Archive for the 'copyright' Category

Insanity in the news

The world becomes more bizarre by the day.
A man was arrested in Denver, US, and held on two counts of harassment for telling two women they were “extremely beautiful”.
NPR reports that the most popular guitar tutor on YouTube was accused of copyright infringement for showing his pupils how to play a Rolling Stones song on […]

Do petitions work?

I received an email today in response to an e-petition signed by 3,295 people asking the Prime Minister “to create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format.”
You can view the outcome here.
UPDATE: […]