Monthly Archives: July 2011

Friday’s Endnotes – 07/29/11

Terry Hart • July 29, 2011 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

Son of NewzBin: Another victory for the film-makers — IPKat takes a look at one of the many British copyright decisions to come through this week. In this one, the court ruled in favor of the Motion Picture Association’s action to require a British ISP to block access to a website previously deemed infringing. Drop It [...]

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Capitol v. Thomas-Rasset Verdict Unconstitutional

Terry Hart • July 25, 2011 • Posted in Copyright news • Comments closed

One and a half million dollars for downloading 24 songs is high, but is it unconstitutionally high? One court thinks so. But is it standing on solid ground?

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Friday’s Endnotes – 07/21/11

Terry Hart • July 22, 2011 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

An Oral History of Friday Night Lights (via Alex Epstein) — One of the best TV shows no one has seen wrapped up its fifth and final season last week. This oral history recounts the long odds the show faced and, despite this, how everyone remained true to its creative vision (minus the second season’s [...]

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Spotify: What the EFF?

Terry Hart • July 20, 2011 • Posted in Copyright Criticism • Comments closed

Yesterday I was able to take Spotify for a test-drive after getting a beta invite. My dad was nearby, so I asked him for a song to see how deep the catalog was. He recommended “Trouser Press” by the Bonzo Dog Band. I don’t get my dad’s taste in music. I also don’t get this [...]

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Choosing Between Copyright and Piracy

Terry Hart • July 18, 2011 • Posted in Copyright's Values • Comments closed

“The law needs to keep pace with technology. There’s no point in talking about broader copyright policy if exclusive rights can’t be enforced. … I always start with the enforcement issues online because if there isn’t effective enforcement possibility, then there is no meaningful exclusive right and then copyright doesn’t work.” That was new US Register [...]

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Friday’s Endnotes – 07/15/11

Terry Hart • July 15, 2011 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

Spotify US Premium Service Hands-On — Have you guys heard about this thing called Spotify? Apparently it’s this service where you can listen to music, and it just became available in the US yesterday. I’m having a difficult time finding any news about it though… I kid, I kid. I’d love to hear thoughts from anyone [...]

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Rojadirecta Seeks Return of Seized Domain Names

Terry Hart • July 13, 2011 • Posted in Copyright news • Comments closed

A company owning domain names that had been seized by ICE as part of its efforts to fight online piracy is seeking their return pending the outcome of the Government’s forfeiture proceeding against them. On Monday, the US filed its memorandum of law opposing the return. “Rojadirecta.com” and “Rojadirecta.org” were seized on February 1, 2011, [...]

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Kind of Bamboozled: Why ‘Kind of Bloop’ is Not a Fair Use

Terry Hart • July 11, 2011 • Posted in Copyright news • Comments closed

Last month, we saw the story of “Kind of Bloop”. Tech entrepreneur Andy Baio had put together a Chiptune tribute album of the classic Miles Davis work Kind of Blue. He secured licenses for the songs but failed to license the Chiptune version of the original album’s cover art that was used as the cover art for [...]

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Friday’s Endnotes – 07/08/11

Terry Hart • July 8, 2011 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

Creative America — Creative America is a new grassroots organization “uniting the entertainment community and others against content theft.” Along with their website, you can find the group on Facebook and Twitter. Chris Dodd of the MPAA remarks: Most of the over 2 million Americans whose jobs are supported by the motion picture industry aren’t marquee [...]

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Commercial Felony Streaming Act FUD

Terry Hart • July 6, 2011 • Posted in Copyright news • Comments closed

I know an internet meme has hit the mainstream when my mother asks me about it. “Did you hear they want to throw people who post videos of lip-synching online in jail?” she asked me the other day. She was referring to bill S.978, the Commercial Felony Streaming Act. The bill has raised considerable consternation [...]

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