Ultimos Posts 1. 14/05/2013 04:50 - 3d printed gun poses awkward regulatory questions The Liberator gun The world is finally waking up to the promises and threats of 3D printing, when a group of people calling themselves Defense Distributed published the plans online to make a 3D printed gun make almost entirely out of plastic, and posted a video of the gun being fired. 3D printing is set to be one of the biggest technical revolutions the world has ever seen, compar... 2. 03/05/2013 07:31 - Has the uk abolished copyright? analysis of new orphan work legislation Please, sir, I want some more copyright protection Has the UK abolished copyright law with the passing of orphan works legislation ? I’ll answer quickly with Betteridge’s Law of Headlines : NO. However, if you listen to some copyright maximalist outlets , and particularly to the photograph lobby, you would believe that all copyright has been abolished as of now. Just lo... 3. 02/05/2013 11:47 - Building privacy filters against constant surveillance Do you remember the time when important events were described by journalists, re-enacted by actors, or retold by witnesses? Lucky snapshots were rare, and viral videos and citizen journalism were alien concepts. Now we are increasingly presented with pictures that give us every angle of an explosion , CCTV cameras catching a meteorite , the incredible crash of a cargo plane in Afgh... 4. 22/04/2013 07:29 - Why cispa is a global problem On April 18, 2013, the US House of Representatives passed the Bill H.R. 624 , also known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). An earlier version of the bill had been passed already by the US HR, but did not pass the Senate (for earlier analysis of the Bill, see here ). When reading the new version of CISPA, it would be easy to dismiss it as mostly hot air a... 5. 18/04/2013 09:58 - The sweetest hat ever! some thoughts on the legality of the firefly hat dispute “A man walks down the street in that hat? People know he’s not afraid of anything” In 2002, Joss Whedon created a science fiction series called Firefly . You will be forgiven for never having heard anything about it, the show was cancelled during its first season by Fox, leaving us with only 14 episodes. But the series became an instant cult classic, it was a char... |