Intellectual Property Law

minilinks for 2009-04-10

By hugh

• Social Network Sites "Monitored" in UK
  The UK government proposed rules that would allow the use of social networking sites to monitor criminal activity.
  
• Freedom on the Net
  Freedom House takes a comprehensive look at government tactics for controlling communications around the world.
  
• "Playmobil Priest" Faces Company's Wrath
  A priest who transformed Playmobil figures into biblical characters is facing copyright infringement claims.
  
• Couric Asks Holder About Spying
  CBS' Katie Couric asked AG Holder about the Obama position on state secrets.
  
• iPhone Developer Agreement Bans Jailbreaks
  The latest agreement for Apple iPhone developers bans them from jailbreaking phones or helping others do so.
  
• Facebook Divorces Pirate Bay
  Facebook is banning all links to the Pirate Bay after the popular torrent tracker implemented a feature allowing users of the Pirate Bay website to link to torrent files on their Facebook profile.
  
• YouTube Worse Than DMCA For Fair Use
  An interview with EFF's Fred von Lohmann on YouTube's takedown policies.
  
• Filesharing Plan from 1983
  Visionary musician Frank Zappa was also a visionary on the concept of file-sharing to distribute music.
  

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on April 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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