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Obama Poster Debate - David Ross and Ed Colbert | February 12th | ColbertNation.com |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
6:45 pm EST, Feb 26, 2009 |
David Ross and Ed Colbert debate the copyright issues surrounding Shepard Fairey's Obama poster. (06:37)
This segment on the Colbert Report is one of the most clued discussions about a copyright matter I've ever seen on TV. If you follow copyleft issues, this is pure candy. Obama Poster Debate - David Ross and Ed Colbert | February 12th | ColbertNation.com |
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John Perry on the Colbert Report |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
10:11 am EDT, Mar 28, 2007 |
Someone samples Steven Colbert on YouTube. Viacom files a DMCA takedown. EFF sues Viacom. Steven Colbert invites John Perry Barlow on the show to discuss it. Someone posts that video to iFilm. You'll have to click through to see it because it doesn't embed... John Perrry Barlow: "Its kind of a metaphor of a metaphor if you know what I mean." John Perry on the Colbert Report |
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Schneier on Security: DHS Enforces Copyright |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
9:32 am EDT, Jun 2, 2005 |
Why is the Department of Homeland Security involved in copyright issues?
Mission Creep, and the self perpetuating nature of government. Schneier on Security: DHS Enforces Copyright |
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PRWire | Earthstation 5 Declares War on MPAA |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
8:24 am EDT, Aug 21, 2003 |
] JENIN, West Bank, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to ] the email received today from the Motion Picture ] Association of America (MPAA) to Earthstation 5 for ] copyright violations for streaming FIRST RUN movies over ] the internet for FREE, this is our official response! ] Earthstation 5 is at war with the Motion Picture ] Association of America (MPAA) and the Record Association ] of America (RIAA), and to make our point very clear that ] their governing laws and policys have absolutely no ] meaning to us here in Palestine, we will continue to add ] even more movies for FREE. Dare I make a suicide bomber joke? PRWire | Earthstation 5 Declares War on MPAA |
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EFF: State 'Super-DMCA' Legislation: MPAA's Stealth Attack on Your Living Room |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
9:41 am EDT, Apr 16, 2003 |
] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) strongly opposes ] these state "super-DMCA" bills as unnecessary and ] overbroad. The proposed bills represent the worst kind of ] special interest legislation, sacrificing the public ] interest in favor of the self-serving interests of one ] industry. EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney, Fred von Lohmann, on the "Super-DMCA" bills. Sections: * Resources * Background * These Bills are Unnecessary * All Things Not Expressly Permitted are Forbidden * Bolting on the "Intent to Defraud" * Attacking Anonymity * A Chill on Computer Security Research * A Threat to Innovation and Competition * Transferring law enforcement from public to private hands * Dangerous Remedies * * Remote Downgrades * * One-Sided Attorneys' Fees * * Automatic Injunctions * * Abusive damages * What You Can Do EFF: State 'Super-DMCA' Legislation: MPAA's Stealth Attack on Your Living Room |
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Fox Trot and the War on Technology |
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Topic: Intellectual Property |
11:09 pm EST, Feb 4, 2003 |
This is funny as hell. I love the closeup of the VCR in the third frame. If Disney did redo the Pirates of the Caribbean ride to have animatronic portrayals of P2P users and overseas DVD duplication labs, I would make the trip to see it. Thats my idea of entertainment. Link from boingboing.net. Fox Trot and the War on Technology |
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