Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Foreign Copyright Holders and the USCO

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

A District Court has ruled foreign copyright holders must register with the U.S. Copyright Office for full rights in the country.



The Nick Simmons Plagiarism Scandal

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

Over the past few weeks, the plagiarism accusations against Nick Simmons have been the talk of the comic book world, but do they hold up?



U.S. Seeks Public Feedback on Copyright Enforcement

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

The U.S. government is seeking public feedback on how it can better protect intellectual property, giving everyone a chance to be heard.



Musicblogocide 2010: The Blame Game

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 17th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News, Punditry

Google recently started a controversy when it shuttered a series of legitimate music blogs over alleged copyright violations. Who is to blame for the debacle?



Google Reader Now For Non-RSS Sites

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

Google has launched a new feature for Google Reader that lets users “subscribe” to pages even without an RSS feed.



Digging Deeper into the Plurk/Microsoft Plagiarism Case

By Jonathan Bailey • Dec 15th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, News

Plurk recently accused Microsoft of plagiarism in the creation of their MSN Juku product, but what is the full story?



Joi Ito, Creative Commons CEO, Joins Picscout

By Jonathan Bailey • Dec 8th, 2009 • Category: Articles, News

Joi Ito, the CEO of Creative Commons, has signed on to the advisory board of Picscout to help the company grow its Image IRC and ImageExchange products.



The Firebowl Controversy

By Jonathan Bailey • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, News

Sometimes the question “What is Art” is more than philisophical, it’s also a legal query. As is the case with two makers of firebowls at odds in a Tennessee court.



Draft Fair Syndication Guidelines Unveiled

By Jonathan Bailey • Nov 4th, 2009 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, News

The Fair Syndication Consortium has released its draft guidelines for operation. But how viable are the?



Elaine Scott’s Copyright Folly

By Jonathan Bailey • Oct 2nd, 2009 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, News, Punditry

Elaine Scott is suing Scribd. However, her copyright folly could make it harder for you to protect your own work in the future.