Protecting Or Ruining
Digital Media?
Russian
Software Firm Found Innocent Of Copyright
Violation
December 18, BBC
Also see:
•
Verdict Seen As Blow To DMCA
• DMCA Critics
Say Reform Still Needed
• Background on the case from Yahoo Full
Coverage
Teenager
Accused Of Video Piracy For Creating DeCSS "To Watch DVDs"
Could Have Computers Confiscated
December 16,
BBC
Also see:
• EFF's
"Free Jon Johansen!" Campaign And Background Info
• The Motion Picture
Association's Anti-Piracy Pages
• An
Interview With Johansen
Wednesday Is Deadline To Convince Librarian Of
Congress To Make Exceptions To Sweeping DMCA Copyright
Restrictions (COMMENTARY)
December 17,
TheRegister
Dow,
Burson-Marseller Clamp Down On Fake Websites (PRESS RELEASE)
December 13,
RTMark
Artists Band Together For An Alternative To
Extreme Copyright Laws
December 16,
Wired News
Elcomsoft Digital Copyright Case Goes To
Jury
December 12, Wired News
For background see:
• ZDNet's
special section on the case
• Electronic
Frontier Foundation's archive of related documents
Hollywood
Teams Up With Taiwan Law Enforcement To Stop
"Piracy"
December 11, The Taipei
Times via Asia Pacific Media Network
Anti-Piracy Group Bills Users For
Downloads
December 11, Wired News
Russian
Programmer Defends Code-Cracking
December 10,
Washington Post
Also see:
• Programmer
Takes Stand In DMCA Trial
• Articles,
Commentary, and Protests in support of Dmitry Sklyarov, from
The Community of Russian On-Line Periodicals
• Background
on U.S. v. ElcomSoft from the Electronic Frontier
Foundation
Teen On Trial In DVD Hacking Case
December 9,
CNET News.com
Microsoft's
New Media PC Could Horrify Hollywood And Allow
"Napsterization" Of TV
December 9,
Salon.com
Electronic
Frontier Foundation Rejects Hollywood's Proposal To Control
Digital TV Copyrights With "Broadcast Flag" (PRESS RELEASE)
December 9,
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Bush Approves Reprieve For Web Radio Broadcasters
Facing Extinction
December 6,
Washington Post
Also see:
• Fees Forcing Colleges To Scale Back Webcasts
• Save
Internet Radio's History of the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA)
•
Jesse
Helms: Web Radio's Unlikely Hero
Wal-Mart Backs Away From DMCA Claim
December 5,
CNET News.com
Opening
Arguments Heard In Elcomsoft Digital Copyright
Trial
December 3, Wired News
Also see:
• Gov't:
ElcomSoft software for thieves
• Background
on "U.S. v. ElcomSoft" from Electronic Frontier Foundation
Court
Test For DMCA Digital Copyright Law
December 2,
BBC
Arguments
Heard Over File-Swapping
December 2,
BBC
BBC
Admits Interference From Digital Radio Stations, Plans Further
Launches
December 2, MediaGuardian.co.uk
Hollywood
Tastes New Copyright Victory With Digital TV Plan
December 2,
CNET News.com
Also see:
• Background on the plan from
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Naval Academy Seizes Student Computers For
Downloading Films, Music
November 26,
Washington Post
U.S. Judge May Allow Suit By Media Companies
Against File-Swapping Service Kazaa
November 26,
BBC
Big
Retailers Use DMCA Copyright Law To Quash Leaked Sales Info On
The Web
November 20, Wired News
via Internet Sites Delete News of Sales by Big
Retailers
Also see:
• DMCA Reopens
for Public Comment
• Left gets nod
from right on copyright law
DMCA
Copyright Law Gets A Second Look
November 20,
CNET News.com
Recording
Industry Pushes Streaming, Fights Downloads
November 18,
Wired News
Congress Approves Net Royalty
November 15,
USA Today via Benton
Foundation
Hollywood Studios Launch Internet Service To
Enable Download Of Films
November 11,
BBC
Privacy
Group Asks Universities To Avoid Monitoring Student
File-Sharing (PRESS RELEASE)
November 6,
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Disney
Claims Victory In Dispute Over Winnie The Pooh
Rights
November 5, BBC
RealNetworks Reveals Software Code
October 29,
Wired News
Also see:
• Can open source compete with Microsoft?
Cable Vs. Content As Future Of TV Is Debated
Inside AOL Time Warner
October 28,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
Also see:
• Comcast May Anger Broadcasters With New Set-Top
Cable TV Services
New Copyright Fees Forcing Colleges To Scale Back
Webcasts
October 21, The New York
Times (free registration req'd) via Yahoo Full
Coverage
Programmer
For Russian Software Company Denied US Visa To Testify In
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Case
October 10,
The Register via Wired News
Also see:
• Government Will Invite Public Comments On DMCA
• "Russian Coding Firm Back for More"
• Background on the DMCA from
Electronic Frontier Foundation
New Tech Could Prevent In-Theater Recording Of
Digital Movies
October 15,
BBC
European Broadcasting Union Will Use Watermark
Technology On Newscasts To Monitor Copyright
Violations
October 15,
EuropeMedia.Net via European
Journalism Centre
Hollywood's Demands Could Cripple Consumer
Technology, Panelists Say
October 15,
Washington Post
"Illegal Art" Exhibit Challenges Copyright
Laws
October 11, Wired News
Piracy
Blamed For 9% Drop In Worldwide Music Sales
October 11,
BBC
Also see:
• Rock
Stars Sue MP3.com For Distributing Music Without
Authorization
EC Approves "One Stop Shop" For Internet Music
Broadcasting Rights, Covering 18 Nations
October 11,
Reuters via
ZDNet
Lawyers Attempt To Equate Copyright Protection To
First Amendment Rights In Eldred V. Ashcroft
October 9,
Wired News
Fencing
Off the Public Domain (COMMENTARY)
October 9,
Wired News
Classic Books Could Be Up For Grabs In
Hollywood
October 9, Variety
via Yahoo
News
Also see:
•
Internet
Bookmobile: Crusader Wants To Use Internet To Make Books
Available To Everyone
Music
Swapping On The Net Rising
October 9,
BBC
U.S. Composers Distribute Their Work To Public And
Peers Through New Website
October 9,
The New York Times (free registration req'd)
Free Speech Same As Free Content? Copyright Under
Debate In U.S. Supreme Court
October 8,
Wired News
Also see:
• High-Tech Versus Hollywood As Copyright Showdown
Begins In Supreme Court: Eldred v. Ashcroft
• Links to ongoing coverage on Eldred
v. Ashcroft
U.S.
Lawmakers Tuning In to New Media Issues And How We Use
Technology
October 7,
Los Angeles Times via I Want
Media
Proposed U.S. Laws Would Protect Consumers' Use Of
Digital Media, Reversing Current Trends
October 4,
Mercury News
Also see:
• New Bills Aim To Protect Consumers' Use Of Digital
Media
U.S.
Music Companies Seek To Force ISPs To Identify Names Of
File-Traders
October 4,
Washington Post
Also see:
• Record Labels Request Online Sabotage Rights
EU Announces New Music Licensing Rules For Web
Broadcasts
September 30,
Europemedia.net
Intellectual-Property Laws Don't Benefit Poor
Countries, Says Report
September 12,
The Economist
Stopping
The Privatization Of Public Knowledge
August 1, TomPaine.com
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