Tag Archives: intellectual property

Government for the People Makes You Special

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Lloyd

“It turns out that the International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group for organisations including the MPAA and RIAA, has requested with the US Trade Representative to consider countries like Indonesia, Brazil and India for its “Special 301 watchlist” because they … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Culture, Open Source | Also tagged Andres Guadamuz, Brazil, copyright, Copyright Laws, Free Culture, IIPA, Indonesia, IP, MPAA, Open Source, RIAA, secretive anti-counterfeiting treaty, Special 301, Special 301 Watchlist, TPM, US Government, US Lobby Groups, Watch List | Leave a comment

Counterfeit Intellectual Property

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Lloyd

What’s interesting is that there’s clearly a collateral campaign underway to support ACTA by hammering on the wickedness of counterfeiting – allowing the bait and switch game to be played again. Here’s an example:
Canada trails far behind the United States, United … Continue reading →

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Licensing is the suck!

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Lloyd

As I recently wrote the obvious, “licensing is legal, and legal things are complex”. I should have wrote, licensing is the suck!
When ever I start thinking about licensing and it being the suck, I think to Lawrence Lessig’s keynote presentation … Continue reading →

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