Free Talk Live - intellectual property

Internet Radio Fairness Act debate opens in Washington

ifeeltreadupon — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:01:49 +0000

Google and Pandora Internet Radio support FCC regulators setting pricing for content played over the internet [IRFA (HR 6480 and S3609)]. Musicians, record companies and performing rights organizations are lining up in opposition to the bills.

Bass Fishing and the Free Market

jameswm93 — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:10:46 +0000

This is an article on how the lack of intellectual property laws within the bass fishing industry have allowed for a fast paced and highly competitive market where anyone can do well provided they have good products.

Gangnam Style Shows What Can Happen When You Don’t Lean On Copyright

morgansdisguise — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:14:34 +0000

The number 2 song on the Billboard charts is not copyrighted, and that has opened up various opportunities for its use, and has boosted its phenomenal popularity. It's a meme, viral video, and korean pop song that has become wildly popular around the world.

New Technology Should Be Presumed Illegal Until Congress Says OK

phonon — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:02:05 +0000

Whenever possible, when the law is ambiguous or silent on the issue at bar, the courts should let those who want to market new technologies carry the burden of persuasion that a new exception to the broad rights enacted by Congress should be established. That is especially so if that technology poses grave dangers to the exclusive rights that Congress has given copyright owners. Commercial exploiters of new technologies should be required to convince Congress to sanction a new delivery system and/or exempt it from copyright liability. That is what Congress intended.

Kim Dotcom judge quits after calling US 'the enemy'

Mattfree88 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:35:11 +0000

Kim Dotcom judge quits after calling US 'the enemy'

New Zealand Judge David Harvey has stepped down from the Kim Dotcom trial after making remarks that could cast doubt on his impartiality. Harvey was to oversee the extradition case against the internet entrepreneur, who is wanted by the US.

Music's best artists support file sharing and you should listen.

sovereignbeing — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:48:14 +0000

For Julia, or anyone else that understands the true and absolute joy that a beat can bring. Check out Pretty Lights and all the great artists available for download free, at prettylightsmusic.com. I think you might really enjoy the label and all the truly amazing artists that support file sharing. Listen while reading the Hungry Games novels and experience life 2 decades beyond 1984.

Meet ACTA; It’s SOPA and PIPA on steroids

ZEUSLGN — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:16:59 +0000

SOPA and PIPA have been shelved but the government’s plan to censor the public is an ongoing threat. Enter the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" aka ACTA, an international trade agreement whose supposed sole purpose is to forge ahead with tackling counterfeited goods and -- suprise, surprise -- copyright infringement.

Ron Paul on SOPA: "They want to take over the Internet!"

delelles — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:04:49 +0000

"Can you imagine how much we're going to be curtailed in the spreading of our information if we lose the Internet?!"

L. Neil Smith - Little Criminals: The Context of Consent

StrayLite — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:02:50 +0000

L. Niel Smith still doesn't get the fact that there is no P in IP