorney Stephan Kinsella Presents On Why We Need To Rethink Intellectual Property

If you've got a spare 40 minutes to an hour, it's worth watching <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=280262988255234681&hl=en" target="_new">patent attorney Stephan Kinsella's presentation: Rethinking Intellectual Property...
Bank of America's We-Don't-Need-No-Stinking-America Patent Application

<b>theodp</b> writes <i>"Americans are a real problem, explains Bank of America in a just-disclosed patent application for <a href="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=P...
The Happy Birthday Copyright Saga: Generating Millions On A Copyright That May Not Exist

In the past we've <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20030921/2352258.shtml">joked</a> about the (supposed) fact that the song "Happy Birthday" remains under copyright, due to a copyright originally held by sisters Mildred and Patt...
Who Says Patent Lawsuits Aren't Sexy?

Joe Mullin has the details of a rather bizarre patent dispute <a href="http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2008/05/keker-van-nest.html" target="_new">involving a patent covering the user interface of force feedback technology used in "...
House Passes Pro IP Overwhelmingly

Last week we questioned <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080430/194141989.shtml">why</a> Congress seemed to think that the White House should be playing the role of copyright cop. Yet, apparently, the House of Representatives ...
Does The GPL Still Matter?

<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpl">GNU General Public License</a> <a href="http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/05/07/#20080507-olg_muenchen-skype">heads to court again today</a>, as Skype attempts to d...
Fewer Than 5,000 Broadband Over Powerlines Subscribers

Following the story earlier in the week about the <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080503/2344201023.shtml">death of broadband over powerlines</a>, Broadband Reports points out that even by the FCC's <a href="http://www.tech...
LA Includes Piracy With Drugs, Gangs, Prostitution And Gambling As 'Detrimental To Public Health & Safety'

Various laws have allowed local governments to declare specific property "detrimental to public health & safety" when that property becomes overrun with drugs, gangs, prostitution or gambling. However, the entertainment industry's hometown ...
RIAA, MPAA In Denial About The Death Of DRM

As a bunch of you are submitting, at a panel discussion down in LA, an RIAA representative claimed not only was DRM not dead, <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939189-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20" target="_new">b...
TorrentSpy, Though Out Of Business, To Appeal Massive Fine

Following yesterday's <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/1657261059.shtml">$110 million fine</a> against TorrentSpy, ostensibly for copyright infringement, but really for destruction of evidence, we figured that the whole ...
IP Lawyer Explains Why Uploading Files May Not Be Distribution For Copyright

While there's been a big ongoing discussion in various courtrooms concerning the question of whether or not <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/111932740.shtml">making unauthorized files available</a> for download is copyri...
Up-and-Coming Label Illustrates How to Sell Infinite Goods in the Internet Age

The <i>New York Times</i> has an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/business/media/05music.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">interesting profile</a> of Fueled by Ramen, a record label that has managed to thrive at ...
The Non-Controversy: No, Wikipedia Authors Should Not Get Paid

Let's say that I sold you a piece of land, and you then built a nice house on that land, and then you sold the property for a lot more money. Would anyone think that it was reasonable for me to then show up and demand a piece of the profits? Of cou...
Viacom Agrees With NBC Universal: Our Business Model Problems Need To Be Fixed By Everyone Else

For the last year or so, NBC Universal has been on quite the rampage, basically telling a bunch of other companies that it was <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080417/032312872.shtml">their responsibility</a> to help prop up NB...
EA To Use Controversial Internet-Required DRM On New Games

<b>SteveD</b> writes <i>"PC Gamers are <a href="http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=628375&forum=125">in an uproar over a new copy projection system announced by Electronic Arts</a> for use...
And Just Like That... Neither Yahoo Nor Google Really That Motivated To Complete A Search Ad Deal

Last month Yahoo did what it had previously insisted it <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070810/033148.shtml">wouldn't</a> do: it began testing <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080409/144101801.shtml">Google's ...
FBI Forced To Back Down On Secret Info Request To Internet Archive

Congress curtailed the FBI's ability to use National Security Letters (NSLs) a few years ago after it became clear that the FBI was widely <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070327/173818.shtml">abusing</a> the process to request...
Court Orders TorrentSpy To Pay $110 Million To MPAA

Just as IsoHunt is <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080504/2203281027.shtml">gearing up</a> to fight its MPAA lawsuit, a judge has <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9938469-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&#038...
Court Orders TorrentSpy To Pay $110 Million To MPAA

Just as IsoHunt is <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080504/2203281027.shtml">gearing up</a> to fight its MPAA lawsuit, a judge has <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9938469-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&#038...

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