Archive for May, 2009
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
Both the House and Senate in recent weeks have held hearings on the future of newspapers, and the fact that the future — and present — for newspapers is bleak is no surprise to readers of this blog. There is of course a larger issue here, and that is the future of journalism. The back-and-forth [...]
Posted in Obama, advertising, blogging, internet | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
Several dozen nations have succeeded in the last year in reducing software piracy within their borders, but global software piracy continues to rise overall, according to the latest IDC study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance, a Copyright Alliance member. This is the sixth annual BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study; BSA President Robert Holleyman used [...]
Posted in counterfeit, economy, international, piracy | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
A great thing about American society is our ability to continue to attract attention and followers even after spectacular embarrassments. Aaron Burr as Vice President killed the former U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, and he not only was allowed to serve out his term, he even attracted followers in an attempt to create a new [...]
Posted in copyright opponents, creators, economy, internet, licensing, market forces, piracy | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
What is the link between the airline industry and creative works? Having flown five round-trips in six weeks, two of them cross-country trips, I’ve had a lot of chance to think about air travel. (I’m also joining my wife and kids in celebrating my decision to pass on another cross-country trip I originally thought I’d [...]
Posted in copyright opponents, creators, economy, internet, market forces, piracy | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
Imagine being an acclaimed jazz singer. Imagine your country passed a law in 2001 confirming your rights to your music. Imagine your country also is a signatory to international intellectual property treaties obligating enforcement of creators’ rights.
Then imagine your album is registered with your country’s copyright office under someone else’s name and there’s nothing you [...]
Posted in copyright law, counterfeit, creators, economy, international, piracy | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 by Patrick Ross
We’ve noted here before (link link link) the significant threats to privacy posed by some commercial P2P software providers who enable massive copyright infringement. Today a U.S. House subcommittee held a hearing on two data privacy bills, one of which seeks better disclosure of file-sharing risks on P2P networks, a bill I mentioned at [...]
Posted in capitol hill, p2p, piracy, property rights | 2 Comments »
|
email updates
Sign up to receive monthly e-newsletters about the Copyright Alliance and general information about copyright.
|
