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NYTimes Draws Connection Between Beastie Boys Lawsuit & Patent Trolls, Realizes IP Hinders Innovation
Following the unfortunately-timed sampling lawsuit against the Beastie Boys, I expressed hope that the high-publicity situation would call more attention to serious issues in copyright law as it pertains to sampling and other forms of art that directly… Continue reading
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No, Writing A Song With The Lyric ‘Let’s Go Thunder’ Doesn’t Entitle You To 30% Of The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Profits
A guy named Charles Syrus apparently wrote a song that had the phrases “Go Thunder” and “Let’s Go Thunder” in it, cheering on the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team. Syrus then got a copyright on the song. And then… he claimed that the copyright for th… Continue reading
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DMCA Notices So Stupid It Hurts
Google’s decision to be much more transparent about DMCA takedowns for search has revealed a swathe of absolutely ridiculously stupid DMCA notices. We’ve covered some already, but TorrentFreak has found some more — including multiple cases of DMCA no… Continue reading
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Apple CEO: When Others Violate Our Patents, They’re Copying Our Hard Work; When We Violate Patents, The System Is Broken
Apple has certainly been quite the aggressor over the last few years when it comes to patents, so it’s interesting to hear that, at the latest All Things D Conference, CEO Tim Cook appears to have a bit of a double standard. You see, when others infri… Continue reading
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NetBeans 7.2 Introduces TestNG
One of the advantages of code generation is the ability to see how a specific language feature or framework is used. As I discussed in the post NetBeans 7.2 beta: Faster and More Helpful, NetBeans 7.2 beta provides TestNG integration. I did not elabora… Continue reading
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New Zealand Judge Won’t Rubberstamp Kim Dotcom Extradition; Orders US To Share Evidence
Once again, it appears that the US prosecution of Kim Dotcom and the other Megaupload folks suggests that US federal prosecutors have been acting like they have a slam dunk case, whereas every time anyone digs into the details, all of the important inf… Continue reading
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CEO Says SOPA & CISPA Are Needed Because A Disgruntled Customer Once Set Up A Parody Site To Mock Him
The Washington Post is running a rather bizarre op-ed piece from a guy who runs an “internet marketing”/SEO business in which he argues that we need SOPA and CISPA because someone once set up a parody page mocking his business — something that this gu… Continue reading
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Is Photographing A Meal ‘Taking Intellectual Property Away’ From A Chef?
Via Rob Hyndman, we discover that at least one chef believes that taking photos of food he cooks, and then posting them on the internet, is “taking” his “intellectual property.” We’ve discussed in the past how restaurants are yet another area where a … Continue reading
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Woman Texting Boyfriend Not Liable For The Car Crash He Was In While Texting Back
A few years ago, we noted the slight trend of people suing mobile operators over car crashes with drivers who were on their phones. Those lawsuits haven’t gone very far, but with the rise of “texting while driving” as a big issue these days, someone a… Continue reading
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Netherlands Pre-Warns EU Parliament That It Will Not Accept ACTA
With critical votes in the EU Parliament on ACTA quickly approaching, the Dutch House of Representatives decided to take a pre-emptive strike, and unanimously accept a motion that urged the Cabinet to reject ACTA, while also rejecting “any future treat… Continue reading
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