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		<title>Cisco#39;s New Router — Trouble For HollywoodSlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>An Alternative Primer on National and International Copyright Law</title>
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	QuestionCopyright.org recently received a wonderful surprise in the mail: a href=http://copysouth.org/portal/copyright-primeremAn Alternative Primer on National and International Copyright Law in the Global South/em/a, by Prof. Alan C. Story and his colleagues at The CopySouth Research Group. It#39;s a 66 page critical survey of not only international copyright laws and treaties, but of the processes by which those laws and treaties come to be enacted./p
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	I wrote back to Prof. Story:/p
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	emIt#39;s a great relief to see some unembarrassed copyright skepticism in academic legal studies.nbsp; In every other field, questioning of assumptions is considered good practice; [copyright] law seems to have somehow been exempt from this for a long time, and I#39;m not quite sure why.nbsp; Too many scholars repeat the same theories of why we have copyright, without looking rigorously at its actual history nor at its effects, quantifiable and otherwise.nbsp; Your primer is a breath of fresh air.br /
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	He responded with the followingnbsp;offer to all readers:/p
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	QuestionCopyright.org recently received a wonderful surprise in the mail: a href=http://copysouth.org/portal/copyright-primeremAn Alternative Primer on National and International Copyright Law in the Global South/em/a, by Prof. Alan C. Story and his colleagues at The CopySouth Research Group. It#39;s a 66 page critical survey of not only international copyright laws and treaties, but of the processes by which those laws and treaties come to be enacted./p
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	I wrote back to Prof. Story:/p
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	emIt#39;s a great relief to see some unembarrassed copyright skepticism in academic legal studies.nbsp; In every other field, questioning of assumptions is considered good practice; [copyright] law seems to have somehow been exempt from this for a long time, and I#39;m not quite sure why.nbsp; Too many scholars repeat the same theories of why we have copyright, without looking rigorously at its actual history nor at its effects, quantifiable and otherwise.nbsp; Your primer is a breath of fresh air.br /
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	He responded with the followingnbsp;offer to all readers:/p
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		<title>Scientology Tries To Block German DocumentarySlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 VoteSlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Web Copyright Crackdown On the WaySlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ubisoft#39;s New DRM Cracked In One DaySlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Second Lessig Fair-Use Video Is Suppressed By WMGSlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>quot;Patent Markingsquot; Lawsuits Could Run Into the TrillionsSlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Court Rules Photo of Memorial Violates CopyrightSlashdot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Creator-Endorsed Mark in Action: Mars Yau’s Sita iPhone apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-sings-the-blues-free/id358382998?mt=8 target=_blankimg alt=Sita_iPhone_FREE class=aligncenter size-full wp-image-1036 height=480 src=http://blog.ninapaley.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Sita_iPhone_FREE.jpg title=Sita_iPhone_FREE width=320 //a/p
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	a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-sings-the-blues-free/id358382998?mt=8 target=_blankemSita Sings the Blues/em is now available FREE for the iPhone/a, rather than for $3.99. The former price was required because for every copy of Sita ldquo;sold,rdquo; I had to pay almost $2 to a href=http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/license.html#total-compliance target=_blankextortionate corporate licensors/a. Thatrsquo;s a flat fee; doesnrsquo;t matter what the sale price is. So selling Sita apps for the customary $.99 would result in a huge loss for me, since Irsquo;d be paying almost a dollar more for each one./p
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	The solution of course was to make it a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-sings-the-blues-free/id358382998?mt=8 target=_blankFREE (gratis)/a. Theyrsquo;re all strongPromotional/strong Copies. No sale, no license fee. To support a href=http://www.marsapp.com/Mars Yau/a, who created the app, and me, who created the movie, you can buy the a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-wallpaper/id357419952?mt=8 target=_blankSita Wallpaper App/a for $.99. And of course you can always a href=http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/donate.html target=_blankdonate/a to the a href=../../sita_distribution target=_blankSita Distribution Project/a./p
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	I#39;m especially gratified by app develope Mars Yau#39;s correct use if the a href=http://questioncopyright.org/creator_endorsedCreator Endorsed Mark/a. It#39;s displayed prominently on the free app, indicating my authentic endorsement of this particulr distribution. On the $.99 Wallpaper app, he applied the quot;50% supports the artistquot; version:/p
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	a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-sings-the-blues-free/id358382998?mt=8 target=_blankemSita Sings the Blues/em is now available FREE for the iPhone/a, rather than for $3.99. The former price was required because for every copy of Sita ldquo;sold,rdquo; I had to pay almost $2 to a href=http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/license.html#total-compliance target=_blankextortionate corporate licensors/a. Thatrsquo;s a flat fee; doesnrsquo;t matter what the sale price is. So selling Sita apps for the customary $.99 would result in a huge loss for me, since Irsquo;d be paying almost a dollar more for each one./p
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	The solution of course was to make it a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-sings-the-blues-free/id358382998?mt=8 target=_blankFREE (gratis)/a. Theyrsquo;re all strongPromotional/strong Copies. No sale, no license fee. To support a href=http://www.marsapp.com/Mars Yau/a, who created the app, and me, who created the movie, you can buy the a href=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sita-wallpaper/id357419952?mt=8 target=_blankSita Wallpaper App/a for $.99. And of course you can always a href=http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/donate.html target=_blankdonate/a to the a href=../../sita_distribution target=_blankSita Distribution Project/a./p
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	I#39;m especially gratified by app develope Mars Yau#39;s correct use if the a href=http://questioncopyright.org/creator_endorsedCreator Endorsed Mark/a. It#39;s displayed prominently on the free app, indicating my authentic endorsement of this particulr distribution. On the $.99 Wallpaper app, he applied the quot;50% supports the artistquot; version:/p
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