Posts tagged “copyright law”

SueTubeMar 14, 2007

CNN's poll shows 49% think YouTube shouldn't be liable at all, but popular opinion didn't save Napster either. Google's acquisition looks naive in hindsight. YouTube's going down the same path, the media companies will get paid, and some new startup will take YouTube's place. Same story, different players.

So, the RIAA is trying hard to be more evil, and has got as far as suing a 12 year old girl. A 12...Sep 9, 2003

The RIAA sued a 12-year-old honor student living with her single mom in low-income housing. She settled for $2000. Whatever you think of her defense, that's just wrong. Help pay back her settlement.

Okay, so I'm scared. The first arrest under the DMCA has been made. This was always a very scary...Jul 20, 2001

The first DMCA arrest just happened: a guy exposed a flaw in Adobe's security and got arrested for it. Improve your security, don't criminalize people who point out weaknesses. If Microsoft follows Adobe's lead, I'm in serious trouble.