Posts Tagged ‘copyright’
Internet Freedom Day – Martin Luther King
Internet Freedom Day – Martin Luther King

Internet Freedom Day, the anniversary of the largest internet protest (against SOPA) is being celebrated around the world wide web with an act of civil disobedience to simultaneously honour Aaron Swartz. If SOPA had been passed I could go to jail for posting this video. It is copyrighted – even though it is a record […]

Eben Moglen – Innovation Under Austerity
Eben Moglen – Innovation Under Austerity

Eben Moglen gave the keynote address at the Freedom To Connect (F2C2012) conference and it was followed up with a detailed Q&A – all of which you can watch right here. In total it runs just under an hour and a half but it is time well spent and you must, at the very least, […]

Too Much Copyright – Reason.TV
Too Much Copyright – Reason.TV

Zach Weissmueller presents this Reason.TV piece addressing the fucked up nature of US copyright law. It’s a very interesting discussion with law professor Tom Bell and Ben Sheffner who is the head counsel for the MPAA and Ben Huh, the founder of Cheezeburger. After you hear what they have to say be sure to check […]