Archive for October, 2009
EFF Takedown Hall of Fame
by Mike Guindon on Oct.28, 2009, under General
Today the EFF put up a list of the worst/dumbest abuses of the DMCA take down notices here:
If you don’t know who the EFF are, then please go to their site and check them out. They are the ones trying to protect our freedoms. Donate some $$$ too if you support their causes!
You can read about the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
Mikey.
FTC laying down the hammer.
by Mike Guindon on Oct.20, 2009, under General
photo credit: Andifeelfine
I’m sure you’re all aware of the new “guidelines” going into effect as of Dec 1st, 2009 (if not go here to read about it). These new guidelines make it incredibly confusing for us internet marketers. WSJ online tries to sum it up and here is an excerpt:
“There are also practical objections. For example, if you get a free copy of a book and then post a comment about it on Twitter, how many of the permitted 140 characters must be dedicated to the disclosure? Do employees of a company have to disclose the fact of their employment every time they comment on its products through their personal Facebook accounts?”
Read the full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704500604574480942272744448.html
Shoemoney also has a good post up about the subject here: http://www.shoemoney.com/2009/10/08/what-you-dont-know-about-the-new-ftc-rules-on-disclosure
I personally find it confusing and retarded! I can understand their need to try to weed out all the fake advertising going on but I think they’re going a little to far with this one and I hope they take it back a few notches or at least put CLEAR and UNDERSTANDABLE rules in place and not the “vague” rules that are about to go into effect.
Mikey.
Alice Taylors take on Copyright
by Mike Guindon on Oct.20, 2009, under General
photo credit: mediateletipos
A great copyright article summed up:
““Piracy” – as done by teenagers, all my friends, pretty much everyone I know, is simply demand where appropriate supply does not exist. Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies – in other words, anti-copying, anti-fair use – are also anti-accessibility. They attempt to block and restrict, and they fail every time. Every single time. To be accessible, work needs to be available, always and to everyone. No delineations, no restrictions: it’s too messy. Too expensive. Too dull.”
Read the full article here: http://www.perspectives.creativescotland.org.uk/discuss/accessibility
Mikey.
