Archive for December 19th, 2007
Using Model Laws to Help Copyright Interpretation
Pamela Samuelson. Preliminary Thoughts on Copyright Reform. The UC-Berkeley law professor offers “preliminary thoughts about what a model copyright law might include and how one might go about getting rid of some of the clutter in the existing statute,” using the example provided by the American Law Institute’s model laws.
(Editor’s Note: Copycense editors originally commented on this article in the Dec. 18, 2007, edition of Copycense Clippings, and was an Article of the Week selection.)
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Copyright’s Self-Censoring Effect
“We are willing to purchase media, and have thousands of music and movies; we are the entertainment industries best friend when it comes to spending money on entertainment. But as with all end of an era kind of things, everything we do is somehow proscribed, regulated, or locked. Those heady days of being 14 or 40 and copying something so it can come with us are over, and that is a shame.” — Techwag.
Techwag. The End of An Era Over Copyright. Dec. 12, 2007. We disagree that the days of copying something to come with you are over, but it is a shame that too many citizens feel proscribed from doing this very fundamental networked activity.
(Editor’s Note: Copycense editors originally commented on this article in the Dec. 18, 2007, edition of Copycense Clippings, where it was a Quote of the Week selection.)
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Defending Museums’ Right to Ban Photography
Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection. Museums are Not the Enemy and the Red Herring of Copyright Law to Prohibit Photography. Dec. 11, 2007. Following Boing Boing’s June 2007 thread about museums banning photography for copyright reasons, Hawk says, essentially, pshaw!!
(Editor’s Note: Copycense editors originally commented on this article in the Dec. 18, 2007, edition of Copycense Clippings.)
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Copyright Registration Alternatives
Plagiarism Today. MyFreeCopyright: Free Copyright Verification. Dec. 11, 2007. In light of the poor reviews the U.S. Copyright Office has received on its e-Copyright service, the marketplace offers some alternatives, one of which is reviewed here.
(Editor’s Note: Copycense editors originally commented on this article in the Dec. 18, 2007, edition of Copycense Clippings.)
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