Intellectual Property
Dec. 18, 2012
18th century concept meets DVRs, sex tapes and the Internet
By Ken Basin
What do Avril Lavigne cover songs, Dish Network's AutoHop feature, celebrity sex tapes, apartment hunting websites, and ad-serving browser skinning programs have in common?
Each of them is a window into how copyright, an 18th century concept, drafted into a 20th century law, impacts the products we use and life in a 21st century world.
The simplest, most complicated law you know
What's a copyrigh...
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