intellectual-property

a startling juxtaposition between the Taliban and IP

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This is from Part 3 of David Rohde’s 6-part account of being held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, published by the New York Times. In earlier parts of his story, Rohde describes his fellow hostages and their captors sleeping on the floor in a cramped room. “It was a universe filled with [...]


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Fair Use Has a Posse – Now with Insurance!

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

from Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005137.php Fantastic news from Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project: documentarians who follow the Center for Social Media’s Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use can now get “errors and omissions” insurance from Media/Professional Insurance. The key was cementing a promise of pro bono [...]


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How to Protect Fashion Concepts – Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

How to Protect Fashion Concepts By KELLY SPORS Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal. Question: I believe I have the answer to a longstanding problem in men’s dress attire and would like to take the next step in having samples made and industry feedback. Since I have been told that fashion concepts are copied [...]


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