Items tagged with copyright

Draconian licensing makes piracy attractive

December 26, 2007 - 480 words , 4 comments
Microsoft’s distinction between OEM and retail versions of Windows is enough to drive one to piracy.
Also tagged as: licensing microsoft piracy usability windows

Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso's Response to Steve Jobs's 'Thoughts on Music'

February 17, 2007 - 48 words
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso’s Response to...
Also tagged as: daringfireball drm humor macrovision

Dynamic copyright

January 1, 2007 - 88 words , 3 comments
How to ensure your copyright date is always current.
Also tagged as: bradfeld movabletype php smarty

Content Republication

December 4, 2006 - 994 words , 7 comments
Several sites are using my feed to republish everything I say onto their site. What can be done?
Also tagged as: feed technologyvoices

DRM, vinyl, and the future

November 22, 2006 - 462 words , 1 comment
You can still play your old music today. Will you be able to play today’s music in the future?
Also tagged as: drm enric

Feed usage and copyright

January 16, 2005 - 570 words , 11 comments
A trademark lawyer has requested that Bloglines stop including his feed. The complaint? That Bloglines is a commercial service.
Also tagged as: bloglines feeds rss

Category feeds and Control

October 3, 2004 - 602 words , 3 comments
I don’t provide category feeds. I like to provide my readers the bits of serendipitous content that comes from only publishing a full feed. At least one audience member at Gnomedex is disturbed by this idea.
Also tagged as: art gnomedex rssfeeds

Broadcast Flag

November 11, 2003 - 157 words
Piracy is certainly a problem, but technological solutions that trample on consumer’s rights are abhorrent.
Also tagged as: broadcastflag piracy scothacker

Plug Hollywood's hole

June 14, 2002 - 324 words , 1 comment
Hollywood wants to outlaw every device that might be able to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted works.
Also tagged as: analoghole hollywood piracy

DCMA goes to court

March 4, 2002 - 192 words
In their case against the government over violation of the DCMA, Elcomsoft plans to argue...
Also tagged as: dcma law pvr