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Maybe Rupert has a point

  • posted on November 29, 2009December 8, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Computers & Internet, Law
Everybody thinks Rupert Murdoch is crazy for wanting to hide his web properties from Google, but I’ve been thinking: maybe he has a point. Bloggers and podcasters say that Rupert doesn’t
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Ownership in the digital world

  • posted on October 9, 2009October 9, 2009
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  • Posted in Computers & Internet, Law
My latest IP Osgoode post is up. In it I discuss the difference between what consumers expect when they buy digital content or a network connected device and reality. This post expands and clarifies
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In defense of the white pages

  • posted on September 27, 2009
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  • Posted in Law
I apologize if this is hopelessly I-just-read-CCH of me. No doubt it’s all been said before, but when has that stopped me? Copyright only protects “original works”. But original
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Software Patents ~= Literary Patents?

  • posted on September 13, 2009
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  • Posted in Law
Stuart Freen posted a reply on IPilogue to a Cato Institute article claiming that software patents are analogous to literary patents. I thought I agreed with Stu, but I’m not so sure. A story
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The Commons

  • posted on July 17, 2009
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  • Posted in Law
I just wanted to add something to my recent post on copyright on 200 year old paintings. The reasoning behind copyright is that giving a time-limited monopoly encourages people to create new things.
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