In the modern, digital economy, there are a whole lot of things you buy but still technically don’t own. Nearly all entertainment, for example: digital books, video games, music, and so on. Other software, too. But as basically everything continues to become some kind of computer in a specialized body, plenty of other goods are starting to be subject to licensing, copyright law, and non-ownership problems, too. Like tractors. [More]
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John Deere Wants To Be Able To File Copyright Claims Against The Way You Use Your Tractor
By 4.22.15
Copyright Office Disagrees With Aereo That Aereo Is A Cable Company Now
By 7.17.14
Streaming video service Aereo’s last-ditch bid to stay in business hit another wall this week, as the U.S. Copyright Office has denied their request to be licensed in the same way as a cable company — at least, for the time being. [More]
