‘Copyright’ Archive

SOPA

SOPA Explained- Guardian UK Not sure what this morning’s news that the House had “killed” SOPA will mean (obviously there will be other bills- or revisions at least), the the video above is quite telling.  Sitting directly in the middle by representing copyright holders, but being an ardent fan of Free Speech- I am conflicted

Potential Downside to the Stop Online Piracy Act (Protect IP Act)

PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Copyright: Forever Less One Day

Great Video on Copyright and the extension of Copyright term.  Timely given the EU’s decision to retractively extend copyright this month.

Everything is a Remix Pt. 3

It has been a good long while since our last installment in this 4 part series and IMHO we are well overdue.  This time Kirby explores the evolution of personal computing and the “copying” going on in that world as companies like Apple rose to power.  Also, stay tuned past the credits for a preview

DAR.fm – “Record, play and pause your favorite radio using DAR.fm”

Well, he has done it again.  Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, MPRtunes, and a number of other rule-testing music startups has rolled our DAR.fm.  Aptly a shortening of digital audio recorder, this service allows you to choose any radio show broadcast on virtually every radio station in the World and seamlessly capture that show for