Recent Entries
Virus writers charged with copyright violation
Lacking proper cybercrime laws, Japan charges arrested virus writers with copyright infringement.
See the article in The Register.
Canadian Privacy czar's copyright "reform" warning
Canadian Privacy czar warns of collateral damage to privacy from planned changes to Canadian copyright.
The planned bill, which was delayed because of protests, would make a lot of common activities illegal: time-shifting of TV shows, file-sharing of music or video, copying music files to your own CD, or copying music from your CD to your MP3 player.
See the article in CBC news.
The concerns of copyright "reform"
Canadian internet law professor Michael Geist looks at how copyright reform could lead to privacy concerns.
See the BBC news article.
AT&T still considering p2p limits
AT&T still evaluating whether to monitor its traffic to stop illegal file sharing.
See the article at NY Daily News.
Video mashups, fair use and Slate
The news site Slate, owned by The Washington Post, released a video mashup featuring Hillary Clinton mixed with scenes from the movie “Election”. Fair use? Or copyright infringement?
See this article by Chris Soghoian.
