RIAA Flubs Chance To Actually Respond To Questions About CD Ripping
For years, we've been a fairly persistent critic of the RIAA's tactics. It's not, as some incorrectly suggest, because we are "anti-RIAA" or that we somehow dislike the RIAA. Not at all. We simply...
View ArticleDanish Anti-Piracy Group Tells DVD Ripper Who Turned Himself In That It Won't...
A bunch of folks have submitted the story of Henrik Anderson, a Danish man who ripped a bunch of DVDs for personal storage, and then turned himself in, noting that even though Danish law says it's...
View ArticleGet Lamp Filmmaker Scolds DVD Rippers... For Doing A Bad Job With The Rip
I've been meaning to check out the movie Get Lamp (a documentary about text adventure games) for a while now, as I've heard good things about it (and, it should be confessed, I was an avid,...
View ArticleBrazil Looks To Criminalize Ripping A CD?
Over the past few years, it really looked like Brazil was close to becoming one of the most progressive countries on copyright issues. It was embracing fair use and the public domain in a strong way,...
View ArticleMPAA: Ripping DVDs Shouldn't Be Allowed Because It Takes Away Our Ability To...
It's that time again when the Librarian of Congress is considering special exemptions to the DMCA's anti-cicrumvention provisions. One of the key proposals, which we discussed earlier, was Public...
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Only Hollywood Would Think That This 'Disc To Digital' Program Makes Sense
Michael Weinberg, over at Public Knowledge, has an absolutely brutal takedown of Warner Bros. new "disc-to-digital" program, which lets you bring DVDs you already own into a store, who will then...
View ArticleDMCA Exemptions Announced; Exemption For DVD Ripping Rejected; Phone...
It's that time again, when the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyright announce their triennial "rulemaking" on DMCA exemptions for the anti-circumvention clause. Just the fact that they...
View ArticleRep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs
Back in October, we noted that in the latest triennial DMCA exemption review, the Copyright Office/Librarian of Congress refused to say it was legal for you to rip your own legally purchased DVDs so...
View ArticleRIAA Flubs Chance To Actually Respond To Questions About CD Ripping
For years, we've been a fairly persistent critic of the RIAA's tactics. It's not, as some incorrectly suggest, because we are "anti-RIAA" or that we somehow dislike the RIAA. Not at all. We simply...
View ArticleDanish Anti-Piracy Group Tells DVD Ripper Who Turned Himself In That It Won't...
A bunch of folks have submitted the story of Henrik Anderson, a Danish man who ripped a bunch of DVDs for personal storage, and then turned himself in, noting that even though Danish law says it's...
View ArticleGet Lamp Filmmaker Scolds DVD Rippers... For Doing A Bad Job With The Rip
I've been meaning to check out the movie Get Lamp (a documentary about text adventure games) for a while now, as I've heard good things about it (and, it should be confessed, I was an avid,...
View ArticleBrazil Looks To Criminalize Ripping A CD?
Over the past few years, it really looked like Brazil was close to becoming one of the most progressive countries on copyright issues. It was embracing fair use and the public domain in a strong way,...
View ArticleMPAA: Ripping DVDs Shouldn't Be Allowed Because It Takes Away Our Ability To...
It's that time again when the Librarian of Congress is considering special exemptions to the DMCA's anti-cicrumvention provisions. One of the key proposals, which we discussed earlier, was Public...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Only Hollywood Would Think That This 'Disc To Digital' Program Makes Sense
Michael Weinberg, over at Public Knowledge, has an absolutely brutal takedown of Warner Bros. new "disc-to-digital" program, which lets you bring DVDs you already own into a store, who will then...
View ArticleDMCA Exemptions Announced; Exemption For DVD Ripping Rejected; Phone...
It's that time again, when the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyright announce their triennial "rulemaking" on DMCA exemptions for the anti-circumvention clause. Just the fact that they...
View ArticleRep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs
Back in October, we noted that in the latest triennial DMCA exemption review, the Copyright Office/Librarian of Congress refused to say it was legal for you to rip your own legally purchased DVDs so...
View ArticleUK High Court Goes Even Further In Emphasizing That You Cannot Rip Your Own CDs
Last month, we wrote about an initial decision by the UK High Court to take away the private copying right that allowed people to rip their own CDs. This change in law had been sought by the public...
View ArticleIf The UK Wants People To 'Respect' Copyright, Outlawing Ripping CDs Is...
We had two separate stories late last week about copyright issues in the UK, and it occurred to me that a followup relating one to the other might be in order. The first one, from Thursday, was about...
View ArticleWhat Did The UK Accomplish In Revoking The Right To Rip CDs After Just One...
A little history: In 2011, after quite a bit of study, the so-called Hargreaves Report was released in the UK, with some fairly mundane suggestions on how copyright law in the UK could be updated for...
View ArticleMusic Industry Is Painting A Target On YouTube Ripping Sites, Despite Their...
Concentrated attacks on technology tools that can sometimes, but not always, be used for nefarious purposes have quite a long history, from Google and Wikipedia, to suing online sites like Craigslist...
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