Patricia Aufderheide is a Professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington. She is also the Director of the Center for Social Media. The U.S. doctrine of…
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Procol Harum Organist Awarded Royalties, Turns a Greener Shade of Pale
42 years after playing the memorable organ solo on “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, ex-Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher has finally been awarded a share of the song’s royalties. Despite…
Is 11 the Magic Number?
Infopaq, founded in Denmark in 1998, is a media monitoring and analysis company. One of their services is the monitoring of keywords that appear in newspaper text. To achieve this,…
Original | Inspiration: Where to draw the line between flattery and copyright infringement
It is often said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but in the world of copyright, flattery is a much more controversial act. If you are not already…
Wikipedia: Advancing the public interest, or stealing copyrighted photographs?
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in the United Kingdom holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. Over the past five years, the gallery has been working on…
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The Pirate Bay 2.0
Despite the ominous verdict from the Swedish court which sentenced The Pirate Bay (TPB) operators to a year in prison and a penalty of US $3.6 million for facilitating copyright…