Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.06.2006
Red Hat was sued over allegedly infringement of the US patent no 6,101,502. You know my opinions about software patents (for those of you who doesn't know - I am an opponent :) but more interesting is what Florian Mueller on his blog www.no-lobbyists-as-such.com says about Red Hat's representative's actions in the field of the politics and lobbying about the very famous draft of the Directive on the Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 30.06.2006
The Industrial Designers of America and BusinessWeek announce the 108 winners of this year's Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA). Check www.idsa.org website. Excellent works!
Cybercrime news.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 29.06.2006
Nice move Panda! Check www.pandasoftware.info website. I will check this page often because it's a part of my "scientific research" interests. I hope they will update it frequently too. Only this "cybercrime" term is not precise. But it should be a long lecture about criminal law principles.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 28.06.2006
I missed it. Anyway check great post on www.fontshop.com website.
It is hot so maybe it's time for 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 28.06.2006
Anyone? Check www.punksergeant.blogspot.com website. Only $500. But it's for charity.
The CFI cases.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 27.06.2006
Case C-24/05 P, Storck vs. OHIM.
Case C-25/05 P, Storck vs. OHIM.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 27.06.2006
Create fake magazine's covers on www.funonit.com website. An interview with me as a lawyer of the century in Playboy? Girls are crazy about me? It has to be a canard.
and after that maybe 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 27.06.2006
It did not take long. Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce you "The Semantic Web (or Web 3.0)". More on www.evolvingtrends.wordpress.com website.
Enough is enough says 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 26.06.2006
I would say something like that. Hey content owners, do not be afraid of new business models. Hey lawmakers, do not produce "stupid" law! The Consumer Electronics Association proposes another version of such statements in its advertising published in the the Capitol Hill newspaper. You can see it on www.eff.org website (PDF file).
Laughing is healthy.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 25.06.2006
A lot of funny ads on www.sztuka-reklamy.info website. There is a very important sentence summing up the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. "All forecasts show that soon or later the border between advertisings meant for TV stations and those for internet will fade away entirely". Also check what price was won by Marc Ecko and the team. Details on www.sztuka-reklamy.info website.
Privacy vs. "piracy".
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 25.06.2006
Since a long time it is a very interesting issue about the "conflict" of rights. See RIAA's actions in P2P networks etc. Beyond all dubt Microsoft should protect its copyright but who will protect users privacy from Microsoft? Check this software called RemoveWGA.exe avaliable on www.firewallleaktester.com website. Besides you may always look for releases such as Windows.Genuine.Advantage.Validation.v1.5.530.0.CRACKED-ETH0 or any others.
vs. 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 25.06.2006
How it looked in 1997. Who's logotype was bigger? ;) Read funny article on www.sfgate.com website.
News from WIPO and OHIM.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 21.06.2006
I will not publish here news about WIPO's and OHIM's activites anymore (unless there will be some "scandal"). I decided to do that because I am really busy doing smething else. I wrote (and I will write) some articles:
Tomasz Rychlicki "Crimes Violating Intellectual Property Laws. The Modus Operandi Of The Warez Scene". C.T.L.R. 2006, 12(1), 27-31.
Tomasz Rychlicki "Infringement Of Music Copyrights In Computer Networks - a Case Study Of The MP3 Warez Scene". C.T.L.R. 2006, 12(3), 78-83.
Tomasz Rychlicki "Legal Issues Of Criminal Acts Commited Via Botnets". C.T.L.R. 2006, 12(5).
I concluded (after some time ;) that there is no need to double such information. Just sign yourself to subscribe@oami.europa.eu and www.wipo.int/pressroom/en.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 21.06.2006
Oh boy. Another comics. Check www.themorningnews.org and www.geekculture.com websites. One is for sure. I have no chances to work for RIAA, MPAA, MPA, IFPI, ZAiKS, ZPAV and others (collecting societes, organizations etc.) for publishing here such infos like in this month. Well I will cite Eric Cartman from South Park. "Look how much I care! Look how much!". Check South Park episode 407 - Cherokee Hair Tampons script. You may watch this movie online on www.piczo.com website (15th minute).
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 21.06.2006
Hello world! First at all there is no such right as "digital right". Period. Secondly "Digital Rights" Management systems do not work and will not work. Simple example. Bruce Springsteen recorded a tribute album "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Session" which was released with some "DR"M. About the tribute's irony read on www.blogcritics.org website. This so called "digital rights" management system did not stop some people to rip this music and release it:
Bruce_Springsteen-We_Shall_Overcome-The_Seeger_Sessions-(DVD)-2006-LzY
Bruce_Springsteen-We_Shall_Overcome_The_Seeger_Sessions_(Bonus_DVD)-2006-uF
Bruce_Springsteen-We_Shall_Overcome-The_Seeger_Sessions-2006-RNS
Is there someone who still would like to "promote better law" (IFPI's synonym for lobbying) for "DR"M? Do not let you to stupefy. Just check and support www.defectivebydesign.org website and this movement.
