Ma.gnolia links – February 01
Virtual Hosting Blog » Take it Back! 100 Tips to Defeat Content Thieves
This page has a ton of information on copyright protection guides and tools for online publishing. They draw mainly from US copyright law, but many of the tips, tricks and tools can be used under any jurisdiction.
It’s time to overhaul copyright law | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Cory Doctorow on commercial and cultural uses. This ties in very nicely with Jessica Litman’s recent lecture on “Rethinking Copyright”. Although I’m not certain I agree that the amount of creative reuse and appropriation is as much as Cory suggests, his article nicely illustrates the difference between cultural and commercial use of copyrighted work.
Cultural Value and the Crisis of Legitimacy
The pamphlet is available as a free download in PDF format, under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 England & Wales License.
Pirate Bay hit with legal action | BBC NEWS | Technology
The Pirate Bay hits the news again, and “have been charged with conspiracy to break copyright law in Sweden”.
