Last night in London, Google’s head of EU policy Theo Bertram participated in a debate with David Lowery and some others. You can read MuscAlly’s live blog about it here. More about this later, but it’s important to note that Mr. Bertram speaking for Google came up with a brilliant idea for how to “white […]
The Daily Mail has a fascinating article today “Google Cashes in on Hate Videos: Ads for Reputable Companies Featured Alongside Terror Videos.” And you’ll notice from the screen capture above, one of those “reputable companies” is Google itself. Both MTP and The Trichordist as well as the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab have raised public awareness […]
A question came up regarding copyright registration at the May 16, 2013 House IP Subcommittee hearing featuring Professor Pamela Samuelson. Professor Samuelson teaches at the University of California at Berkeley and also runs the Samuelson Glushko system of academic legal centers (the “Glushko” is Professor Samuelson’s husband, Dr. Robert Glushko, a Santa Clara Valley (aka […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
Here we go again… We can go to Google and within minutes search for an artist of stature such as Lou Reed and quickly find unlicensed and infringing internet businesses exploiting his life’s work illegally while paying the him nothing, zero, zilch, nadda, zippo. There are many disappointing things about…
MTP readers will no doubt remember the “Google Drugs” case–where Google paid a fine to the US Government of $500,000,000 of the stockholders money to keep their senior executive team (at least) from being indicted for violating the Controlled Substances Act. How did Google manage to do that? By some pretty in depth collusion with […]
Great news for Tumblr users–the eponymous Mr. Dave Karp just sold your content for $1.1 billion! In cash! And of course, he’s sharing that money with you, right? No, he’s not. But then again, record companies, movie studios, newspapers and music publishers don’t share the proceeds with their artists, journalists, songwriters or actors, when they’re […]
Google is–of course–very interested in orphan works. They have a deep and abiding interest in the subject. For example, current Twitter General Counsel, Google’s then-attorney, Berkman Center affiliate, Lessig acolyte, and all round digital sophisticate Alexander MacGilivrey made that clear in his testimony at the Copyright Office: “I would encourage the Copyright Office to consider not just the […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
We at the Trichordist are expecting another push at so-called “orphan works” legislation in the U.S. Congress during the upcoming legislative session. We take a dim view of the “orphan works” theory–it seems to be yet another way of undermining copyright through a back-door safe harbor. If the last effort…
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
Our own David Lowery makes a lot of compelling arguments in Politico on Monday morning, but this one in particular regarding a copyright registry and orphan works should be of interests to all consumers and individuals as well as all creators. Copyright effects everyone, not just musicians. Register Your Family…
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