http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101007/11300711326/ascap-tells-artists-it-s-cutting-their-payments-as-it-brags-to-the-press-how-much-more-money-it-s-collecting.shtml#c280 Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:51:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101007/11300711326/ascap-tells-artists-it-s-cutting-their-payments-as-it-brags-to-the-press-how-much-more-money-it-s-collecting.shtml#c280 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100826/00214010778.shtml#c45 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:24:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100826/00214010778.shtml#c45
"Strangely enough, however, this Bill will have the effect of making it illegal for Mutwa, Mhlophe or any of their colleagues to share traditional stories in published books without facing reams of red tape. Firstly, the author would now need to secure the permission of the indigenous community that claims ownership of that story. Further, the copyright in the published edition of the story will no longer belong to the author, but to a government trust fund. So let us say an author decides to write a book telling a traditional Zulu children]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100826/00214010778.shtml#c21 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:15:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100826/00214010778.shtml#c21 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100723/10225410343.shtml#c299 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:27:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100723/10225410343.shtml#c299 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100721/11421810307.shtml#c234 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:21:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100721/11421810307.shtml#c234 http://alanbergman.com/articles.htm#deal]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100721/01484010305.shtml#c156 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:23:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100721/01484010305.shtml#c156 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100629/13281010005.shtml#c306 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:25:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100629/13281010005.shtml#c306 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100527/0930099601.shtml#c430 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:10:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100527/0930099601.shtml#c430 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100521/1448399532.shtml#c182 Sat, 22 May 2010 06:27:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100521/1448399532.shtml#c182 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100505/0331389308.shtml#c161 Thu, 6 May 2010 07:36:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100505/0331389308.shtml#c161 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100426/0002159165.shtml#c287 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:06:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100426/0002159165.shtml#c287 Just as an aside, who can claim ownership over a thought?
The Ministry of Love?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100412/1520248977.shtml#c297 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:30:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100412/1520248977.shtml#c297 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100319/1105388633.shtml#c322 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:19:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100319/1105388633.shtml#c322 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100223/1821298278.shtml#c103 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:36:24 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100223/1821298278.shtml#c103 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100222/1240328256.shtml#c575 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:58:24 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100222/1240328256.shtml#c575 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100216/1034448184.shtml#c478 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:00:21 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100216/1034448184.shtml#c478 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100216/1034448184.shtml#c472 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:58:44 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100216/1034448184.shtml#c472 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100208/0217548076.shtml#c421 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:52:11 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100208/0217548076.shtml#c421 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100208/1906288092.shtml#c391 Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:45:34 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100208/1906288092.shtml#c391 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100120/2249557850.shtml#c505 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:04:39 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100120/2249557850.shtml#c505