folder_open iconAn Alternative Primer on National and International Copyright Law

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Posted by kfogel | Posted in: Syndicated Articles | Comments(0) March 2010

p a href=/copysouth_primerimg alt=Reading the alternative primer on national and international copyright law. class=node-image-right src=/cm/images/copysouth-primer/reading-copysouth-primer-500x458.jpg //a/p p 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 p I wrote back to Prof. Story:/p p 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 / /em/p p He responded with the followingnbsp;offer to all readers:/p pa href=http://questioncopyright.org/copysouth_primer target=_blankread more/a/p
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folder_open iconThe Creator-Endorsed Mark in Action: Mars Yau’s Sita iPhone apps

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Posted by ninapaley | Posted in: Syndicated Articles | Comments(0) February 2010

p class=rtecenter 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 p 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 p 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 p 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 p nbsp;/p pa href=http://questioncopyright.org/sita_iphone_apps target=_blankread more/a/p
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