Tag Archives: Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc: I heard that some insanity has recently infected the Republican Study Committee, when it published a memo with the exciting title of “Three Myths About Copyright Law and Where To Start To Fix It”. What gives? Signed, M. Mouse Dear M: A young staffer at the RSC, Derek Khanna, wrote about our broken […]

 Dear Doc: What ever happened to “RightHaven” that company you called a “copyright troll” and that was suing bloggers for quoting from the Las Vegas newspaper? Signed, Just Curious, With Nothing Better to Do Dear JC: It turns out that RightHaven was beaten back by some of the defendants that it sued, with the help […]

Dear Doc, A few years ago, I remember reading that Google was digitizing every book in a bunch of libraries, and that soon, we would be able to search them all online.  What’s up with that? Signed, Still Waiting After All These Years Dear SWAATY: You’re right – Google did start the Google Books Project […]

Dear Doc: My company makes small electronic products.  We design circuit boards and write software, selling the finished products to a variety of industries.  Recently, we found out that a former employee may have given our designs to a competitor.  Can copyright law help us? Signed, Ripped-Off Dear Rip: You betcha (as Sarah Palin has […]

Dear Doc: A friend of mine (if ya know what I mean) uses peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software.  She downloads cool things from the Internet, but then sorta-kinda-almost instantly erases them from her computer.  Is this okay? Signed, MovieFan Dear Fan: Ahem…If I were your friend, I would stop doing that stuff.  NOW!  You see, […]