It was another wild week for copyright news with new legislation proposed, two unlikely artists embracing file sharing and Microsoft nuking DRM keys. Proof there is never a slow week in the world of copyright.

It was yet another busy week for copyright news with the new orphan works legislation, big developments on the RIAA front, The Pirate Bay passing a milestone and much, much more.

It’s been another wild week for copyright news and that means it is time for another Episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. From fast cars to slow laws, we run the gamut of this week’s copyright news.

Last month, Professor Lawrence Lessig gave his “farewell” speech to the free culture movement and laid the groundwork for his next big challenge. It is a must-watch for anyone interested in copyright law.

Whenever possible, I like to encourage guest posting on this site so that readers can receive a wide variety of view points from related fields. Today’s column comes from Dan Zarrella, a social media consultant.
Online social media, like socialized forms of media before it, has at its core the concept of communal recreation. Lessig called [...]

Though the video itself is nearly a year old and the presentation was given in October of last year, Professor Lessig’s talk at Google, as part of the Authors@Google series, remains just as relevant today as it did when it was first given.
Unfortunately, I just stumbled across this video today on accident and, looking at [...]