🚨 #CopyrightAbsurdity strikes again ⚡: 🇩🇪 Germany wants to include copyright infringement as an example of “digital violence” - @glynmoody criticises the plans by @bmj_bund
#Germany #Netzpolitik #DigitaleGewalt #urheberrecht
https://walledculture.org/germany-wants-to-include-copyright-infringement-as-an-example-of-digital-violence/

Another #CopyrightAbsurdity: UK Performing Right Society insists that every copyright is sacred. NO exceptions, not even when it's actually to @HelpMusicians - @glynmoody
#copyright #PRS #UK #CollectingSocieties
https://walledculture.org/uk-performing-right-society-insists-that-every-copyright-is-sacred-no-exceptions/

#CopyrightAbsurdity: somebody wants to copyright a rhythm. Get ready for the dembow tax if they succeed - @glynmoody
#Dembow #FishMarket #ElChombo #LuisFonsi #DaddyYankee #JustinBieber #Reggaeton #PopMusic #Jamaica #LatinAmerica
https://walledculture.org/somebody-wants-to-copyright-a-rhythm-get-ready-for-the-dembow-tax-if-they-succeed/

RT @walledculture
#CopyrightAbsurdity: when you may need permission to put photos of your own furnished room online. @glynmoody looks at a worrying 🇩🇪 German court case
#copyright #HomeDecoration #InteriorDecor #wallpaper
/CC @vzbv @woelken @Senficon @echo_pbreyer
https://walledculture.org/copyright-means-you-may-need-permission-to-put-photos-of-your-own-furnished-room-online/

#CopyrightAbsurdity: when you may need permission to put photos of your own furnished room online. @glynmoody looks at a worrying 🇩🇪 German court case
#copyright #HomeDecoration #InteriorDecor #wallpaper
/CC @vzbv @woelken @Senficon @echo_pbreyer
https://walledculture.org/copyright-means-you-may-need-permission-to-put-photos-of-your-own-furnished-room-online/

#CopyrightAbsurdity: Big Publishers made #ebooks less useful than physical books

Check @glynmoody's #WalledCulture #BookTalk with @mariabustillos, co-hosted by @internetarchive & @Auths_Alliance 👉 https://archive.org/details/book-talk-walled-culture

📕 Grab your (#FreeEbook) copy: https://walledculture.org/the-book

That Time The Former White House Photographer Was Threatened By A Copyright Troll Over His Own Public Domain Photo - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/09/29/that-time-the-former-white-house-photographer-was-threatened-by-a-copyright-troll-over-his-own-public-domain-photo/ #copyrightabsurdity

RT @walledculture
Another filter fail example, as policymakers in the EU (and other regions) continue to think that upload filters are the way forward under pressure from Big Content - @glynmoody https://walledculture.org/twitch-mutes-top-videogame-streamer-because-of-claim-he-used-someones-copyright-siren-sound-effect/ #CopyrightAbsurdity #AudibleMagic #twitch

Another filter fail example, as policymakers in the EU (and other regions) continue to think that upload filters are the way forward under pressure from Big Content - @glynmoody https://walledculture.org/twitch-mutes-top-videogame-streamer-because-of-claim-he-used-someones-copyright-siren-sound-effect/ #CopyrightAbsurdity #AudibleMagic #twitch

"Trade deals are abused to push longer copyright terms across the world: 🇳🇿 New Zealand agreed to go from life +50 yrs to life +70 yrs to strike a deal with the 🇬🇧 UK 👉 even though longer copyright makes no sense" - at glynmoody on Twitter

https://walledculture.org/new-zealand-is-about-to-commit-copyright-theft--the-real-kind… #CopyrightAbsurdity #copyright