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Obama violating copyright laws right and left

April 3, 2009

It isn’t really his fault; many people unintentionally violate copyright laws every day. But if the President can’t give a simple gift without breaking the law, the system is broken.
When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the U.S., President Obama gave him a box of DVDs. Of course, in order to play them, Brown would [...]

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RIAA loses big: Judge Davis overturns $222,000 verdict, calls on Congress to act

September 25, 2008

Judge Michael Davis overturned the obscene $222,000 jury verdict in the Capitol v. Thomas trial with what may become a landmark decision. He ruled the RIAA’s “making available” theory was bogus, and called on Congress to fix the law that made the Thomas verdict possible:

The Court would be remiss if it did not take this [...]

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Highly-anticipated Spore game gets hammered by angry would-be customers

September 9, 2008

Spore is one of the most high-anticipated video games in years.
It also comes laced with highly-restrictive Digital Rights Management that only allows you to install the game three times before you have to beg EA for the chance to play again. Additionally, the DRM used by EA is actually a virus-like program that you cannot [...]

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Can governments copyright laws? Should they?

June 19, 2008

Can governments copyright laws? Should they? | BoingBoing

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RIAA wants $1.5 million per song

January 31, 2008

Apparently, the RIAA thinks you should have to pay $1.5 million for that copy of MC Hammer’s “Too Legit to Quit” you downloaded for your last 80s party.
Google’s copyright lawyer, William Patry, commented that the bill was the most “outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever introduced in the US.” I think that might be putting it [...]

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We take you to a meeting of the RIAA

January 4, 2008

From joyoftech.com:

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Already at ludicrous speed, the RIAA goes a bit faster

December 31, 2007

Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing points out that the RIAA’s ludicrous stance on copying CDs for personal use is actually even more ludicrous in light of what they were saying just months ago:
The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it’s been on their Website for some time now, that it’s perfectly [...]

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RIAA has achieved ludicrous speed

December 29, 2007

In its efforts to bring about the overthrow of copyright protection by adopting arguments more ridiculous than the Bush Administration’s attempts to exclude Dick Cheney from the executive branch, the RIAA is now arguing that it is illegal for you to transfer music from a CD you purchase to your computer for your own, personal [...]

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