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May 31, 2007
The Reform Drumbeat Goes On….
“Piddle twiddle and resolve, not one darn thing do we solve” said John Adams of Congress in the Broadway musical “1776”.
May 24, 2007
Would the Real Brazil Please Stand Up
Thailand has decided to “compulsory license” the AIDS drug Kaletra, made by the pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories.
May 17, 2007
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Most of our critical infrastructure in the United States is privately owned, such as the food distribution infrastructure.
May 10, 2007
Making Mountains Out of Molehills
Rampant piracy is costing the software, movie and music industries (and thus the U.
April 26, 2007
First, Do No Harm to the IP System
Until a few years ago, intellectual property was considered a dull topic.
April 19, 2007
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Regulate
As politicians play to their constituencies, the regulators are apparently feeling left out, and so the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated an inquiry to determine whether so-called net neutrality safeguards are needed.
April 12, 2007
What’s Fair?
In the current copyright debates, critics are constantly complaining that intellectual property protections, in particular the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), stand in the way of “fair use.
April 5, 2007
The “Spy Act” That Loved Me?
By now we’re all aware of the dangers of being connected to the Internet through viruses, worms, and spyware.
March 29, 2007
Regulators to the Rescue (Yes, It Can Happen!)
The Federal Communications Commission has recognized a new era of cable TV with its adoption of new franchising rules, and so will consumers as those rules are implemented.
March 22, 2007
New Distribution is Cool, but Content is Still King
The blogs are awash in outrage over the Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) decision about the royalty rates that Internet radio broadcasters must pay for the use of songs protected by copyright.
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