Rebel Rousers Archive: July 2008

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British Music Industry Creates Dis-"chord"
Blogger Andres Guadamez thinks the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)'s new strategy to curb downloading and copyright infringement will cost customers, while digital downloading in question is proving to be profitable for the BPI.  Read more on the TechnoLlama blog.

Not So Sweet: Perfume Designers Gone Too Far
A number of luxury perfume brand owners recently had eBay fined for permitting the auction of genuine branded products outside the established distribution networks.  This decision may stop the sale of counterfeit items on eBay, but are the brand owners within their rights?  Blogger Alasdair Poore thinks not.  Read more on the Naked Law blog.

Googling Books in the Public Domain
In creating a new file of books available for download, Google has determined that most books published in the U.S. between 1923 and 1963 are freely useable in the public domain.   Blogger Stephen Nipper has more on this project on The Invent Blog.

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