Law

Is it a stretch to apply the DMCA to the Human Genome Project? This is the most complicated reverse-engineering project that I know of.

2:57:52 PM #
categories: Law

Teaching Robot Dogs New Tricks: "The controversy poses serious questions about the proper use of robots in homes and exposes a potentially stifling effect of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998."

The Silver Metal Lover also considers the proper use of robots in homes. So does Asimov. Case law is considering things long considered in fiction.

2:53:59 PM #
categories: Law

Why, do I not comment publicly?

"Under a law known as the Tunney Act, the court is required to consider public commentary before accepting any settlement."

As the minister says, speak now or forever hold your peace.

11:52:32 AM #
categories: Law

How the Wayback Machine Works on Intellectual Property: "[W]e instruct them on how to use a robot exclusion and they're taken out of history." [emphasis mine]

Orwell: "Whoever controls the past controls the future. Whoever controls the present controls the past." [1]

11:08:57 AM #
categories: Language, Law, Media