Retroactive extensions! Those will sure encourage innovation. So shameful.
Reminds me a little of Hot Property -- but decent.
Interesting exploration of dual licensing of free software and their effects.
IV response to TAL piece critical of IV. Summary: "Haters gonna hate."
Call by the copyright office for comments on handling orphaned works.
Yikes. I guess I'll think twice before I buy a bunch of software. ;)
A whole country (albeit not a very big one) goes in for compulsory licenses for music.
if i could tag this ip with both meanings of the term, i would
I don't know what pinterest is, but it sounds like it may be violating copyright law.
Mark Shuttleworth reflects on the Ubuntu trademark policy.
"The Global Responsibility License (GRL) makes it easier for patent holders to make a significant contribution to aiding vulnerable populations in the poorest countries because it is a modular license, created specifically for the use of IP for development purposes."
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced a new initiative on Tuesday to seek reform of the United States patent system. But conspicuously missing from the list is the most direct and obvious way to solve the problem: exclude software from patent protection altogether."
