if i could tag this ip with both meanings of the term, i would
A whole country (albeit not a very big one) goes in for compulsory licenses for music.
Interesting blog post about the difficulty of chasing up old copyright licenses.
I didn't realize Kraftwerk were the bad guys.
Awesome interview of Lewis Hyde by Mike Linksvayer. Not often you find an interview as familiar with the interviewees work as you do here. It helps, I guess, if the reader of the interview is familiar with Hyde's broader work as well.
Awesome new organization. I love it.
Nice article that is critical of fair use and describes some of its disadvantages.
Answer: Seems so. People sure don't like DRM.
Interesting thoughts on copyright from James Grimmelmann. "As with banks, the expectation that a copyright-based industry is on the brink of failure may be self-fulfilling."
"Paul Goldstein says that copyright isn’t expanding; that’s just an optical illusion. It’s technology that’s expanding, and that’s just bringing the rest of us into contact with copyright, which is right where it’s always been."
If publishers OK it, Amazon allows books to borrowed. Here is a site that tries to allow this among groups broader than friends. Let's see how long this lasts.
