Posts tagged: copyright
- Violating the conditions of a license = copyright infringement
- Good news for some open source software developers: if someone violates the conditions of your license, they’re infringing on your copyright. From Ars Technica: A federal appeals court has overruled a lower court ruling that, if sustained, would have severely hampered the enforceability of free software licenses. The lower court had found that redistributing software in [...] [14 Aug 2008]
- Recommended: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
- From my alma mater: a guide to copyright and fair use in online video — mash-ups, remixes, commentary and the like. A description of what this document is: This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine [...] [7 Jul 2008]
- Recommended: Jeremy Keith’s “Lock up your data”
- You’ll need to read the Flickr forum thread for some context regarding Jeremy’s post, but Jeremy’s point is a good one: As sites like Flickr and Last.fm move from having early adopters into the mainstream, this issue becomes more important. What isn’t clear is how the moral responsibility should be distributed. Should Flickr provide clearer [...] [5 Oct 2007]
