Hi! I'm Debbie Rose. In addition to working as an intellectual property fellow here at ACT | The App Association, I try my best to keep a very busy family running smoothly. This is no small task with a husband and three active kids. Randy works in management consulting and the kids [...]
It seems there have always been scandalous pictures and videos of celebrities. They capture public attention for a short period of time and then are either forgotten, or act as the basis for a career as a celebrity (AHEM, Kim Kardashian). But the recent hack and publication of nude celebrity [...]
This week, Sebastian Holst, Executive VP of PreEmptive Solutions and member of ACT, testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property at a hearing on “The Rise of Innovative Business Models: Content Delivery in the Digital Age.” As the only software developer on the panel, Mr. Holst's perspective was of [...]
Although Rob Pegoraro's Sunday article, "Copyright overreach goes on world tour," was about a coordinated effort among several countries to establish common copyright rules, the unmistakable position conveyed was that creators and copyright owners should not have any right to protect the investments into their products. His disdain for copyright owners [...]
The Google book search settlement seemed all but wrapped up in a bow, that is, until hundreds of objections were filed with the Court, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on September 10 examining the antitrust, privacy and copyright issues implicated by the deal, and then the Department of Justice [...]