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Publicity Rights After Death Are Severely Limiting Culture

We’ve discussed, a few times now, the serious problems with the rise of publicity rights as a new form of intellectual property law, driven at the state level, which is severely stifling speech and culture in a variety of ways. In some states it’s wor… Continue reading

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JDK 7: New Interfaces, Classes, Enums, and Methods

There are numerous new classes, enums, methods, and interfaces being added to JDK 7 that may not get significant coverage in the blogs and articles on Java 7. In this post, I list and describe some of these. Note that several of these are not really “m… Continue reading

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The Cognitive Science Explanation For Why Copyright Doesn’t Make Much Sense

Michael Scott points us to a paper by law professor Stephen McJohn, in which he compares what cognitive scientists have learned about the role of mirror neurons to copyright, and concluded that we may want to rethink copyright law altogether. While th… Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Put Your Thinking Caps On…

Working on puzzles can be fun — but there’s also a point where the puzzles can get “too hard” (eg. Millennium Prize, Hilbert’s problems, etc). For those who are undaunted by a good challenge, here are a few links for your amusement.

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How The MPAA Screws Over Indie Filmmakers

One of the amusing things that we’ve seen in following groups like the MPAA and the RIAA over the years is every time they try to claim that they’re really doing what they do to support the independent artists out there. Both organizations represent t… Continue reading

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Results Of The ‘Pay What You Want’ Tangible Goods Experiment

We recently wrote about an interesting experiment with a “pay what you want” business model for an iPad stylus. While I tend not to be a fan of “pay what you want” for tangible goods (since there’s a significant marginal cost), the two designers behin… Continue reading

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Appeals Court Still Says ‘Down Under’ Infringes On Decades Old Folk Song

A couple years ago, Australian music publisher Larrikin Music accused the iconic 80s Australian band “Men at Work” (and its label, EMI) of infringing on its copyright for the classic Australian folk song Kookaburra in their hit song Down Under. You ca… Continue reading

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Back up your data before April Fools’ Day

March 31 is World Backup Day. Here are a few ways you can back up your data. Originally posted at Crave

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Google updates finance search for Android, iPhone

Search results for stocks now reveal an interactive graph, plus news and personal stock information you can swipe through. Originally posted at Dialed In

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Not Securing Your Internet Access To Block Infringement Is ‘Negligence’?

Porn movie studio Liberty Media has been pretty aggressive lately in its attempt to jump on the bandwagon trying to get file sharers to pay up by either threatening them with lawsuits or suing them. The latest move by the firm is to file a similar law… Continue reading

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