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Europe Adds 20 Years to Music Copyrights
It took three years of doing, but the music industry has finally won its European battle to lock up in-copyright sound recordings for another 20 years. Looking forward to The Beatles’ music entering the public domain as the 50-year copyright terms …
Online Anonymity: South Korea’s "Real Names" Debacle
Is Internet anonymity a problem? Germany’s Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich thinks so. In comments to the German magazine Spiegel, he argued that the recent attacks in Norway illustrate the need to force political commentators to identify …
Apple Stops Samsung, Wins EU-Wide Injunction Against Galaxy Tab 10.1
Today’s ruling by the Landgericht Düsseldorf was based on alleged violation of a European Community design registration for the iPad. Samsung must immediately halt sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany, but because the registration is filed with …
Creative Commons Images and You: a Quick Guide for Umage Users
Here at Ars we’re big fans of Creative Commons, both the idea behind it and the work that gets produced. As publishers, we benefit from Creative Commons in a number of ways—we look things up in Creative Commons-licensed Wikipedia (used with caution, …