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. This case is a complex copyright case and it is easy to get lost in the weeds. However, I think [...]
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 is of course an important and monumental milestone. Never before have we seen the intersection of technology and public input [...]
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 dead, a few panels and speeches presented new ideas and perspectives. Mark Heller, a Columbia Law School professor, introduced us to [...]
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 was talk about how to put an end to a culture of piracy among young people. The USPTO showcased their [...]
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 license fees, free as in beer). It’s a nuanced take on some of what Chris Anderson will surely be talking [...]