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Entries in Digital Rights Management (DRM) (46)
What the Heck is "Social DRM"?
When I first heard the term “social DRM” in the context of e-book anti-piracy efforts — the link is to the RSS feed of my del.icio.us bookmarks tagged “socialDRM” — I thought it referred somehow to group peer pressure not to copy files without permission.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Piracy, Social Networking, Publishing, Social Media, E-book, Books
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Social Data Portability, Privacy, and DRM
When Bob Weber published his post-CES DRM 3.0 Has Arrived he made the point that, while DRM for music may be dying, the entertainment industry’s interest in Digital Rights Management is still quite strong. This got me to wondering whether this “next generation DRM” might have some relevance to current interest in social network portability.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Privacy, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Industry Analysis, Social Networking, Standards, Social Network Portability, Personal Data Ownership, OpenSocial
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Bill Would Force Colleges to be Copyright Cops or Lose Federal Aid
According to Eric Bangeman at Arts Technica, a New bill would punish colleges and students who don’t become copyright cops.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Piracy, Social Networking, Social Media, Disaster Response, Homeland Security, Emergency, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Corruption
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Fair Use Antics
I'm listening to another one of Command Line's podcasts, this time Rant: Is Fair Use a Right? (Command Line produces one of my five favorite podcasts.) Despite the logical nature of Command Line's thesis (he believes that copyright Fair Use is a "right," not just a legal defense) I'm still skeptical about being able to unambiguously explain to people what their "fair use" rights actually are.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Podcast, Publishing, Business Models, Social Media, DMCA, Fair Use
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DC CopyNight, July 24, 2007
We met again last night at a downtown DC bar, a group of policy analysts, bloggers, lawyers, activists, and geeks. I reported on last month's discussion here. Last night's conversation covered several topics:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Social Media, Facebook, Apple, 700 MHz, FCC, DMCA, RIAA
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The Horror! My Tax Dollars are Supporting Microsoft DRM!
I’ve always been a frequent user of public libraries. In fact, I paid my high school and college tuition by working at the Bexley Public Library in Columbus, Ohio. We have a great public library system here in Alexandria Virginia. I’ve been using it steadily ever since my kids were little and we took them to weekly story hours at the Queen Street Branch.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Libraries, DMCA, Alexandria Virginia USA
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"And what's on your iPod, Mr. President?"
Last night I attended the monthly meeting of DC CopyNight at a bar within walking distance of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop in Washington DC. Here’s the official description of the group:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Patents, Associations, DMCA
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Lawrence Lessig Shifts Gears
Carey Lening (a fellow member of the group DC CopyNight) pointed out some news: Lawrence Lessig has announced he is “shifting gears” and moving on to devote his “next ten years” to a different set of issues from those that have consumed him for the past decade.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, iPod, Lessig, Corruption
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OECD Publishes Report on International Counterfeiting and Piracy
The OECD has published the Executive Summary of a major report on international trade involving counterfeited and pirated products. The report, The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting and Piracy, estimates that international trade in 2005 involving counterfeit or pirated works totalled $200 billion US.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, Piracy, Cost Analysis, China, Counterfeiting
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Followup to "Is DRM a 'Tax' on the Intellectual Property Supply Chain?"
On May 2, 2007 I published Is DRM a “Tax” on the Intellectual Property Supply Chain? where I compared DRM (Digital Rights Management) to a “tax.” I’ve received several comments and emails with different perspectives and I wanted to follow up.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, iTunes, Cost Analysis, iPod, DMCA
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