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 Links: Senate considers Inducement

LitigationAnonymous writes "
Copyright Bill to Kill Tech?
By Katie Dean, Wired.com, Jul. 22, 2004

"The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a bill Thursday that would
hold technology companies liable for any product they make that
encourages people to steal copyright materials.""

Posted by root on Friday, July 23 @ 15:45:39 GMT (2133 reads)
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 Links: Consumer rights to copy

LitigationAnonymous writes "Infoworld describes the DMCRA package that is being put together to defend consumer copyright."

Posted by root on Wednesday, June 23 @ 23:16:42 GMT (1985 reads)
(comments? | Links | Score: 1)

 Story: Copyleft

LitigationAnonymous writes "
Here is an article introducing "copyleft" concepts.

Still the emails keep coming. The issue of intellectual property and copyright is one of the most contentious of the information millennium."

Posted by root on Tuesday, May 25 @ 17:03:26 GMT (2211 reads)
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 Story: ViewerFreedom helps educate the Viewers

Education/Discussionvfposter writes "[link]

Cleaning Up the Movies, Part I
by Kieth Merrill
"It's a great movie!" "But it's R-rated." "Ya, but there are only a couple of bad scenes."

Sound familiar? Ever caught yourself reciting this dialogue? Ever been
caught in a compromise between 102 minutes of really great cinema
and 2 minutes of trash ?"

Posted by admin on Wednesday, June 05 @ 07:31:19 GMT (2501 reads)
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 Story: Can't stop copying, period

Education/Discussionvfposter writes "Magical Thinking
By Shannon Cochran
December 24, 2001

Take, for example, the U.S. Commerce Department Technology Adminstration workshop on "Digital Content and Rights Management," where a room full of grown men and women discussed, very seriously, the possibility that wanting a thing badly might be enough to make it happen.

Security expert Bruce Schneier, who has written a lucid essay titled "The Futility of Digital Copy Protection", is among those who point out that "digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.""

Posted by admin on Monday, March 04 @ 11:42:03 GMT (2202 reads)
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 Story: ReplayTV vs. Broadcasters

Education/Discussionvfposter writes "original article

SonicBlue lays out defense against networks
By Ann Donahue

DEC. 20 | SonicBlue, the parent company of ReplayTV, on Thursday filed its response to a lawsuit initiated by several media giants, denying that its 4000 series of digital video recorders gives consumers the opportunity to infringe copyright or skip commercials to any detrimental economic impact.
"

Posted by admin on Monday, March 04 @ 11:36:55 GMT (1899 reads)
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 Story: Intel questions Hollywood's hold

Education/Discussionvfposter writes "original article

Posted on Thu, Feb. 28, 2002

Intel backs consumers over Hollywood
By Dan Gillmor
Mercury News Technology Columnist

Does the technology industry need Hollywood's permission to innovate? Hollywood says yes. The tech industry, at long last, is emphatically saying
no -- and saying so where it counts, in the halls of power."

Posted by admin on Friday, March 01 @ 15:18:32 GMT (1959 reads)
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 WhitePapers: Ratings and Revenues

Education/Discussionvfposter writes "Stumbled on this while browsing for film research articles.
It seems to be focused on helping us understand ratings and how they effect revenues in Hollywood.
With less ability to market 'R' rated films to their prior 35% under age audience, will PG13s slide their standards?
"

Posted by admin on Saturday, February 02 @ 09:31:46 GMT (3343 reads)
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 New Look

AnnouncementsMerrillHansen writes "We are trying a more expanded and open version of the site. We hope that this will help to engage more people in the education process. Please feel free to submit ideas, articles, web pages etc.
Thanks"

Posted by root on Friday, May 21 @ 04:03:31 GMT (2056 reads)
(comments? | Score: 0)

 WhitePapers: Anti-Piracy Article

Education/DiscussionMerrillHansen writes "ViewerFreedom Foundation affirms that artists and producers have a right to fair and reasonable compensation for their creative works.

“…And The Chamber of Copying”
Friday November 22, 2002 1:00 PM ET
Ripped off again! An article in the Associated Press reminded us how new technology seems to be causing people moral copying conundrums."

Posted by root on Friday, May 21 @ 00:08:02 GMT (2945 reads)
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