by Erik Kain on February 22, 2012
Ten years ago, David Bowie predicted the death of copyright – in ten years. Like other 2012 end-times predictions, he was wrong. “The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it,” he said. “I see absolutely no point [...]
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Think twice before investing a bunch of money in a custom super-hero car like the Batmobile to your right. US copyright law being what it is, you might be in for a legal battle. Jamie Frevele explains: A judge in California has ruled that custom Batmobiles, like the ones made by Gotham Garage owner Mark Towles [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 27, 2011
Freddie deBoer wants a better class of IP reform advocates. In a long response to Julian Sanchez, Freddie dismisses the current batch as “pro-piracy” and lays down a critique of the technofuturist crowd that basically writes them off as calloused advocates of artistic ruin and the decline of the artistic middle class. I think piracy [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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