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Creative Commons Singapore

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I have been a supporter of Creative Commons for a long time, and I have always wondered if Singapore would get a localised version of a CC license. Due to the time and resources required to “port” a CC license to a local jurisdiction, most international CC licenses have been ported through the support of [...]

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LULZ

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Virtual Map shuts down street directory site after losing suit
Popular online map StreetDirectory.com has shut down, after the company behind it, Virtual Map, lost its appeal against the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) over copyright infringement last week…
An audibly bitter Mr Ackbar, who was interviewed over the phone, said the privately-held company is calling a shareholders [...]

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Whoring for the BSA

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Only in Singapore do you find the government owned media (which is all of them) acting also as the official mouthpiece of an industry special interest group. I found this gem of a piece in TODAYonline.
THEY may find it innocent enough but when users post or share songs or other copyrighted material on their MySpace [...]

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Copyright v Privacy: compare and contrast

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

From AFP:
The protection of authors’ rights “cannot … affect the requirements of the protection of personal data,” the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in its ruling.
European copyright laws “do not require the (EU) member states to lay down, in order to ensure effective protection of copyright, an obligation to communicate personal data in [...]

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Excellent primer on libertarian philosophy

Friday, December 21, 2007

Professor Lawrence Solum’s Legal Theory Blog highlights this excellent primer on libertarian theory [SSRN] from Dr Matt Zwolinski. A must for any one interested in understanding libertarian thought.

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