Imagine that you are a software developer, you hire programmers to produce real applications and offer them to the public. You produce innovative products, engage with customers, and sell quality applications. The software market is competitive, but you are doing Read more
The long-awaited Hargreaves report entitled Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth, has been published. Several of the report´s elements had been leaked in advance, so the provisions do not come as a surprise. The motivation for setting Read more
There has been a lot said about the PlayStation Network hack, enough to warrant its own Wikipedia page. With a calculated total of 77 million accounts affected, and a breach that has compromised both personal and sensitive financial details, this Read more
(Apologies to Aurelia and John for feeding the trolls). From time to time I come across an insidious, wrong-headed yet pervasive meme floating around the Internet; it can be encapsulated like this: Creative Commons is bad because it affects creators. Read more
Through Twitter we have learned a staggering new development in Portugal, which threatens Creative Commons licences and other open content licensing schemes. According to several reports, the Portuguese Socialist Party is announcing that it will push for a reform to Read more
He’s making a list And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice… Yes, it’s that time of year again, the intellectual Property naughty list has been published. This year has the longest Priority Watch List that I Read more
Google has just lost a patent infringement suit in Texas (where else?) which could have nefarious consequences for open source development in the United States. A Texas jury has awarded Bedrock Computer Technologies $5 million USD when it found that Read more
Thanks to all who have sent me a link to this wonderful tool. You can now say anything important in llama with the amazing Llama Font. Say it in llama!
It has been a bad week for the supporters of three strikes copyright policies in Europe. Although at some point last year the panorama looked good for them with the enactment of the Digital Economy Act, it seems like recent Read more
The new issue of SCRIPTed – A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, is now live. This issue has some really interesting articles about Internet regulation and governance. In this issue: Editorial Cellular Therapies: Regulating A Sector In Turmoil Aidan Read more