Archive for 'law'

CRIA, lawsuits and contorted truth

I just finished reading over an Ars Technica article regarding the copyright situation in Canada. The title? “Canadian labels: We get “absolutely zero credit” for not suing fans.” From the article, He points out that Canadian labels have not chosen to sue their fans, but then goes plaintive for a moment, saying, “We get absolutely [...]

iPod: to levy or not to levy? (or, I want my private copying)

Remember the levy that was collected on ipods, then refunded, then argued over? It might be coming back according to a decision by the Copyright Board of Canada. The decision may still be appealed. Again, Michael Geist has the story. The decision continues by stating that this interpretation is consistent with the intent of the [...]

Quick reference on what licenses mix

Update July 23th 2007: The final copy of the reference is out. David Wheeler has recently written a slide on what popular FLOSS licenses mix and how. It includes the latest draft of GPL3. He’s posted it to his blog and he’s looking for comments. It doesn’t pack much depth into its one page but [...]

Crisis or opportunity for cyberlawyer?

I said I was too busy to blog but something interesting has come up and I’m on lunch break. Well, Michael Geist is being sued for defamation. Geist explains that he’s being sued “for maintaining a blogroll that links to a site that links to a site that contains some allegedly defamatory third party comments.” [...]