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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

  • When will the NFL Network standoff end?

    Like so many others , I was furious when I couldn't watch the Packers-Cowboys games a few weeks back. The NFL Network is only carried on satellite which is simply not an option for many of us in urban areas like NYC. For those who haven't been paying attention, there's been a long-running...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-27-2007

  • 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

  • Sometimes piracy isn't about getting it for free

    The old maxim that "you can't compete with free" has been thrown around time and time again in the piracy argument. Sometimes, though, piracy is not just about price. People don't want DRM ( including Bill Gates ), and there are still no legal means to download DRM-free music. ( Ok, I should clarify...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-30-2007

  • Abandonware and Unlocked Cellphones

    This is old news, but in the craziness of the semester I never got around to discussing and I think it's worth mentioning now. The US Copyright Office recently approved six new DMCA exceptions , including exceptions for abandonware and cellphone unlocking . This is a good step, but as Fred mentions the...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-02-2007
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