Tag: Copyright
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iPhone stumbling block
Well it seems that iPhone is problematic in Canada for two reasons. First, another company has the copyright on the name and second, there is no deal with Rogers yet. Apple doesn’t even have the domain. It seems that everyone who bet on “iname” is laughing now, but it begs the question of reviewing the…
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An attempt at explaining US Copyright
If only there was someone with time to do this for Canada and other jurisdictions:
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May the Force be with you
If ever there was someone who would appreciate the ability to remix and remaster their work, it would be George Lucas. Afterall, for better or for worse, he remixed the original trilogy to “what he wanted to do in the first place” (kudos on all the Huttese, but what’s with the Han/Greedo scene??). Fans have…
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Homework is mine!
This is something that has likely been brewing for a long while, but listening to As it Happens this week, this story has come to light. I’ve never been a fan of these automated systems, and personally I think that if you are going to try to catch cheaters, instructors should do the footwork on…
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Copyright Time Machine
Well it seems that Australia (Google News) is keen on joining countries like Belgium by banning the indexing and archiving of web based content – something that Google claims will blast the country back to the pre-Internet era – all in the name of copyright protection. Australia wants website owners to opt into a search…