No dilution for 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.06.2006
Very interesting but I didn't catch it earlier. Case GTFM, LLC, FUBU Records, LLC, and GTFM, Inc. v. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, INC., and Universal Music Group, Inc., 2006 WL 1377048 (S.D.N.Y.). PDF file.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.06.2006
Yesterday I wrote about good commercials. Today I write about www.awfulcommercials.com.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 20.06.2006
Nintendo has registered some new trademarks for its new console. Although WiiPointer and WiiCulture do not astonish so much, one is strange for all commentators from games world. It is !!M trademark. How should it be pronouced? ;) Does anyone of you got any idea? Read a little bit more on www.gamesarefun.com website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 19.06.2006
A lot of good works on www.adsoftheworld.com website which name speak for itself. For those of you who are interested in branding issues.
and 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 15.06.2006
I am not a big football fan. So does Mark Frauenfelder one of www.boingboing.net website owners. They received an "anticipation letter" from Baker & McKenzie LLP in London lately. This letter concerns the possibility of unauthorized streaming and downloading of FIFA World Cup matches. Well, Paul Boutin publishes informations how to watch such streams. Check www.paulboutin.weblogger.com website if you are interested. You may find this link to www.mozilla.com and Google and Nike undertaking useful too.
There are some warez releases in the football subject too:
World.Cup.2006.Group.A.Germany.vs.Poland.HDTV.XViD-W4F is one of many. Since downloading (and especially watching ;) is legal in Poland I wish you a lot of fun.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 14.06.2006
What a month. Each day some news and informations about cartoons or comics. Meet The Corruptibles family on www.eff.org website. It is an animated protest against broadcast flag, broadcast audio etc. Meanwhile the WIPO is working hard on the new treaty (broadcasting ,copyright etc.), more details on www.wipo.int website.
The CFI judgement.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 13.06.2006
Case T-153/03, Inex v. OHIM.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 12.06.2006
There are contamination's licences on the software market. I was wondering what is the name for the licence for a non software work which includes different licences. Mixed? I drew a simple illustration (PNG file, 121 KB), which one part (background color in the RGB scale: R:239, G:239, B:239) I release on a CC licence. Let's say the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. The another part of this illustration (background color in the RGB scale: R:167, G:134, B:86) I release on a custom copyright licence (something like that: you need my consent to use this part of the image in any kind of works except typical (non-commercial) use in the computer networs, etc.). Please contact me to suggest how would you name a licence for the whole illustration. :)
Some thoughts about P2P.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 11.06.2006
Hilary Rosen on www.huffingtonpost.com. What young Swedes think about file sharing in P2P networks read on www.thelocal.se website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.06.2006
The article about ambush marketing on www.brandchannel.com website. Marty Schwimmer has some comments.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.06.2006
Check this image, (JPG, 98 KB). I found it somewhere.
More about 
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.06.2006
Check www.bolekilolek.pl website (in Polish, I am sorry). There are some informations about co-autorship and how courts procedings took place in this issue. I recalled myself another "confusion" about those urchins. More details in the article on www.rzeczpospolita.pl website. Alfred Ledwig (co-author) sent a protest letter to Rzeczpospolita magazine (I still wonder why to them) against Roman Nehrebacki (heir of another co-author) who allegedly used images of Bolek and Lolek during his election campaing to the Polish Parliament.
parody.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 08.06.2006
It did not take long. Really. Check www.blog.outer-court.com and www.privateinfringer.blogspot.com websites. Also do not forget to check in the near future (so far this page is empty) www.ficwad.com one.
and all clear.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 07.06.2006
Check the movie on www.youtube.com website.
Poles about DRM.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 06.06.2006
The letter against DRMs on list.7thguard.net website.
Brits about DRM.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 05.06.2006
Check www.openrightsgroup.org website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 04.06.2006
Another very interesting campaign created by the Walker Werbeagentur Zuerich. Check great pictures and get more details on www.commercial-archive.com website.
round up.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 03.06.2006
This site is back, just check www.thepiratebay.org and PiratPatiet disclaimer on www.piratpartiet.se website. The Swedish police website was shut down by the DDoS attack. Read the article on www.physorg.com. The movie on www.youtube.com website about PB servers seizure. How the Police treated the PB consuel you may read on viborginternational.blogspot.com blog.
And please do not get me wrong I do not support crimes against copyright. As a creator and an author I fully support such actions if commited with the respect of law (not guilty until proven, in dubio pro reo, proper and legal way of actiong of enforcement institutions, etc.) I do not like the way some organizations and businesses act to protect or to lobby their interests. Regarding to the conflict of values just check www.linuxp2p.com website.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.06.2006
I really like this www.captaincopyright.ca website and I support such actions if they are prepared _very well_. There are also some comments about its TOS on www.boingboing.net website. I like this part especially: "You are not permitted to copy or cut from any page or its HTML source code to the Windows(tm) clipboard (or equivalent on other platforms) onto any other website". I'd like to ask an author of this website if s/he knows about a "right to quote"? It is based on Polish copyright law article 29 sec.1. (unified text: Dziennik Ustaw from 2000. No 80, pos. 904 with later changes). Good luck with suing me then. BTW it was fun to colour the Captain Copyright image before I put it on this website. At last today is the International Children's Day. All the best kids! :)
The Court of Justice judgement.
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.06.2006
Case C-169/05, Uradex.
More about
Tomasz Rychlicki @ 01.06.2006
Check www.thepiratebay.com website. You may find there pictures of site owners and some compilation of links.
