Author Archives: take21

EU copyright extension: corporate gain, public cost

By take21 | Published: March 16, 2009

Academics warn of the dangers and costs of extending copyright term on sound recordings to 70 or 95 years. The European Parliament votes on 23rd March. Extracts “Such an extension, from 50 to 95 years (or perhaps 70 years), will harm Europe’s culture and economy. The European Parliament is being asked to remove sound recordings […]

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Proposed Digital Rights Agency. Comment now.

By take21 | Published: March 16, 2009

Lord Carter’s office have issued a proposal for the Digital Rights Agency referred to in the Digital Britain report. The consultation is open until 30th March. WriteToReply have a site for you to comment on the proposal in detail. You can download the proposal and read the press release from the Intellectual Property Office. To comment […]

Posted in Copyright & IP, Music & internet radio, UK copyright | Tagged Carter report, Copyright, Digital Britain, P2P, Rights Agency | Comments closed

Funk, Google Voice, TBL on privacy

By take21 | Published: March 13, 2009

The Mother of All Funk Chords – Kutiman’s amazing YouTube remix http://bit.ly/mNh0m Mother of all funk chords is also top video on Icerocket Twitter search http://www.icerocket.com/?tab=twitter Which means everybody’s talking about it. That and Google voice. ” Google Voice, unveiled Thursday, will revolutionize telephones. It unifies your phone numbers, transcribes your voice mail, blocks telemarketers and […]

Posted in Copyright & IP, Mobile devices | Tagged funk, Tim Berners-Lee, twitter | Comments closed

James Boyle @ RSA

By take21 | Published: March 11, 2009

James Boyle’s lecture on The Public Domain at the Royal Society for Arts last night was a hugely enjoyable call for a campaign to defend the public domain. Bill Thompson, BBC technology correspondent, chaired. The RSA streams live audio of lectures and took questions via Twitter. You will be able to watch, listen and subscribe […]

Posted in Copyright & IP | Tagged Bill Thompson, Creative Commons, James Boyle, NESTA, Public Domain, RSA | Comments closed

News: tweet petit

By take21 | Published: March 10, 2009

guardiantech Google and PRS in headlock as music videos pulled from YouTube http://bit.ly/1SAvr6 Finally: Oxenford on US webcastcast royalty settlement http://bit.ly/fLrVH US internet radio stations need to file with SoundExchange by 2 April or pay CRB rates Big Picture: London from above at night http://bit.ly/aHr9 That’s a lot of lightbulbs. Exhilarating, yes. Sustainable energy use? Big Picture photo journalism: Cambodia […]

Posted in Copyright & IP, Design, Media, Music & internet radio, Technology & IP, Tools | Tagged News roundup, twitter | Comments closed

No extension of copyright exemption for mashups

By take21 | Published: March 4, 2009

“The Government has responded to a consultation paper published by the European Commission on copyright reform. That consultation asks whether the European Union’s Copyright Directive should be amended to introduce exemptions for ‘user-created content’. User-created content can include individuals’ use of professionally-produced music, film, video or images for a new or different purpose to the […]

Posted in Copyright & IP, Licences, Music & internet radio, UK copyright | Tagged copyright reform, EU consultation, MCPS-PRS, PRS for music | Comments closed

Pirate Bay trial ends

By take21 | Published: March 4, 2009

Pirate Bay trial ends: Guardian summary http://bit.ly/Jzer

Posted in Copyright & IP, Music & internet radio | Tagged P2P, Pirate Bay, prosecution | Comments closed

Digital Britain: watch and listen

By take21 | Published: March 2, 2009

The Digital Britain report is open to comment until 12th March. On 24th February NESTA hosted a conference on delivering Digital Britain. Many of the key players were present. Video and audio is now available. It is an extraordinary opportunity to see the development of public policy enacted. Watch and listen. NESTA delivering Digital Britain I’ve seen Carter’s […]

Posted in Copyright & IP, Media, Music & internet radio, UK copyright | Tagged BBC, Digital Britain, Lord Carter, Neil Berkett, NESTA, P2P, Peter Bazalgette, Philip Stevens, TV | Comments closed

Fast broadband

By take21 | Published: March 2, 2009

Think broadband on expected OFCOM announcement http://bit.ly/13W49X Up to 100 Megabits fibre optic BT will have to make its new fibre-optic network, which it intends to build over the next three years, available to its rivals on a wholesale basis, but the regulator’s proposals will ensure that it can make money out of it. Observer […]

Posted in Media, Technology & IP | Tagged Digital Britain, fast broadband, infrastructure, OFCOM | Comments closed