U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle have reintroduced legislation to amend the DMCA. In a joint statement they argue the amendments are necessary in order to "protect the fair use rights of users" and ensure that America is a "world leader in technological innovation." Since its enactment, Rep. Boucher [...]
You can tell by the look on their faces. Our friends over at Business Europe just released their "European Reform Barometer Spring 2007" this week and the result will be suprising to many. They have even provided a handy chart of EU 25 and Accession Countries based on the categories [...]
Last week, I went to a roundtable discussion on how to enhance innovation which was organized by the Kauffman Foundation as part of its EntrepreneurshipWeek USA Policy Summit in Washington, DC. While a couple of very interesting and valid points were made during the discussion, which attracted about 20 people [...]
On February 15, ACT hosted an Innovators Network event in Groningen (Netherlands) entitled “Turning your Innovations into a Successful Business”. ACT organized this event together with the ICT Platform Noord, a public-private partnership that aims to stimulate the ICT sector in the North of the Netherlands. It was a busy [...]
The Digital Rights Management and Interoperability panel at TPS yesterday provided a (relatively) fresh perspective on the extremely tired topics of DRM and fair use. I've seen a lot of these panels (there has been at least one every day for the past 5 years), but despite the predictable disagreements, [...]