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BlawgCasts

Thursday, April 7, 2005

mr brown does a great job of entertaining us, giving us his take about life in Singapore and introducing us to his crazy friends with his browncasts.
But podcasting can be used for more than just entertainment. Not too long ago, I discovered BlawgCast.com, by Kevin Heller of TechLawAdvisor.
BlawgCasts are podcasts of law related discussions and [...]

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The outrage of thought control

Monday, March 28, 2005

The IP cartel in the USA says a big FUCK YOU to developing countries, all your ideas are belong to us.
In the aftermath of India being forced/coerced to adopt patent law that quite literally kills people as a condition for joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), US representatives at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [...]

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Penalties compared: Downloading vs shoplifting

Friday, February 11, 2005

Found this interesting comparison about the difference in penalties between infringing copyright of a movie, and stealing the DVD of the movie in the USA.
Summary

Stealing
Infringing

Absolute
Minimum
$0
no jail
$4,400

Absolute
Maximum
$100,000
1 year jail
$3,400,000
1 year jail
lawyer fees and costs

Real World
Example
Winona Ryder*:
$2,700 fine
$6,355 restitution
$1,000 court cost
3 years [...]

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Australia
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Australia