It appears that some big names are finally stepping up to challenge the rather stupidly sweeping bill (Induce Act) proposed by the Recording Industry Assn. of America and the Motion Picture Assn. of America. In this letter (PDF) more than 40 companies and organisations such as CNET Networks, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google, Intel, […]
Here’s an example of free speech at its finest. In around 1994 (I think) Mattel tried and failed to sue a Utah artist, Tom Forsythe, for exhibiting a photo of barbie in a blender. And now July 27th is National Barbie-in-a-Blender Day. So here’s a site celebrating the fact with a collection […]
Anybody heard of the Induce act? It is basically an act to make it illegal to “induce” people to infringe copyright. Sound reasonable to you? Well I suppose it does until you think that it will open up the floodgates for copyright holders to bring lawsuits against CD burner manufacturers and VCR recorders […]
