Jailbreaking smartphones is considered “fair use” (at least in the US).
Jailbreaking as fair use:
Electronic Frontier Foundation (civil liberties union for electronic rights)
Jailbreaking contravened which law:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Jailbreaking smartphones is considered “fair use” (at least in the US).
Jailbreaking as fair use:
Electronic Frontier Foundation (civil liberties union for electronic rights)
Jailbreaking contravened which law:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Class Notes
Class Notes
Class notes
Class notes
Class notes
Today in our group activity we learned about two types of patent systems: The first was first-to-invent, and the second was first-to-file. As you can imagine, the former method allows true inventors to contest patents if they can prove they invented it before the patent’s invention date, the latter method is a simpler system which grants patents to the first applicant. The first-to-file system is used in Canada and the EU, while the first-to-invent system is used in the U.S. and Philippines. Although the first-to-invent system is fairer, it costs a lot of money and resources to determine the true inventor, sometimes it is even impossible. On the other hand, the inventor’s rights to patent cannot be guaranteed in the first-to-file system, and often the quality of patents is much lower with this system. We didn’t come up with a conclusion for the best system because both have their advantages and disadvantages.
In the group activity today our group answered the question of whether the fair use rules are fair in themselves. We came to the conclusion that the four deciding factors are the best that we have so far (which is why we are still using them). In addition they to strike a reasonable balance between the copyright holder, the public as users and the potential market value.
Class notes for today:
In class there was an activity on where to draw the line for censorship. Six scenarios were presented including personal, organizational, national, corporate, school, and home censorship. The only scenario which brought up a significant discussion was organizational censorship.