While I can appreciate that understanding the subtleties of intellectual property law is challenging, getting the basics right isn't that hard. If I produce "work" it is mine. I hold the copyright to it unless I publish it under some form of license that allows sharing - that could be a CC license or a simple "go ahead and (ab)use this content". There is no issue with … [Read more...] about Copyright Cluelessness At Its Worst
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Digital Music via iTunes vs. Physical CDs
While I'm a big fan of digital music services like Last.fm and Spotify I've always had a very "mixed" relationship with digital purchases of music. I guess this stems from some bad experiences outside Apple's iTunes store. Having paid for an album I want to be able to "consume" it however I choose on whatever device I want. Unfortunately if the company you bought music … [Read more...] about Digital Music via iTunes vs. Physical CDs
Free License To Quote
The tweet says it all https://twitter.com/Glinner/status/355032995255681024 … [Read more...] about Free License To Quote
Photo Licensing Change
I use Flickr for storing my photos, though I also post some images on to various social sites and blogs.. But most of the photos I've taken with my various digital cameras and phones end up on Flickr at some point. Up until a couple of days ago the license on all the images was restricted, though you could ask me for permission for a license. I'm not sure why I set the … [Read more...] about Photo Licensing Change
There’s Two Sides To Every Story – Minister Sean Sherlock Explains
This is a slight departure from the stuff I normally post and while I have posted several times about the copyright debacle on the company blog, as well as covering it at length on the technology.ie podcastthis doesn't quite fit there either .. so it's here .. Tomorrow there's going to be a public debate about copyright in the Science Gallery. I was contacted the week before … [Read more...] about There’s Two Sides To Every Story – Minister Sean Sherlock Explains