More Python, Fair Use, and Attribution
So I had my iTunes open and on shuffle yesterday when Monty Python’s “Finland” came on. That was what prompted… Read More »More Python, Fair Use, and Attribution
Copyright Law
Copyright Irony, Of Royalty Boards and Google Book Deals
Earlier this week Live365 filed a law suit arguing that the Copyright Royalty Board is unconstitutional. Today is the deadline… Read More »Copyright Irony, Of Royalty Boards and Google Book Deals
Thought Police at the RIAA?
The Recording Industry Association of American thumped music downloader Joel Tenenbaum at trial, and now the RIAA wants him to… Read More »Thought Police at the RIAA?
Thoughts on Beatles Rock Band and the Economics of IP
“The Beatles: Rock Band” is due for release a week from today, together with a newly remastered set of  CDs of the Beatles’ albums.  That’s news to just about no one in the entertainment field, whether on the consumer side, the producer side, or the observer side.
The game and the remastered CDs arrive at a fascinating moment in the evolution of the economics of entertainment, which is to say, at a fascinating moment in the evolution of the rhetoric of intellectual property.
Take two recent feature articles about videogames and the music business, and compare them:Read More »Thoughts on Beatles Rock Band and the Economics of IP
The Google Book Search Settlement Goes Meta
Updated Sept. 1:Â If you are interested in librarianship, cataloguing, and the metadata aspects of Google Book Search, then read… Read More »The Google Book Search Settlement Goes Meta