Copyright
The Fashion Industry Does Well Without Copyright
Submitted by Ray on Thu, 05/27/2010 - 08:00Johanna Blakely talks about how the fashion industry remains creative, innovative and profitable despite no copyright protection.
The Benefits of Being a Pirate
Submitted by Ray on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 08:00This infographic shows the advantage of pirating content. Given that DRM is always defeated (usually in short order), all it accomplishes is make life difficult people who purchase content legitimately.
Downfall Parody
Submitted by Ray on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 00:41Brad Templeton, the chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, created the following parody in response to the takedown notices the studio has ordered on some of the numerous parodies there are of this particular scene from the movie Downfall (Der Untergang).
For more information on the making of this parody and some of the issues surrounding 'fair use' see EFF: When Fair Use Is Fairly Difficult and Brad's Ideas: Hitler Tries a DMCA Takedown.
Canadian copyright law does now allow for parody in its fair dealing provisions.
hat tip boing boing
The Growing Creative Commons
Submitted by Ray on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 00:18A couple days ago Jamendo reached 20,000 Creative Commons licensed albums.
In March of this year Flickr reached 100,000,000 Creative Commons licensed pictures.
