Category Archives: Regulations
The list of British artists I will stop listening to and never buy music from
The Featured Artists Coalition’s AIR statement:
We the undersigned wish to express our support for Lily Allen in her campaign to alert music lovers to the threat that illegal downloading presents to our industry and to condemn the vitriol that has been directed at her in recent days.
Our meeting also voted overwhelmingly to support a three-strike [...]
Against Intellectual Monopoly – by Michele Boldrin and David Levine
Against Intellectual Monopoly – by Michele Boldrin and David Levine
Credits (pdf)
Chapter 1: Introduction (pdf)
An overview of the central theme: intellectual property is in fact intellectual monopoly and hinders rather than helps innovation and creation.
Chapter 2: Creation Under Competition (pdf)
Would the world be devoid of great or lesser works of art without copyright?
Chapter 3: Innovation Under [...]
Although it may seem counterintuitive, consider adopting a trademark that bears no relation to the product or service with which it will be used. Although these marks take a lot more time and effort to become a recognizable brand, eventually they can become the strongest trademarks.
- CNET
- Hotels.com has had the trademark application on its own name rejected as being too generic.
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced a settlement with cosmetic surgery outfit Lifestyle Lift over the publishing of fake consumer reviews on the Internet.
“Under the settlement, Lifestyle Lift will stop publishing anonymous positive reviews about the company to Internet message boards and other Web sites, and will pay $300,000 in penalties and costs to the State of New York.”
Copyright laws threaten our Internet freedom.
Op-Ed in the Financial Times against excessive copyright laws by the Pirate party’s member of the European parliament.
And, of course, I am “pirating” the article of the Financial Times.
Copyright laws threaten our online freedom.
By Christian Engström
Published: July 7 2009 18:10 | Last updated: July 7 2009 18:10
If you search for Elvis Presley in [...]
Amazon cuts relationships with its affiliates from North Carolina.
- BITS
- News Record
- TechDirt
The Internet is a component of free speech and consumers’ rights.
That is what the French Supreme Court has just ruled. (PDF file). It is a blow to French president Nicholas Sarkozy and his evil HADOPI law, which now belongs to the trash can. Good riddance.
UPDATE: WSJ + TechDirt + NYT
UPDATE: L’accès à Internet est un droit fondamental, car il garantit la liberté d’expression.
UPDATE: The French [...]
Michael Lewis
- The End of the Financial World as We Know It
- How to Repair a Broken Financial World
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