SCRIPTed is looking for reviewers for three books. These are: Roger Cullis, Patents, Inventions and the Dynamics of Innovation: A Multidisciplinary Study. Charlotte Waelde, Hector MacQueen (eds), Intellectual Property: The Many Faces of the Public Domain. Tarleton Gillespie, Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture. If you’re interested, Read more…
Internet news websites have been commenting on a copyright infringement case involving sex toys in Second Life. With spectacular titles like “Sex Toy IP Scandal Rocks Second Life“, one would imagine thousands of depressed avatars shocked by the news of a lawsuit involving sex toys. The lawsuit involves something called Read more…
I guess I’m not the only person to have noticed the ridiculously over-the-top anti-piracy commercials in cinemas. Besides ‘Knock-off Nigel‘, there’s the utterly awful crime ad. You know, because pirates are also drug-dealers, arms tradesmen and people smugglers.
Those following free trade agreements and TRIPS-plus agreements will be familiar with the tortuous approval process of the Dominican Republic and Central American Free Trade Agreement in Costa Rica (DR-CAFTA). While all other signatory states have already approved the agreement, Costa Rica is still in the process of passing it Read more…
I think we could all agree that cybercrime is a growing threat. Online fraud, phishing, viruses, hacking, DDoS, and spam, consumer are increasingly at risk from online security vulnerabilities that could translate in financial loss. What is the UK’s response to the threat? “Call your bank”. The Guardian carries a Read more…
Wikipedia is great. However, as a sometimes editor, I’m starting to grow tired of getting involved in endless editing wars with people who are not experts on the subjects. If you don’t like a rant, look away now. I’m perfectly happy with people editing and disagreeing on all sort of Read more…
The Creative Commons blog has published some of the latest licence usage statistics. Mike Linksvayer and Giorgios Cheliotis have made public some of the statistics presented at the iSummit, which provide a lot of tasty food for thought for licence geeks everywhere. The data comes with a lot of caveats, Read more…