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Tucows on Copyright

The Canadian ISP Tucows recently commissioned David Weinberger to articulate their position as part of the Canadian Copyright Consultations, which ended yesterday.

The original can be found here - http://tucowsinc.com/news/2009/08/copyrights-creative-disincentive/ - and is reproduced in its entirety here.

YouTube, Fingerprinting and Crippleware

Here's an entry outlining YouTube's new approach to infringing content:

http://valleywag.com/390528/how-youtubes-sucking-up-to-modest-mouse-and-...

Some of its mechanisms include removing the embed codes from the infringing page, and directing users to the copyright owner's own version of the work.

It's unclear as to the level of sophistication of YouTube's fingerprinting capabilities, though the article suggests they're working with Audible Magic:

http://www.audiblemagic.com/index.asp