Enforcement of copyright is fundamentally, conceptually incompatible with privacy of correspondence. You can't have the sealed and private letter in existence at the same…
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Copyright Monopoly
The entire modern copyright was built on one fundamental assumption that the Internet has reversed
When the copyright monopoly was reinstated in 1710, the justification was that of publishing being many orders of magnitude more expensive than authoring, and…
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Understanding the Hamburg “illegal links” ruling and its problems
A Hamburg court has ruled that certain links were illegal when they were pointing at photos that were posted in violation of copyright. This…
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File-Sharing Can Be Legalized Immediately, While Complying With All Treaties
There’s consistent disinformation from the copyright industry that even if a national parliament wanted to legalize file-sharing, it is not permitted to do so…
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A Year Ago, The European Supreme Court Appears To Have Ruled The Whole Web To Be In The Public Domain, And Nobody Noticed
On February 13, 2014, the European Court of Justice – the Supreme Court of the European Union – appears to have ruled that anything…
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Copyright Monopolist Claims Legal, Non-Infringing "Fair Use" Is Like AGGRAVATED RAPE
In a fuming blog article, David Newhoff claims that non-infringing, legal uses of copyrighted works – that is, of people’s own property – are…
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The Consequences of Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers
European Commissioner Günther Oettinger is still contemplating whether he should propose the German Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers on the EU level. I would…
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Sweden Invokes Little-Known "Perpetual Copyright" Clause Against Mercedes Ad
Sweden has invoked a previously-unknown “Perpetual Copyright” clause against carmaker Mercedes-Benz, who recited a public-domain work by the poet Boye in a recent ad….
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The Copyright Monopoly Is A Scam That Hurts Artists As Much As The Public
So you’re an artist, author, or creative person, and you’ve heard the arguments against the copyright monopoly. That it locks away knowledge from the…
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Swedish Public Television Claims Copyright Publication Rights To Everybody's Sports Photos If Posted On Twitter
Well, this is a new one. Swedish Public Television just posted legal terms and conditions as to what they are allowed to do when…
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