Category Archives: Copyright & IP

It’s like that

By take21 | Published: February 14, 2009

“It’s like that … and that’s the way it is.” RUN-DMC vs. Jason Nevins Radio news Requiem for satellite radio The New York Times says Sirius XM is preparing for possible bankruptcy ‘A bankruptcy would make Sirius XM one of the largest casualties of the credit squeeze. With over $5 billion in assets, it would […]

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Facebook: 75% off

By take21 | Published: February 13, 2009

Out-law reports: “Facebook considers itself worth around a quarter of the $15 billion valuation on which a Microsoft investment in the company was based. The company considered itself to be worth $3.7bn in the middle of last year, according to court documents.” The valuation emerges from court documents in the case brought by former university […]

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Get Carter

By take21 | Published: February 13, 2009

Out-law.com reports: ‘The Government’s Digital Britain plan is a failure that gives favourable treatment to the music business and props up failed business models, a software trade body has said. ‘The Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software (FAST IiS), which promotes the legitimate use of software, has launched a stinging attack on the […]

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Inside BBC: How we make websites

By take21 | Published: February 5, 2009

Michael Smethhurst Information Architect @ BBC radio labs How we make websites A Slideshare presentation of the text. Inevitably, a bit technical: the BBC build database driven websites which handle a huge amount of content. Also, and understandable by anyone interested in building any sort of website, some of the sketches and diagrams they use […]

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Carter report on Guardian tech weekly

By take21 | Published: February 5, 2009

Discussion on Carter report Digital Britain on Guardian Tech Weekly podcast. Government intervention. How to pay for universal broadband? “Think like the Victorians” (Vic Keegan). 2MB is an aspiration, compared with 20 and 50MB in other countries. ‘Universal service obligation’ does not include a commitment to achieve even this speed for all. New media startups […]

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Chrome: who and why

By take21 | Published: October 2, 2008

Wired has a piece by Steven Levy on the team behind Google’s Chrome browser. Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake the Web. (Their Capital Letters, Not Mine.) Fascinating glimpse into the development process and an easy introduction to the technologies used in Chrome. Jack Schofield in the Guardian thinks the secrecy […]

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Newsflash: Webcaster Settlement Act

By take21 | Published: October 1, 2008

Save Net Radio reports today “Legislation authorizing SoundExchange to negotiate royalty agreements with webcasters on behalf of copyright owners and performers before the end of the year has been approved by the U.S. Senate.  The Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (H.R. 7084), passed unanimously in the House of Representatives earlier this week, was approved by […]

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iPhone developer news

By take21 | Published: October 1, 2008

Do the right thing Apple to developers We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for released iPhone software. (Via Daring Fireball) Nobody reads EULAs Flashmagazine reports a Senior Director of Engineering at Adobe confirming that Adobe have a Flash player for iPhone in development. We’ve been here before. In March Sun announced they […]

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Pirates are competitors

By take21 | Published: September 30, 2008

Out-law radio have an interview with Dr David Price of piracy intelligence firm Envisional. He talks about the user experience of P2P networks often being better than the paid-for version, how some companies have adopted P2P for distribution and who content owners should prosecute. Read here and download or subscribe through iTunes. Out-law radio and […]

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Thomas case: ‘damages unprecedented and oppressive’ – Judge

By take21 | Published: September 25, 2008

District Judge sets aside previous $222,000 award in favour of the RIAA  against single parent Jammie Thomas as disproportionate and orders a new trial. Extracts from the judgement: “The Court would be remiss if it did not take this opportunity to implore Congress to amend the Copyright Act to address liability and damages in peer […]

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