Category Archives: Enforcement

Apple and open and closed systems: Podcast

Ben Lehman and Duncan Bucknell kindly invited me to participate in a podcast as part of their IPThinkTank blog recently, where the focus was Apple and open and closed systems. Any thoughts or feedback, please just let me know. http://thinkipstrategy.com/ipthinktank.podcast/978/The-rise-of-Apples-closed-platform-IP-Think-Tank-podcast-23-Apr-2010

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Using surveillance technology to protect copyright online

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 … Continue reading

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English subs, worldwide audiences, anime, and open content

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 … Continue reading

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Legal models for online content enforcement

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 … Continue reading

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