Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright « http://old.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/anarchism.html | | How the internet and free software render copyrights useless , dooming them much as capitalism doomed slavery. |
Artists Rights Society « http://www.arsny.com/ | | Provides visual artists with support for copyright clearance and monitors the use and potential abuse of artists' rights. |
Buy DVDs and Games Abroad - and Break the Law « http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23814.html | | " british consumers will be on the wrong side of the law for the first time if they buy overseas dvds or computer games 'unauthorised' for the uk and play them on their pcs at home. " by drew cullen. [register] |
Can the World Be Copyrighted? « http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50658,00.html | | " two treaties taking effect this spring would expand the reach of controversial american legislation designed to regulate the internet. " by brad king. [wired] |
Christians and the Copyright Laws « http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/decj1.htm | | Criticisms of copyright laws from a christian perspective. |
Copy Catfight « http://www.reason.com/0003/fe.jw.copy.html | | How intellectual property laws stifle popular culture , and violate freedom of speech. about old works being kept in obscurity , and new ones being silenced. article by jesse walker , reason magazine. |
Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks « http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-and-globalization.html | | Transcript of a talk by richard stallman , on how copyright law no longer protects the public interest , and how it might be curtailed in different ways for different kinds of works. |
Copyright as Cudgel « http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i47/47b00701.htm | | Recent expansion of copyright law threatens research and education , destroys rights , and impoverishes public discourse. [chronicle of higher education] |
CopyrightGuru « http://www.copyrightguru.com | | Provides links and resources on copyright , trademark , internet and entertainment law. |
Digital Copyright « http://www.msen.com/~litman/digital-copyright/ | | Book by jessica litman about the collision between expectations of freedom of expression and copyright law. |
DigitalConsumer. org « http://www.digitalconsumer.org/ | | Organization for protecting fair-use rights in the digital world. advocates a consumer technology bill of rights including the rights to time-shift and space-shift media and to make backup copies. |
Electronic Rights Defence Committee « http://www.axess.com/users/jackr/erdc/frame3.htm | | Montreal group of writers filing a lawsuit against publishers who used the freelancers' work on electronic databases and the web without compensation. |
Guiding the Path of Intellectual Property « http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/8/1465/50261 | | " it is important to rediscover the roots of intellectual property to understand why sssca is too much , and the dmca already went too far. " editorial and reader comments. [kuro5hin] |
I Am Gonna Copy « http://www.iamgonnacopy.com/ | | Poll to vote on the proposition that everything that can be copied should be free , with no copyright and no intellectual property. also includes links to articles and opinions. |
Intellectual Property and Copyright Ethics « http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/alfino/dossier/Papers/COPYRIGH.htm | | Academic paper. general introduction to the subject of copyright ethics. |