Archive for the ‘Internet Sharing’ Category
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
There are rumours that a new copyright bill is imminent. Copyright issues are increasingly gaining public prominence and there are views of every stripe.
See below for a distinct view by Barry Sookman, copyright expert and co-chair of the Technology Group at McCarthy Tétrault, on the copyright debate as we await the ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
According to this story in the Globe and Mail, the music industry is keen on getting Internet service providers (ISPs) to block traffic for users who sharing copyrighted music files. Canadian ISPs like Bell and Rogers already shape traffic to some extent by limiting the amount of bandwidth available to ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
The recent closure of AllofMP3 is coming to an end. The site that was
closed in July 2007 has recently been reopened under another name and site
location. The site that has users pay a flat rate to download music was
thought to be in violation of copyright laws in Russia. However, a ...
Posted in Digital Downloads, Music Industry, Internet Sharing, IP, Copyright | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
YouTube, an extremely popular video-sharing site that was created in 2005, is rapidly increasing concerns over video-sharing online free of charge. Right-holders of the videos argue that they are being unfairly deprived of the profits that are due to them. These concerns have actualized into legal actions. Recently, music publishers ...
Posted in Ownership, Internet Sharing, Copyright | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Being an enthusiastic fan of J.K Rowling’s Potter novels I was infuriated to hear the French student arrested for publishing his own translation of the seventh chapter of the Potter tale would not be prosecuted. An agreement was made with J.K Rowling not to seek damages from the student for ...
Posted in Subsidiary Rights, Infringement, Literary Works, Internet Sharing, Copyright | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
In the early days of the dot.com boom, internet commerce presented
opportunities for information providers (websites) to sell inexpensive
digital goods to web-users and have the benefit of reaching a far larger
consumer base than just a local market. But with the growing free-rider
ethos of the World Wide Web and the increasingly ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
According to several media sources recording artist Prince (a.k.a., formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince) is prepared to sue YouTube (as well as eBay and Pirate Bay) for copyright infringement of his works.
Prince is not alleging that Youtube is itself infringing on his copyright. Youtube only provides ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
The events of early October, 2007 may herald a new age of respect for intellectual property (IP) rights. The first trial on peer to peer music file sharing pits the major record companies against a woman accused of copyright infringement, an act for which the U.S. Federal Court awarded a ...
Posted in Ownership, Infringement, Digital Downloads, Internet Sharing, Copyright | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
On August 27, 2007, the International Herald Tribune published an article by Dan Mitchell titled “Micropayments arrive on the Web.” This piece examined the evolution and reemergence of the use of small user fees, known as micropayments, in exchange for content on the internet.
After reading Mitchell’s article, the main question ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
It is virtually impossible to prohibit users from uploading any type of video on YouTube, including uploading parts or all of a musicians’ music video. Even when artists request YouTube take down their videos because of copyright issues, new videos are uploaded the following day. Sharing amateur and professional videos ...
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