When Copyright Infringement on YouTube is Good
16 jun 2010
Learn how music companies can profit from YouTube videos that contain copyrighted songs or even movie clips.
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Sequoia Backed Indian Start-Up is in Big Trouble
01 may 2010
Guruji started off as local search engine in India but shifted focuc to music search – they made it convenient for users to directly download song MP3s from the web.
Private Copying Tax on Storage Media Like DVDs
11 jan 2010
Do you know that electronic companies have to pay tax on any recordable media like blank CDs, mini-discs or any storage device.
If one buys a CD, and makes a copy on a MP3 player to listen to it when outdoors, should the author be compensated once more for this copy?
Don’t Copy That Floppy – Lesson 2 in Anti-piracy
08 sep 2009
The Software Industry Association has released a new version of the Don’t Copy That Floppy video campaign that aims to spread word about the legal implications for software piracy.
India is Fighting Pirates to save Yoga
22 feb 2009
Alarmed by the growing number of instances of Western yoga gurus claiming copyrights to ancient “asanas”, the Government of India has decided to fight back.
The Union Health Ministry has assembled a team of 200 researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to put on record all known yoga postures and techniques in a comprehensive database called Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).
Is Text-to-Speech a Copyright Violation ?
11 feb 2009
The text-to-speech feature, introduced in the new version of the Amazon Kindle, to allow readers to listen to their favorite books, is now in trouble, with publishers claiming that the Kindle does not have rights to read books aloud.
The Connection Between Obama’s Poster and Google Images
28 jan 2009
Shepard Fairey, creator of this iconic Obama hope poster, could have been in a spot over a simple case of copyright infringment.
Is the Taj Mahal Copyrighted ?
11 dec 2008
The Indian embassy has voiced its displeasure over reports that Bangladesh is is planning an exact replica of the Taj Mahal about 30 kilometers northeast of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
Since the replica is both an exact replica and the exact size of the Taj Mahal, this could be in violation of international copyright laws according to a spokesman of the Indian High Commission.
View Full-Size Images on Google Image Search
10 dec 2008
Google Image Search displays thumbnails as results, with the original image another 2 clicks away. “Google Image Ripper” lets you get “straight to the good stuff” by linking directly to the original images.
Note: Avatars too are Copyrighted like Regular Images
05 nov 2008
The next time you have to choose an avatar for a social network or forum, avoid selecting your favorite Homer Simpson or Jack Sparrow avatar. Or you may well get into trouble.
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