So Apple has paid $100m to Creative, its rival in the music player market, to license patented technology used in the iPod. continue
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Patently ridiculous
on 15 September 2006
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are intellectual property
on 1 September 2006
So Apple has started suing people for using the word ‘pod’ in the context of digital media. Very selectively, though: continue
Lights! Camera! Legal action!
on 10 June 2005
It could only be Microsoft. Who else in the free world would launch a propaganda contest? continue
Finance for freelancers
on 2 April 2004
Honing your skills and marketing your talents is all very well, but a freelancer’s most important task is making sure money comes in from clients and the right amount of it goes out to the tax man. continue
Would you like cranberry sauce with that?
on 12 December 2003
Windows Media Player (the latest version of which is now shipping for Mac) includes a most bizarre feature. When you rip a track from a CD, you can optionally ‘obtain a licence’ from its copyright holder continue
Copyright for business
on 1 March 2003
The digital age has enormously complicated and expanded the legal field of intellectual property. Software copyright and copy protection are hot issues for manufacturers, developers, movie distributors and record companies. While trying to keep up with all this, there’s a danger that businesses overlook the traditional principles of copyright continue
Copyright for designers
on 29 June 2001
Copyright is a concept that’s often referred to but rarely well understood. From the lowliest student to the biggest design agency, we’re all protected by it – and we all risk infringing it. continue
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The AOL/Time Warner merger is a warning to us all
on 21 January 2001
As we go to press, Time Warner and AOL have announced a merger that will create one of the world’s largest companies. They missed the millennium by a week or so, but as a portent of Armageddon you couldn’t do much better. continue
Soft evidence
on 19 February 1999
There were fresh surprises in the Microsoft trial today, as lawyers for the US Department of Justice uncovered more flaws in defence evidence.
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adambanksdotcom @flayman I'm honestly encouraged though by AAPL. World's top company makes useful stuff, sells it, doesn't piss about manipulating people