Downloading is not stealing

(via The House of Commons) A video parody from the University of Sidney’s Law Revue that more accurately depicts the nuances in copyright infringement. From the video: Downloading movies is not stealingCopyright is intangible propertyCopyright is a chose in actionYou would not depreciate your friend’s chose in actionDownloading depreciates copyrightSomewhatDownloading Read more…

The Genesis of We7

The BBC reports on a new download service started by Peter Gabriel called We7 (wet in l337, geddit?) The service allows free downloads but includes a small advert clip to each songs of up to 10 seconds. This seems like a good effort, but I’m not sure about its prospects. Read more…