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    Copyright trolling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which revolutionized the cotton industry. But he had a hard time profiting from his invention because he tried to charge farmers a huge price (2/5 of their profits...

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    Image of The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
    The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
    wired.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    John Perry Barlow (the author of this article) used to be a songwriter for the Grateful Dead and is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It is as on-point today as it was when i...

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    Image of TIL a copyright is automatic in the US; a work is protected once it's fixed. Adding a copyright notice is just a clarification of the license.
    TIL a copyright is automatic in the US; a work is protected once it's fixed. Adding a copyright notice is just a clarification of the license.
    nolo.com link posted by c_prompt in writing
    Artists and writers are often surprised to learn that copyright is automatic – that is, nothing needs to be done to claim copyright protection. Although additional rights are provided if the work is...

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    The Man Who Broke the Music Business - The Dawn of Online Piracy
    newyorker.com link posted by c_prompt in music
    How Dell Glover, an employee at a CD-manufacturing plant, became the Patient Zero of Internet piracy.
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    Image of Stephen Colbert Takes On Amazon's Ridiculous Photography Patent
    Stephen Colbert Takes On Amazon's Ridiculous Photography Patent
    libertycrier.com link posted by c_prompt in politics
    It’s always a pleasure when anything patent-related enters the mainstream. Recently, Stephen Colbert took on the absurd inventions that companies attempt to patent. In this case, the host of...

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    Life is not read-only
    lifesnotreadonly.net link posted by peace_on_earth in politics
    They say it is piracy. Downright stealing from other people, that’s what downloading is. You’re taking something for sale and not paying for it. Do you shoplift, or break into houses?...

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    Why I No Longer Give Away My Music | On the Commons
    onthecommons.org link posted by digdug in music
    How the digital music biz makes it difficult for musicians to offer free downloads By Bob Ostertag Bob Ostertag’s article (below) about how the music industry makes it increasingly di...

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