Via WIRED, “Disney, CBS, Microsoft, Fox, NBC, Viacom, Dailymotion, MySpace and Veoh Networks announced so-called User Generated Content Principles that appear aimed at stifling fair use. The announcement calls for the ‘implementation of state of the art filtering technology with the goal to eliminate infringing content on (user-generated content services), including blocking infringing uploads before […]

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The free culture leader has announced he is moving on to a new brier patch. Lawrence Lessig is giving up the copyright fight and moving on to politics. From Taking the Copyright Fight Into a New Arena, NY Times:
Mr. Lessig addressed in his blog his frustration with a political system that he sees as unshakably […]

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A while back, I posted a news link that EMI had joined with Apple in a decision to offer music downloads without digital rights management locks. It is a significant decision as major content holders have tried everything they can think of to stem digital file sharing, but since the iTunes DRM makes it tough […]

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Sad news via Cynopsis Digital today. “An industry-supported Copyright Alliance was formed in Washington, D.C. with the stated goal of promoting the value of copyright as an agent for creativity and strengthening current copyright law. The group is headed by Patrick Ross, a former senior fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation, and has won […]

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