The Register - Sneaky Cable Crypto Scheme in the Works - Article exposing that the cable television industry is moving to implement a copy protection scheme that will allow movie studios and cable providers to control what viewers are able to record. - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/22/sneaky_cable_crypto_scheme/
International IP Law Forum - Features ideas and opinions on issues related to establishing and protecting intellectual property. - http://www.internationaliplawforum.com/
Copyright: Guardian of Intellectual Property - Guide to computer ethics issues and current news includes an introduction to the problematic copyright issues raised by digital media. - http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/cgi-bin/2-1.cgi
Copyright Law and Independent Creation Theory - Complaining that the law of independent creation allows the theft of music. - http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/m/u/musicedu/case/index.html
bIPlog - Weblog on intellectual property issues. - http://www.biplog.com/
Wired - The Eagle Is Grounded - Article comparing today's toughening of US intellectual property laws to help given to the US shipping industry 30 years ago, resulting in even greater losses for US firms, higher prices, and frustrated consumers. - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/start.html
Giftfile Project - A project to enable authors of computer files containing nonproprietary intellectual works (free music, literature, software) and their supporters (including fans, users) to participate in a gift economy. - http://giftfile.org/
Invention Development Group - Offers information on intellectual property agreements, patents, product licensing, and trademarking. - http://www.thepatentguys.com
Intellectual Property at the National Academies - A guide to the Academies' documents and publications on Intellectual Property and a forum to discuss ongoing work. - http://search.nap.edu/shelves/ip/
The GNU Manifesto - The last name in software freedom...this outlines the reasons that "Gnu's Not Unix" produces free software. - http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
Library Juice Copyright Issue - A supplement to the weekly e-zine Library Juice from September, 2000, devoted to the political and philosophical issues of intellectual property, especially as they relate to libraries and the internet. - http://libr.org/Juice/issues/vol3/LJ_3.35.sup.html
The Mark is the Beast - An article describing the change in the usage of trademarks, and how it stifles our use of our own language. - http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/07-20-98/boston_feature_1.html
Intellectual Property Compensation Via Tipping - Article that proposes (with case studies) that tipping may be a viable compensation model for intellectual property (such as music and books). - http://tipping.selfpromotion.com/
Roundtable - 98.09 - An Atlantic Unbound roundtable on the future of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age - http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/forum/copyright/intro.htm
Intellectual Property Issues - An impressive list of links to articles concerning intellectual "property" issues, from all sides. - http://www.negativland.com/intprop.html
Free Intellectual Property Exchange (FreeIPX) - A news and discussion site dedicated to critical analysis of the use, abuse, and relevance of IP Law. [Slash-style site] - http://www.freeipx.org
IP Future - This group is organized to promote discussion of intellectual property laws worldwide. It is hoped that a network of interested people can come together to begin discussing a future for intellectual property law which balances the needs of people with the - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ipfuture/
Negativland - Fair Use - An essay exploring whether artists, for profit or not, have the right to freely "sample" from an already "created" electronic environment that surrounds them for use in their own work. - http://www.negativland.com/fairuse.html
Brian Martin: Against intellectual property - An Australian university gives a powerful case against "intellectual property" laws. Includes a long bibliography of books supporting the point. - http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/95psa.html
A Primer On the Ethics of "Intellectual Property" - This primer provides a general framework for freeing any information covered under copyright and patent laws. - http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/copying_primer.html
The Right to Read - Richard Stallman's famous parable about the Right to Read, and what will happen if intellectual monopoly laws continue to grow. - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html