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Case Illustrates Entertainment Industry's Copyright Power

Posted by michael on from the culture-jamming dept.

The NYTimes is running a good recap of the iCraveTV situation. The U.S. broadcast industry shut down the operation because it redistributed programming over the internet... to U.S. citizens (assuming you could figure out a Canadian area code to enter into their website). Discusses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act extensively.

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  1. You'd think they'd be happy by Proteus · · Score: 2
    Generally, an increased audience (especially to a market that you normally can't reach) is something you WANT, not something you sue over...

    When are these corporate thugs going to get a good infusion of Cloo(tm) about such matters? Some practices that the industry deems "piracy" could stand to benefit them more than hurt them - unless you listen to thier short-sighted marketing nutcases. Ugh. tnar


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