DVDs and Blu-rays will now carry two unskippable government warnings
15 days ago by taestell
Get ready for 20 seconds of unskippable warnings before you can watch a DVD.
dvd
blu-ray
media
copyright
piracy
15 days ago by taestell
Eternal Copyright: a modest proposal
11 weeks ago by taestell
"But what, I ask, about your great-great-great-grandchildren? What do they get?"
copyright
media
law
11 weeks ago by taestell
SOPA & PIPA Supporters Violating Copyright Laws
january 2012 by taestell
Supporters of the supposed "anti-piracy" bill don't seem to take copyrights very seriously themselves.
SOPA
PIPA
congress
politics
copyright
january 2012 by taestell
Copyright and remix culture: The new Prohibition?
december 2011 by taestell
"Under current copyright law, nearly every cover song on YouTube is technically illegal. [...] No amount of lawsuits or legal threats will change the fact that this behavior is considered normal — I’d wager the vast majority of people under 25 see nothing wrong with non-commercial sharing and remixing, or think it’s legal already."
copyright
law
remix
youtube
riaa
mpaa
from instapaper
december 2011 by taestell
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