The BBC reports on a new use for iris scanning technology: online copyright enforcement. Iris scanning and recognition technology is being used for biometric identification, such as the IRIS — Iris Image Recognition Immigration Service used by the UK Home Office for immigration purposes. A picture of the iris is made and used much like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Enforcement'
Using surveillance technology to protect copyright online
February 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Creative Commons · Enforcement · Online content models
English subs, worldwide audiences, anime, and open content
February 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Alan Toner notes on his blog that when releasing Steal This Film 2, that having English Subtitles enabled the film to be translated into multiple languages almost immediately, thus increasing its worldwide distribution:
English subtitles were made available for the film on its release, a gambit which has paid off as almost immediately people began translating [...]
Tags: Creative Commons · Enforcement · Licensing · Open content strategy
Legal models for online content enforcement
January 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments
In December, I gave a talk in London for Screen South entitled “Creative Commons Legal Models” for a group of content producers, mostly film/video, internet content, authors, and computer game creatives. In it, I made this basic point:
Look at your copyright in terms of your overall strategy
Not a particularly groundbreaking insight but an important one [...]
Tags: Academic research · Creative Commons · Enforcement · Open content
