Say goodbye to copyright in Canada, eh?
Last week's set of Canadian Supreme Court decisions gutting the copyright laws make me wonder whether there is any serious jurisprudence in Canada.
Latest from Steven Shaw
Another chapter in the FTC's ridiculous fundraising campaign
Consumers need to understand that, if they want to use lots and lots of free information services on the internet, they have to pay for it by being targets of advertising.
Keep the United Nations out of the patent dialog
The United Nations has nothing to offer in the patent dialog and should stay out of it.
The backlash against IP trolls will leave everyone without rights
The behavior of some patent and copyright "trolls" is distasteful, but this doesn't justify dismantling intellectual property law.
There's no such thing as "used software"
The EU high court got this one totally wrong. The reality is that selling used software is exactly the same as piracy.
Buy your Mac in Italy for a free extended warranty
Italian law says Apple must provide two years of support free. Seriously.
FCC wasting time and taxpayer money on Comcast
I have to wonder if funding a bureaucracy like the FCC, which first must approve a merger like Comcast's and then levies minor fines for minor infractions while making grand claims and paying out bureaucrats' salaries, is taxpayer money well spent.
When patents protect Apple, are they okay?
Fanboys and Fangirls: what do you say about technology patents now that your beloved Apple is being protected by them?
Facebook settlement dumber than originally thought
The $10 million Facebook "sponsored stories" settlement is actually a $10 million settlement plus $10 million in legal fees. And I wonder why people hate lawyers.
Can you patent a steak?
Cows have been around for ages, and nobody ever figured out how to butcher this particular steak. The inventors of this process have effectively made every cow worth more, and deserve a piece of the action.