The Intersection Between IT, Social Media, and Copyright Law
There is a view that “Lawyers ill equipped to advise on intersection of social media and copyright laws, see recent article in the Washington Post by Erick Schonfeld.
I find the views of Judge Richard Posner (Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) particularly disturbing. His proposal includes rewriting copyright law [...]
June 29th, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett
OpenSource Copyright Ruling – Does this Ease Implementation?
All OpenSource licences are subject to the law of Copyright, according to a recent US Federal appeals court ruling (in the case of Java Model Railroad Interface). For the average IT department this will have little effect. However it does clarify specifically how OpenSource code can be adopted and amended.
When making use of OpenSource solutions [...]
November 24th, 2008 by Peter B. Giblett
