Cablevision Lawsuit Didn’t Stop Innovation
Yesterday the Supreme Court declined to hear the television and movie producers' appeal from a Second Circuit decision which held that Cablevision's new Remote Server DVR did not violate copyright law. [...]
Third Verse, Same as the First? Open Gov Initiative, Phase 3
Phase three of the White House's Open Government Initiative ends this Sunday, and with it a tripartite experiment on receiving public comment about how to make government more open. This [...]
World Copyright Summit: What does gridlock have to do with copyright?
Recently, CISAC hosted the World Copyright Summit in Washington,DC. Having been to my share of intellectual property conferences, I didn't expect to hear anything new or interesting. And while some panels did indeed beat the dead horse [...]
IP Education — Gettin’ ’em Young
A few weeks ago I blogged about the various events that were held around town in conjunction with World IP Day on April 26. At one of the events, there [...]
When You’re Getting Software or Other Stuff on the ‘Net for Free, what are the Costs?
Come one, come all. ACT will be hosting a lunch event next Tuesday (June 23) at noon on privacy, free software, and government procurement. We’ll discuss “free” software (ie. no [...]
David and Goliath Redux: Why We Filed an Amicus in TiVo vs. Echostar
Then David said to Goliath, Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield but I come to thee with naught but a sling [...]