Tag Archives: Copyright

Remember, kids, when you get a tattoo, its copyright belongs to the tattoo artist, not you. So when you become famous, there’ll be IP problems. https://t.co/hmBmr8kepn — Kontra (@counternotions) December 29, 2018 I get that artists don’t want others ripping … Continue reading →

I’ve written before about Sci-Hub and their fight with the publishing industry (1, 2). It’s easy to see both sides of the argument but one side, the publishers, have acted in ways that deplete whatever goodwill they might have had. … Continue reading →

Can you even imagine trying to invent public libraries in 2015? — Parker Higgins (@xor) August 21, 2015 You can almost hear the outraged wailing and dire predictions about the end of the publishing industry. It’s a knife aimed at … Continue reading →

Rick Falkvinge has another excellent diatribe in his series on copyright and its abuses. This time he examines the common notion that without copyright, artists wouldn’t get paid and would therefore stop producing their art. That’s a powerful argument and … Continue reading →

Cory Doctorow appears in an interesting video where he discusses the politics of copyright and how our current policies just don’t make any sense. He repeatedly applies those policies to other areas where everyone can see how ridiculous they are. … Continue reading →