Author Archives: Bill Rosenblatt

C&T 2010 Conference Registration Now Open

Join us on June 17 in New York for an exciting day of discussions and debates.

Thoughts on Fair Use

The speech that I was going to give on the Digital Breakfast panel on Fair Use.

Digital First Sale at Issue in Vernor v. Autodesk Appeal

If it looks like a sale, quacks like a sale, and waddles like a sale, then it must be a sale (of content). Or must it?

Venue Selected for C&T 2010 Conference

Also, a reminder that Friday February 19 is the deadline for speaking proposal submission.

Microsoft Re-enters E-Book Market (sort of)

The Blio e-Reader. Yet another non-interoperable e-book platform.

Jaron Lanier Is Not a Gadget

Finally, a book about the dangers of the Internet to content creators that is as well-reasoned and knowledgeable as it is passionate.

C&T 2010: New Date, Keynote Speaker

Michael Fricklas of Viacom will give a keynote address at C&T 2010 on June 17.

Apple Joins E-Book Reader Competition

The e-book DRM mess just got messier today.

ByteShield DRM Gets Reclaim Your Game Seal of Approval

Reclaim Your Game (RYG), a self-proclaimed DRM watchdog organization for the gaming community, released results of its testing of ByteShield and Sony SecuROM DRMs last week.  The San Francisco-based ByteShield achieved RYG’s highest rating of “End-User Friendly”  in each of eight categories, thereby meriting RYG’s Gold Seal of Approval.  SecuROM DRM, on the other hand, […]

Digging in the TechDirt

Techdirt gets it wrong on the German news industry’s dispute with Google.