Introduced in May and sponsored by Senator Amy Klobuchar, bill S. 978 has been the talk of the tech blogs lately. The bill seeks to change the rules regarding criminal copyright enforcement, adjusting which types of infringement constitute a felony with significant jail time. Reactions to the bill have displayed a good deal of alarm. We’re here to sort fact from fiction as best as we can: no, you probably won’t go to jail for watching True Blood on a bootleg website. But yes, this bill does have some prickly bits, and there’s definitely stuff here that warrants some concern.
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The technology site ars technica recently posted a feature story by Peter Hanna asking if 3D printing is, in the words of the headline, “The next Napster?” While it is encouraging to see more people wrestling with the question of how intellectual property law and policy relate to the emerging technology of 3D printing, the article is full of some unwarranted assumptions that could skew the debate going forward.
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The technology site ars technica recently posted a feature story by Peter Hanna asking if 3D printing is, in the words of the headline, “The next Napster?” While it is encouraging to see more people wrestling with the question of how intellectual property law and policy relate to the emerging technology of 3D printing, the article is full of some unwarranted assumptions that could skew the debate going forward.
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The original post was about how limited the intellectual property protection for board games was, and ultimately concluded that printing a new 3D board was not an infringement. It then went on to invite discussion about what this lack of protection should mean going forward.
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In the comments in a recent blog post about 3D printing and intellectual property that focused on the board game Settlers of Catan the comments of someone named Neil caught my eye.
The original post was about how limited the intellectual property protection for board games was, and ultimately concluded that printing a new 3D board was not an infringement. It then went on to invite discussion about what this lack of protection should mean going forward.
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