Author Archives: Bill Rosenblatt
The Artists’ Rights Movement
An antidote to the techblogosphere’s echo chamber, and concurrently, signs of constructive dialog in the post-SOPA/PIPA copyright wars.
The Loweryquake
It’s time to admit that the perceived value of music has dropped to nearly zero.
C&T London 2012 Presentations Now Available
The slide presentations from Copyright and Technology London 2012 are now available on the C&T website. These include my introductory remarks, the keynote presentation by Eric Walter of Hadopi (although he wasn’t there to give it himself), and the following presentations from panels: Rights Registries: Paul Jessop of County Analytics (moderator), Nicholas Bentley of Common […]
Copyright and Technology London 2012 and Hadopi
The Secretary General of Hadopi cancels his keynote address, leading to speculation over the future of the French graduated response agency.
The IDPF’s Lightweight Content Protection Standard for E-books
A response to the current realities of the digital publishing market; an attempt to help avoid undesirable outcomes for everyone in the value chain.
Graduated Response in the Post-Sarkozy Era
A timely keynote speaker in London on June 19.
Inisoft of Korea Acquires BuyDRM
The merger brings more clarity to the Microsoft PlayReady ecosystem.
A Nail in Public Libraries’ Coffins
Amazon’s subsidized lending of Harry Potter e-books is more evidence of private-sector displacement of public libraries.
Roots of the Online Upheaval of SOPA/PIPA
A PhD thesis sheds light on how the online community rose up to defeat the antipiracy legislation and offers some clues for the pro-copyright faction to follow in the future.
Library E-Lending with DRM-Free E-Books?
The coming showdown over Digital First Sale and library e-book lending.
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