Florida’s True Origin of Digital Goods Act is a step in the right direction
The Florida Legislature has passed the “True Origin of Digital Goods Act” with bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House. In its key provision, the bill establishes that […]
It is not just the creative community – online piracy is damaging to consumers and legitimate brands
Today, Digital Citizens Alliance released Good Money Still Gone Bad, a follow up to last year’s Good Money Gone Bad on the revenue that stolen content sites make from advertisement. […]
Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day
This past Sunday April 26, we recognized World Intellectual Property Day. Hundreds of events around the world took place last week leading up to the day, and events will continue […]
A Failure to Take Responsibility: Grooveshark’s Lack of a Repeat Infringer Policy Lands it Outside Safe Harbors
As legitimate music-streaming services continue to gain traction, one service continues to come under fire for its shady practices. That service is Grooveshark, and it has long operated in a […]
Visual arts organizations criticize shortcomings of fair use best practices
“[S]cholars and the public need to have the freedom to create new works and, that frequently, these derivative and new works are based on existing images through the application of […]
Defining Internet Freedom
This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the issue of Internet governance, and how it relates to issues that creators care about. Transparency and accountability. […]
The Copyright Term Red Herring
With a recent news brief from Japan’s NHK World News vaguely claiming copyrights under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) are “to last for 70 years,” various critics of copyright have […]
Strong copyright protection in free trade means fair and meaningful market access for creators
President Barack Obama has said that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will be different from previous free trade agreements. During the most […]
New initiative from the advertising community follows the money to address piracy
This week, the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an initiative created by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) […]
Why Copyright Has Helped Bob Dylan
Last Friday, two days before the GRAMMYs, Bob Dylan was honored as the 2015 Person of the Year by MusiCares, a philanthropic arm of the Recording Academy. He gave an […]