Below are posts associated with the “intellectual property” tag.
publication copyright and reprinting consent
Ben has been one of my best students over the past 5.5 years. He was a non-traditional student who flunked out of UK decades ago, went on to be a successful small business owner elsewhere in the country, and then leapt at the chance to come back to UK through an online degree completion program. As part of that program, he took one of the classes I was teaching at the time, which counted toward general education credit. Since then, he’s kept me in the loop on how things are going: He sent me an email to let me know when he graduated, we talked over the course of his MBA, and when he recently decided to start a PhD in his field of work, he wrote a letter to the university president, thanking the university for the chance to come back to school (and, generously, mentioning me by name in the letter).
🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: Bill Willingham puts his graphic novel series “Fables” into the public domain (15 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Appreciate Doctorow’s detailed (and expert) perspectve here.
🔗 linkblog: Willingham Sends Fables Into the Public Domain'
Such a cool thing to do. I haven’t read Fables in ages, but may revisit it out of respect for Willingham.
🔗 linkblog: The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers - The New York Times'
Good coverage of a worrying development. I’m sympathetic to authors’ worries here, but I also think they’re wrong. If digital is different than the physical, copyright considerations need to be more generous, NOT stricter. The Internet Archive is an important service, and I’m worried about the future.
🔗 linkblog: The Public Paid For Moderna’s mRNA Vaccine Tech; The Fact That Moderna Is Suing Over The Patent Is A Travesty | Techdirt'
Intellectual property is a social justice issue.
🔗 linkblog: Cops Tried Playing Disney Music to Censor a Video'
Weaponization of copyright filters is awful, and it’s not even the worst thing about this story.
🔗 linkblog: Now That White Musicians Are Getting Sued For Copyright, Lawyers Say Copyright Needs To Change | Techdirt'
Intellectual property is a social justice issue.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Penguin Random House Demands Removal Of Maus From Digital Library Because The Book Is Popular Again | Techdirt'
The first line is a powerful one. Libraries ought to be a constant reference point (and beneficiary) when liberalizing IP.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'SHOP SAFE Will Stomp Out Online Sales of Used and Homemade Goods | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Intellectual property is important, but overreach is a real problem. We should be liberalizing IP, not cracking down on it.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Pluralistic: 28 Nov 2021 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Intellectual property can be a human rights issue.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'BTS fan accounts targeted with fake copyright takedowns - The Verge'
Weaponized copyright enforcement is awful.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'Trump’s site Truth Social broke software rules, says copyleft group - The Verge'
Do not mess with open licensing.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'A Thumbs Down for Streaming Privacy - The New York Times'
I have been thinking recently about streaming as a compromise in internet-era IP disputes, but this shows one reason that it’s not good enough a compromise.