Unlike US corporations, IP addresses are not people. At least according to a UK patent and copyright judge. But I’m ahead of myself. In an entry from just over a year ago entitled Cyber-bullying by the copyright Gestapo the shenanigans of ACS:Law described as a “rogue law firm run amok” in this story by Nick Farrell in the Inquirer were [...]
Posts Tagged ‘copyright infringement’
More from the Copyright Enforcement Follies
Posted: February 18, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: copyright, copyright infringement
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The road to jail is paved with smart phones
Posted: January 19, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: copyright infringement, fourth amendment, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy, smart phones
Could you get me out of jail? (Man I aint even done nothin’) Could you get me out of jail? (Aye look, aye somebody get my cell phone. Aye get my cell phone.) Could you get me out of jail? From Get Me Out Of Jail by Petey Pablo Possibly the coolest innovation spawned by [...]
Over the top copyright enforcement insanity
Posted: October 7, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: CBP, copyright infringement, counterfeit and pirated goods, Intellectual Property Rights, IPR, IPR violative, patent-infringing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Regular readers of this blog know that as a Software Engineer and music composer I’m all about getting paid for the intellectual property that I create and develop. The mechanism, flawed though it may be, that protects most of the work I do is copyright, which is typically held by my employer. If my company [...]
