Category Archives: copyright

Why is the current copyright the way it is?

7 Reasons Why Microsoft was (is?) bad for Bulgaria – Can You Add More?

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

1. It corrupted the political system – the previous government signed a deal with them for using (not even buying!) MS Windows and MS Office at price which was twice the street price: as of today Bulgaria has paid more … Continue reading →

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Article about Creative Commons Bulgaria published on the main CC site

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

It’s good to read positive news about Bulgaria and what we, at the Internet Society of Bulgaria (isoc.bg) do worldwide: Creative Commons Bulgaria is presented on the main CC web page. Read more here, and see the Bulgarian site at … Continue reading →

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Copyright for ever? Never.

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

The New York Times published an op-ed yesterday. You can read it here. And below is my response to this op-ed. Dear NYT, I read the op-ed “A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright?” by Mark Helprin, published May … Continue reading →

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US Exports Intellectual Property

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

A nice piece in the New Yorker magazine. Worth reading. It talks about why the US insists on other countries changing their policies towards Intellectual property (IP), and patents. See just one paragraph from the article: Why does the U.S. … Continue reading →

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A Global Initiative, Suspicious Methods

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Remarks from Veni: On March 16 the Bulgarian special forces for combatting organized crime, have ordered the major telecoms to filter the access to and from the web site www.arenabg.com. The request was based on the current law, but was … Continue reading →

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More on Copyright

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Just saw Larry Lessig’s blog about how bad it is to copy copyright material (the first link is to the category, the second to the article itself). Worth reading. Here are two of the arguments, edited (bold from me). Fallacy … Continue reading →

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Copyright in the 21st Century

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

I have been part of different copyright-related projects for the last 10 years. I believe that the old model of copyright is already exhausted. The huge music/audios/software/patent/etc industry needs a new model. Better said, the analog copyright versions should give … Continue reading →