The dangers hidden in the proposed Copyright Directive
This is a short post to bring together a few resources about the important vote taking place at the European Parliament on the proposed Copyright in the Digital Market Directive. I’ve written about the...
View ArticleWhat’s next for the proposed Copyright Directive?
On September 12 the European Parliament decided to ignore expert advice and adopted a version of the new Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) that contains troublesome issues,...
View ArticleWho owns this AI-generated painting?
Habitual readers may have noticed that I have been obsessed with artificial intelligence copyright for quite a while, almost as long as I have been interested in simian authorship. For anyone...
View ArticleThe politics behind the proposed copyright directive
Last week we talked about the agreed text of the new copyright directive, particularly the problems presented by Article 13. Perhaps what is lost in all of the discussion is precisely why such a toxic...
View ArticleWho owns the Bitcoin white paper?
There is a very interesting dispute taking place in cryptocurrency circles right now that has nothing to do with price, hacking, exchanges, or any other of the usual hot topics surrounding this area....
View ArticleIs it time to look at monetisation as a new exclusive right of the author?
The first experience that most modern creators will have of copyright is through social media, and particularly through YouTube. In the early days of the network, YouTube had the reputation that it was...
View ArticleWhoever controls the DAO, controls the book: The strange tale of Jodorowsky’s...
Please gather around, and listen to this cautionary tale of schadenfreude and greed. This is not a tale for the faint of heart; it involves a cabal of crypto-enthusiasts involved in a decentralised...
View ArticleCan Bill Willingham release ‘Fables’ into the public domain?
Fables is a popular comic book series written by Bill Willingham that follows characters from fairy tales who have formed a clandestine community in New York. Willingham is the sole writer of the...
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