Ubiquitous Infringement
posted by Derek Bambauer
Lifehacker‘s Adam Dachis has a great article on how users can deal with a world in which they infringe copyright constantly, both deliberately and inadvertently. (Disclaimer alert: I talked with Adam about the piece.) It’s a practical guide to a strict liability regime – no intent / knowledge requirement for direct infringement – that operates not as a coherent body of law, but as a series of reified bargains among stakeholders. And props to Adam for the Downfall reference! I couldn’t get by without the mockery of the iPhone or SOPA that it makes possible…
Cross-posted to Info/Law.
February 27, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Posted in: Anonymity, Architecture, Culture, Current Events, Cyberlaw, DRM, Education, Google and Search Engines, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Interviews, Media Law, Movies & Television, Politics, Social Network Websites, Technology, Web 2.0
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Joe - February 27, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Professor Bambauer:
I want you to know I enjoy your posts on copyright. While I know very little about this technical area of the law, I am interested in what the future holds regarding property and copyright law in a digital world.
Derek Bambauer - February 28, 2012 at 11:51 am
Thanks, Joe! I appreciate it. We’re all peering through the fog to try to figure out the future of copyright law and creativity. But that’s what makes it so fun…
iPhone - April 21, 2013 at 4:54 am
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