Archives mensuelles : janvier 2003

Sniter points out that the recent Search King decision involving Google’s Page Rank technology could be viewed as the acknowledgement by the court that Google’s discretion in the construction of the Page Rank represents the expressive nature of such code. … Continuer la lecture →

The Economist on copyrights Digital technologies are not only making it easier to copy all sorts of works, but also sharply reducing the costs of creating or distributing them, and so also reducing the required incentives. The flood of free … Continuer la lecture →

An interesting take on the evolution of culture and copyright Good art is good PR: Artists used to be sponsored by the very rich, partly so that the patrons might be remembered by their association with a work of art … Continuer la lecture →

GrepLaw reports that news.com reports that the CRTC decided over the iCraveTV/JumpTV issue. I really don’t know enough about the issue to comment. I just know that it’s one more area, along with P2P and radio webcasting that no one … Continuer la lecture →

I was just reading about the WIPO Copyright Treaty, in particular on the interpretation of the right of communication to the public (art.8). The WIPO Expert Committee, in its Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provision of the Treaty on Certain … Continuer la lecture →

Siva Vaidhyanathan [blog] in Salon about Eldred. While disobedience might be more fun, the power of civil discourse remains. In fact, the ruling gives public interest activists both motivation and ammunition in the continuing battle against the excessive expansion of … Continuer la lecture →