Thursday 6 May 2010

The Digital Copyright Debate

Our digital society raises new issues for content publishers and users. Ordinary users want more choice, while publishers want to lock down their content to protect against piracy.

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6 comments:

Chris said...

Google legal counsel critical of the ACTA copyright treaty.

Chris said...

A study of more than 7000 Australian Internet users, who admitted to illegally downloading or streaming digital content, found that more than two thirds would be prepared to pay for downloads from a legitimate service if it offered the convenience of file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent. The most popular prices for legal downloads chosen by respondents were $1 per TV show, $2 per movie and 50c per music track.

Chris said...

MSNBC reports that a German court has fined an Internet user €100 for failing to secure his WiFi access point. The unsecured access point was used to illegally download music.

Chris said...

Why actor and director, Peter Serafinowicz steals movies, even ones he's in.

Chris said...

According to the Irish Times, Eircom, an Irish ISP, will implement the world's first "three strikes" scheme.

Unknown said...

Here's a beautiful visualisation that shows
music artists earn a pitiful amount for their effort, and this becomes worse - not better - in the digital world.