This week on Crankygeeks, a special episode about copyright law, the DMCA, and intellectual property, with John C Dvorak and special guests Larry Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Sebastian Rupley, West Coast Editor, PC Magazine; and David Bruyns, Cyberset Label Manager, A & R. The three of them discuss exactly what the DMCA is and how it effects our everyday lives, the effects of the DMCA on publishing, whether or not bloggers can be copyrighted and whether or not they count as journalists, online music publishing and copyright issues involved, and American as well as international copyright laws.
Crankygeeks Special // July 6, 2006
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