Sci-Hub Ordered to Pay $15 Million in Piracy Damages
‘Pirate’ sites Sci-Hub and LibGen have been ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to Elsevier, one of the largest academic publishers. A New York District Court granted Elsevier’s request for...
View ArticleIt never hurts to ask
About a month ago a friend pointed me to an article which used a photograph of mine. The trouble was, this was a commercial use of my photo and while they did attribute the photo to me, my CC-BY-NC...
View ArticleThat viral video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing is a meta-meme
As a long-time follower of Lawrence Lessig I recognized the @AOC video instantly. This Wired article provides the best context I’ve seen so far. THURSDAY MARKED ONE of the most important days in...
View ArticleInfoWars Must Pay Pepe the Frog Creator $15,000, Never Sell Pepe Merch Again...
InfoWars founder, conspiracy theorist, and tainted supplement pitchman Alex Jones has settled with artist Matt Furie, creator of the unfathomably widespread Pepe the Frog meme, for $15,000 after...
View ArticleFriday Video: YouTube’s Copyright System Isn’t Broken. The World’s Is.
I can’t say there’s much here I can disagree with. The post Friday Video: YouTube’s Copyright System Isn’t Broken. The World’s Is. appeared first on The Travelin' Librarian.
View ArticleFriday Video: The People Who Were Sued for Downloading Music… What Ever...
“Lawsuits against downloaders were meant to scare people into buying CDs again. However in the late 2000s a pair of cases went way too far, with even the judge calling the outcome “monstrous and...
View ArticleFriday Video: Why Celebrities Are Getting Sued for Posting Photos of Themselves
The post Friday Video: Why Celebrities Are Getting Sued for Posting Photos of Themselves appeared first on The Travelin' Librarian.
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Public Domain Class of 2023
On January 1, 2023, Frank and Joe Hardy will be in good company. That’s when a whole slew of popular books, stories and films first copyrighted in 1927 will enter the public domain in the United...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Librarians Are Finding Thousands Of Books No Longer Protected By Copyright...
On January 1, 2023, a swath of books, films, and songs entered the public domain. The public domain is not a place—it refers to all the creative works not protected by an intellectual property law...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday Reads: Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex...
The comic character Marvelman (and Miracleman) has a fascinating – and probably unique – history in the field of comics. His extended origin goes all the way back to the very beginnings of the...
View Article
