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Sued for Reading an RSS Feed?

The blogosphere is coming of age. And the story of my recent experience with a well-known blog network illustrates a contentious issue in the blogosphere, contentious because blogging technology is just progressing too fast, even for bloggers. And because the law is moving even more slowly than the bloggers themselves. Before the dust settles, no doubt, many people will have spent many, many thousands of dollars (or maybe millions) in legal fees, sorting it all out.

My story began with an email from said major blog network, an email that was obviously written by a lawyer. (Read more…)

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If It Weren’t for the Innocent People Caught in the Middle

J. Timothy King Wed 26 Apr 2006 19:28
Intellectual Property | Marketing

As a musician myself, I’ve been saying for years that the old music industry is on its way out. I get a good laugh whenever I read a news piece (usually in the establishment news) quoting some representative of the RIAA claiming that file sharing is going to destroy the music industry.

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