Author Archives: Bill Rosenblatt
Patry on Copyright Repair
William Patry’s new book has some new ideas on how to fix copyright but little on how to implement them.
Who’s Subsidizin’ Who?
Free content with a device purchase or a free device with content purchase? Either way, it’s all good.
IFPI Claims Success of Progressive Reponse in Curbing Infringement
Hadopi is lowering illegal file-sharing and boosting legitimate digital music sales.
Creative Commons for Music: What’s the Point?
For most purposes, Creative Commons is like a burglar alarm sign on your lawn without the actual alarm system.
Updated DRM Reference Table Now Available
Replaces the previous version from April 2010.
UltraViolet Gets Two Lifelines
UltraViolet lands Amazon.com as a digital video retailer for at least one movie studio’s content; also, a way to make your DVD and Blu-ray movies cloud-accessible.
New White Paper: Content Security Requirements for Multi-Screen Video Services
A new white paper intended to help digital video content service providers understand content security requirements from film studios, TV networks, and other content sources.
Oblivion, But Not Beyond
Beyond Oblivion could have made a major impact on the world of online music… if it had made it to commercial launch.
Robert Levine Tells the Rest of the Story
Technology is a business, just like the media industry. In Free Ride, Robert Levine explains how this fact goes under-reported and explains why the copyright wars are the way they are.
Public Library E-Book Lending Must Change to Survive
Libraries could face irrelevance in the world of e-books. One way to avoid this fate is for publishers to treat libraries as if they were radio stations.
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