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Being better than free when copies are ubiquitous

The digital world fundamentally changes what a copy means for copyright. I wrote about this in the past from the legal perspective, suggesting an implied license to reproduce and a greater reliance on other rights. Kevin Kelly has a great post up about the Internet's role as a super-distribution...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-22-2008
Scoble, Facebook and Data Ownership

I've sort of ignored the whole Scoble/Facebook fiasco, with people arguing on both sides who "owns" the data. Jimmy Gutterman misses the point a bit , because Facebook has already opened up the social graph through the Facebook Platform API. What they don't expose - and why this script...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-09-2008
Understanding the Cablevision DVR lawsuit

While I agree with Mark Cuban that the lawsuit is a mistake , I thought it was worth discussing why - from a legal perspective - the network DVR is an issue. Copyright gives the owner a limited monopoly over a few aspects, most notably the ability to reproduce and distribute the work. In a "normal" DVR...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-11-2007
Was DRM-free music an Apple innovation?

Some people have tried to paint the recent announcement by Apple as example of Apple innovating and Microsoft following . Headlines like " Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs " are simply misleading - none of the technology companies truly wanted DRM, but they were a necessary evil in selling...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-09-2007
Students sue anti-cheating company

Prof. Patry passes along an interesting story . Four students are suing a company that compares submitted papers to a database to test for plagiarism. The service seeks to root out cheaters by comparing student term papers and essays against a database of more than 22 million student papers as well as...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-03-2007
More on the Music Industry's Slow Death

This letter from a former customer further illustrates how the music industry is alienating its customers. While I would like to say I responded with something witty, I must admit to being completely flummoxed. There I sat, a loyal music fan who has shelled out actual money to a business that is supposed...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-22-2007
First Life is refused a C&D

Marty's post reminded me about this great anti-C&D from Linden Labs. This notice is provided on behalf of Linden Research, Inc. (“Linden Lab”), the owner of trademark, copyright and other intellectual property rights in and to the “Second Life” product and service offering, including the “eye-in...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-01-2007
Steve Jobs and Apple telling half-truths about DRM

This has already been covered ad nasuem , but I thought I should mention Apple's denouncement of DRM last week. Steve Jobs summarily dismissed Apple's DRM as a result of demands from the record labels. Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-13-2007
How is IP split between separating founders?

AskTheVC addresses the question of what happens to IP rights when the founders go their separate ways . "Bottom line, you have a strong incentive (as does your former partner) to settle this amicably, otherwise, you both are going to be worse off." I thought it was worthwhile to dig into this a little...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-12-2007
Fair Use and RSS

Kevin illustrates the subtle differences between clear examples of fair use, borderline use, and clearly infringing use. Clearly, we need a better model than the amorphous "fair use" factors.

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-23-2007

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