Category Archives: Intellectual Property

Oh, Canada.

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jefferson Coulter

USTR Releases Annual Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights Washington, D.C. – Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection of … Continue reading →

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New rules bring online piracy fight to US campuses.

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Randy Steiger

Starting this month, colleges and universities that don’t do enough to combat the illegal swapping of “Avatar” or Lady Gaga over their computer networks put themselves at risk of losing federal funding. A provision of the Higher Education Opportunity Act … Continue reading →

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There’s always Lynyrd Skynyrd

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Jefferson Coulter

Stop the music!  Artists demand that GOPers quit playing their hits. Despite John McCain’s high profile use of Jackson Brown’s music without permission, the GOP just can’t resist using popular songs by artists that don’t support them. Perhaps its a … Continue reading →

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Most pirates say they’d pay for legal downloads

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Jefferson Coulter

MOST people who illegally download movies, music and TV shows would pay for them if there was a cheap and legal service as convenient as file-sharing tools like BitTorrent. That’s the finding of the most comprehensive look yet at people … Continue reading →

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