Are deep links legal? Deep links are outgoing hyperlinks that do not lead to the front page of the hosting website. You may ask, what is the problem? That is how the Internet works, right? Initially, you would be right, Read more
Complicated publicity stunt or new economic model? As previously reported, there is growing economic importance in virtual worlds and MMORPGs. Players make virtual money from selling loot and goods within game. The in-game economics can be complex and involve all Read more
I have finished reading a report by the Committee for Economic Development, which has membership from representatives from IBM, GE and Citigroup (not precisely a group of leftie pinko liberals). Their report is entitled Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Read more
(via Legal Theory Blog). I have been reading some of the reports by Lawrence Solum from the symposium Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship from Harvard’s Berkman Centre. It seems like this was a very successful event, with an Read more
How do you promote an open source browser if you have no money for glitzy marketing? Organise a competition and let the fan’s originality do the job. Firefox has awarded fan videos entered into their Flick competition. First prize went Read more
(Via Carolina Botero) Spanish courts have delivered the third ruling in favour of Creative Commons (more accurately, copyleft licences in general) and against collecting agencies. The Spanish music collecting agency, the SGAE, has just lost another case brought against a Read more
Christian Ahlert from Open Business has informed us that Yochai Benkler, professor of law at Yale, has given an interview to their website about his new book called The Wealth of Networks, which is online offered through a Creative Commons Read more
I was not present in the virtual presentation in Second Life by Mia Garlick (sorry, Mia Wombat). It was too early on Saturday morning my time, but it seems like it was a fun event. There is a report at Read more
The Daily Mail picnic features sexy goats, crooked penguins and terrorist dogs intent on blow things up, all dancing to the catchy tunes of a singing sheep. It only lacks a singing llama. Yes, the internet is the source of Read more
(The author apologises in advance for the gratuitous use of the word “paradigm”). I have been looking at the use of Creative Commons by businesses for a video-conference that I’ll be involved in this week. One of the most intriguing Read more