Category Archives: IP

Intellectual property

Legislation attacking open access

Peter Suber points to possible legislation contra open access mandates Continue reading

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Fair use, or lack thereof

Via Ars Technica comes a month old report about fair use. Briefly: educators aren’t educated about it, and fail to call upon their rights to use copyrighted material fairly. I’ll echo these findings. I recently taught fair use (via the … Continue reading

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Dumbest web site “user agreement” ever

Via BoingBoing, I present this excellent discussion of a some folks who believe they can get away with the following: By using this site you agree and understand that the HTML code, look, feel, content, company name, logo, text, and … Continue reading

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CCCC

I had a good time in NYC, attended some good sessions, had some good food and good beer. Only one major foulup: I screwed up my presentation timing. I went over by a minute or two, even though I practiced. … Continue reading

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Scary copyright madness

It will soom be time to warm up the phones and emails. Declan McCullagh points out that IP industry lackeys in Congress are getting ready to extend copyright in frightening and very chilling ways. The “Intellectual Property Protection Act of … Continue reading

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No more Miró

Joan Miró’s family (or at least ARS) overreacts Continue reading

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