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Blockai uses the blockchain to help artists protect their intellectual property | TechC... - 0 views

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DRM intellectual property blockchain

shared by alexbelov on 15 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • the goal here is to create proof of creation in a public database (namely, the blockchain) without necessarily dealing with the time and cost of officially registering
  • “The blockchain is the perfect solution for providing proof of creation,” Lands said. “It’s a permanent immutable record. Meaning, once the record is there it’s there forever and will never change.”
  • “The ideal future system is one where there is a universal database for claiming ownership of creations and for paying royalties,” Lands added. “Making it as simple as possible for people to do the right thing.”
  • alexbelov on 15 Mar 16
     
    Blockchain is the promising technology of the nearest future for intellectual property protection because its use involves minimum time and cost both for individual creators and companies.
Maria Gurova

The Public Costs of Private Distribution Strategies: Content Release Windows as Negativ... - 0 views

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Theatrical windowing strategy Political policy legal Copyright content production piracy Pirates don't Surrender

shared by Maria Gurova on 08 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • “copyright extremism” – a term he used to describe extended delays in content distribution, which often result in content reaching foreign markets months after it is released in the United States.
  • Essentially, “extremism” is another way of saying that piracy is more a business model problem than a policy problem. 
  • The strategy of windowing has long been practiced because it is believed to maximize revenue opportunities for a given film.  By giving successive distribution channels exclusive rights to the work, a film distributor aims to extract maximum revenues from licensees in each channel.
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  • Even if film distributors were to reject the conventional wisdom of windowing, those windows are jealously guarded by their respective sectors.  The theatrical exhibition window is particularly so
  • announced in September 2014 that they would distribute a sequel to the 2000 hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon simultaneously via Netflix and IMAX theaters worldwide, movie theater chains swiftly circled the wagons and announced a boycott of the Weinsteins’ film.
  • “value of ownership for the consumer” is a euphemism for “consumer willingness-to-pay.”  The longer a consumer must wait before they can watch a movie on their Netflix subscription, the likelier that consumer is to pay for a DVD
  • numerous industries have attempted to insulate themselves from disruption by persuading lawmakers to prescribe their exclusive industrial role in public laws, including auto dealers and beer distributors
  • windowing has been widely criticized as contributing to piracy, and “leaving money on the table.”  Empirical evidence bears that out.  Content producers are not unaware of this data; their calculus is that the revenues attributable to aggressive windowing (and avoiding friction with their distributors) exceed losses associated with piracy.
  • Windowing alienates consumers and arguably undermines respect for copyright in countries that receive content late
  • In the content distribution example, compensation might involve repayment for government resources expended on attributable piracy, perhaps based on a user-fee model that various government agencies already have.  If the windowed release distribution model generated more revenue than the costs it incurs, it would continue, taxpayers would be made whole, and the externality would be “internalized.”
alexbelov

Unauthorized use of some inventions will not be considered patent infrigement in Russia - 0 views

vc.ru/fas-patents-rus

technology Social economy intellectual property

shared by alexbelov on 17 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Федеральная антимонопольная служба (ФАС) подготовила законопроект с поправками в Гражданский кодекс, которые создают механизм принуждения владельцев патентов к передаче прав на свои изобретения третьим лицам. Бизнес считает такие методы «рейдерством на уровне государства»,
  • Согласно задумке ФАС, принуждать к передаче патентов можно будет владельцев прав на создание «социально необходимых товаров», причём к этой категории могут относиться как лекарства, так и любые другие продукты. Разработанный ведомством механизм позволяет передавать права по решению суда, если владелец патента ограничивает производство таких товаров и создаёт дефицит на рынке.
  • законопроект не нарушает международные нормы, так как соглашение по торговым аспектам прав интеллектуальной собственности позволяет использовать объект патента без согласия правообладателя, если это допускает национальное законодательство страны-члена ВТО
  • alexbelov on 17 Mar 16
     
    The projected change in the patent law will allow to ignore patent protection of inventions, if they cause shortage of "socially valuable" products on the market, including but not limited to drugs.
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