Archive for 2011/03/06
Dutch MPs condemn shady contracts on music royalties
Posted: 2011/03/06 in Education / Awareness, Public PolicyWizkid develops new software at home, but employer gets the copyrights
Posted: 2011/03/06 in Copyright, JurisprudenceSo have file-sharers really lost control when they “bite the hand that feeds them”, or are they simply reacting to overwhelming bullying behavior as shown in the FileSoup case or the mauling of Jammie Thomas or Joel Tenenbaum?
Posted: 2011/03/06 in Education / Awareness, File Sharing, Illegal File SharingOne of the films that Belarus’ National State Television decided to air was last year’s best picture The Hurt Locker. However, the channel managers apparently didn’t go through all the proper licensing channels, electing to show a copy that had been downloaded from the BitTorrent site Interfilm.ru instead
Posted: 2011/03/06 in Education / AwarenessJan Standal, vice president of desktop products for Opera Software, takes issue with Apple’s stance. “I’m very concerned,” he said in a statement. “Seventeen is very young, and I am not sure if, at that age, people are ready to use such an application. It’s very fast, you know, and it has a lot of features. I think the download requirement should be at least 18.”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/mac_app_store_bars_under_17s_from_downloading_opera/
