Robert Winter @rw@qoto.org

Owners of web services often don't understand this, but the text of the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy is intellectual property. Although most of these texts are very similar, this doesn't mean that unauthorized copying of them (even with minor editing) isn't an infringement.

If you have no objection to copying your texts by other people, don't forget to add this notice and refer to some kind of free license.

#copyright #intellectualproperty #IP #privacypolicy #freelicense #cc

Love this from the first edition of the highway code.
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Remember that all persons—pedestrians, cyclists, persons leading, riding or driving animals and the drivers of motor or horse-drawn vehicles—have the right to use the highway and an obligation to respect the rights of others. Good manners and consideration for others are as desirable and are as much appreciated on the road as elsewhere. Bear in mind the difficulties of others and try not to add to them.

Olivia de Havilland has died at the age of 104. She was the last surviving star from "Gone with the Wind" (1939).

Symbolically, this year the novel "Gone with the Wind" has lost copyright protection and has become public domain.

#OliviadeHavilland #gonewiththewind #MargaretMitchell #hollywood #movie #cinema #copyright #publicdomain

Great story 🤣

https://twitter.com/EnswellJones/status/1284171501298757633

The only people who claim Intellectual Property isn't real or shouldn't be respected also tend to be the same people who cant support themselves off of intellectual pursuits.

Why is it always the second someone doesnt personally benefit from a right, any right, is the moment they think that right should be abolished?

#IP #copyrights #economics

1. Do you remember in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Ginny Weasley wrote scary texts in blood on the wall while posessed by the Tom Riddle spirit?

A strange question: Who has the copyright to these texts – Ginny or Tom?

A strange answer: The same question has been considered by UK and US courts.

Here is a thread about the copyright to texts dictated by spirits and ghosts 👻

#copyright #IntellectualProperty #IP #IPlaw #supernatural #harrypotter #jurisprudence #history #thread

Retweeting pics can now get you in legal trouble in #Japan https://thenextweb.com/insights/2020/07/22/twitter-copyright-image-japan/

When creating a new web project and you come to #privacy as an issue, consider asking the team:

“Are we giving? Or are we taking?”

As a bonus, a giving philosophy for your entire project can help restore the web at large.

#Dev #Development #Web #Programming #Ethics #GDPR #CCPA

"Why companies struggle with recalcitrant IT" https://www.economist.com/business/2020/07/18/why-companies-struggle-with-recalcitrant-it

"Airlines are […] now advised to turn the plane off and on again every 51 days, to stop its computers displaying false data in mid-flight."

Love our glorious computerized future