Dominic Young

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I’ve been around the news media and the internet since the beginning. I am interested in copyright as the basis for a thriving and balanced creative sector and society. Also interested in how the failure of copyright and other laws has led to terrible outcomes for the internet and everyone who uses it. I’ve done a lot of things around these issues.

Category: Copyright

  • Football DataCo loses again

    Some more good news from the courts. Football DataCo has lost its latest case in the ECJ relating to their efforts to protect football fixture lists. This has been going on and on for years, and when it all began I took a close interest due to my job at the time managing IP for…

  • SOPA hysteria

    Have you heard of SOPA? If you have, chances are you have heard one or other variation on the quite hysterical opposition to it which is being organised online. Various websites are planning to “go dark”. Companies with the temerity to support it are subject to boycotts to get them to back down. The end…

  • Smart legislation would be great, lets get rid of the dumb laws too

    We might, as Neelie Kroes suggests, be losing the battle to enforce copyright. The hearts and minds of many users might already be lost to the more tempting promise of limitless supply in a copyright-free world. But what role has the law played in creating this situation and what could politicians do to fix it?…

  • Giving copyright the $5m finger

    Check this out. bo.lt is a startup in what seems to have become the classic west coast model. Silly domain name? Check! Bullshit mission statement? Check! SF address and previous startup credentials Check! Big money funding? Check! Business model entirely dependent on other peoples content? Check! It’s really extraordinary. Let me quote from the website:…