WASHINGTON, DC—In a closely watched proceeding, DC District Court
Judge Natalia Wimbley ruled Friday in favor of claims by a coalition
of media companies to rights to the 'attention' of consumers. “This
ruling is crucial to the continued vitality of American art and
culture,” explains RIAA President-elect Richard Mound.
“Recognition of attention rights goes a long way to guaranteeing
that artists and musicians will have access to sustainable revenue
streams.”
Via Techdirt,
Court
Protects `Attention Rights' of Media Companies
Not really; this is a future prediction of what may come to pass (the
newsitem is dated October 8, 2006). Scarily enough, it seems reasonable,
given recent trends.
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or
entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent
links to that entry only. The format for the links are
simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are
interested in, say 2000/08/01,
so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day
portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's
intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the
page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in
using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If
you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that
important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name,
symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a
protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its
owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.
