Is iTunes Going DRM-Free?
Mashable.com: “Apple will spark new interest in its music store by removing DRM from tracks published by Sony, Universal and Warner on December 9th.”
you thought we wouldn’t notice
Interesting blog that points out art swipes: “You thought we wouldn’t notice – A site dedicated to pointing out those things that give you that feeling of ‘haven’t I seen that somewhere before?’” They just had this exclusive: Emily the Strange is a rip off… Read More
National archive posting millions of photos to Wikipedia
The Local: “The German National Archive announced on Thursday that some 100,000 digitalized historical photos were available for the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia in a dual project that will eventually make about 11 million photos available for public use.”
If a shark is dead, is it still copyrighted?
Interesting debate over at MetaFilter: “Damien Hirst is sueing a 16 year-old graffiti artist, Cartrain, who featured images of Hirst’s For The Love of God in his collages. In September Hirst made 95.7m pounds from auctioning his wares. Hirst is demanding all the money Cartrain… Read More
German Artists Defend Copyright in Google Era
Deutsche Welle: “Google might reign as the unchallenged king of German search engines, but a lawsuit over the company’s popular image search feature brings into question the rights of German artists in the Internet age.(…) If Google doesn’t win, it could mean the end of… Read More
