Okay, we all know about this. Piracy, the great and terrifying force that's destroying authors' means to make a living on one hand, and getting their work in front of thousands of new readers on the other. There's plenty of conflicting information out there. Let's get...
You know, I never thought Ireland would be the first country to pass something like SOPA. In retrospect, though, it's almost inevitable. The combination of politicians who are easily bought and technologically ignorant seems to jive well with licensing agencies who...
I write a lot about copyright, and licencing, and the situations arising from filesharing, so the shennanigans with Jason Robert Brown were of particular interest to me. In short - JRB is a famous composer, and he was slightly and understandably miffed that some sites...
Something that I've been thinking about lately is the nature of the music licensing bodies in Ireland. I've talked before about IMRO, and no, I am still not impressed by their efforts to extract license fees from hobbyist music blogs. Promotion of up and coming...
It's safe to say that I read a ridiculous amount of material every day. I'm a speed reader by nature, so the 300-500 items I get daily through my RSS feeds don't seem like much. I read so fast that I'd probably be bored otherwise. It has its drawbacks, of course. It's...
In the aftermath of the High Court decision regarding the three strikes malarky with Eircom, it seems that the licensing authorities in Ireland have decided to start cracking down on all kinds of content both online and offline. Two stories in particular have crossed...
So, I realise I have some liberal opinions on the nature of the copyright debate. I realise my opinions regarding stuff like the three strikes law tend to be on the side of consumers, not copyright-holders, and that will probably not change until the copyright-holders...