You often read about blog authors who complain that some “scraper” has republished their blog content on a completely unaffiliated site without permission even when then blog owner has not released that content with an “open source” or so-called “copyleft” license. Can a blog owner easily stop such vandalism? Yes. Under United States Copyright […]
Entries Tagged as 'Intellectual property'
Removing stolen blog content with a Takedown Notice
February 8th, 2008 · 12 Comments
Tags: Intellectual property · Internet law and blogs
Copyright ideas? Is it possible?
December 1st, 2007 · No Comments
The idea-expression dichotomy or divide is embodied in Section 102(b) of the United States copyright code. It states:
(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, […]
Tags: Intellectual property
Black’s Law Dictionary
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments
One of the best legal books I ever purchased is Black’s Law Dictionary, an American law dictionary. It was founded by Henry Campbell Black. It has been cited as legal authority in many Supreme Court cases. The latest editions, including abridged and pocket versions, are useful starting points for the layman or […]
Tags: Business law · General legal information · Intellectual property · Property law
Go to college in Second Life?
November 29th, 2007 · No Comments
It appears possible to relive (or attend) college all over again in the 3-D emersive environment known as “Second Life“.
It appears that this simulation is not one of the many University campuses that exist on Second Life that are sponsored by actual institutes of higher learning, it is more of a game simulation site where […]
Tags: Intellectual property · Ruminations










