Controversey!
Because I ran out of space in the report a lot faster than I thought I would
*Copyright/Licensing/Patent Law vs. Open Source
http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/08/07/the-riaa-vs-john-doe-a-laypersons-guide-to-filesharing-lawsui/ - Just an overview of some of the cases RIAA has filed against downloaders for copyright infringement
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060727-7363.html - Another overview of some lawsuits against P2P file sharers like Kazaa
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.htm - A…completely non-biased view from Richard Stallman on why Software should not have any copyright protection…because all proponents of software copyright law are Soviets, Racists and Pollution.
https://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring07/cps082s/internal/patent/p36-abril.pdf - Another class reading about several “modern day” uses of patent law for software
*DRM
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2007/01/25/519180.aspx - Vista is allegedly crippled by suffocating DRM requirements
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/12161/ - A very interesting new case against Apple that I did not include because the news just came out on January 5th of this year. The people suing Apple claim that they have an overly aggressive monopoly because their DRM Fairplay controls between 70 and 85% of the music market.
*DMCA
https://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring07/cps082s/internal/drm/eff-dmcav4.pdf - This is the article from class reading that cites several ways the DMCA has been used to “chill” innovation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QTFairUse - An overview of QTFairUse, a program that strips the DRM from iTunes. iTunes has offered patches to “fix” QTFairUse, but I could not find any lawsuits filed against them for infringement/circumvention under the DMCA, and it is still available for download.
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