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- The Illegal Art Exhibit will resume traveling in 2006. The laws governing "intellectual property" have grown so expansive in recent years that artists need legal experts to sort them all out.If the current copyright laws had been in effect back in the day, whole genres such as collage, hiphop, and Pop Art might have never have existed. Rooted in the U.S. Constitution, copyright was originally intended to facilitate the exchange of ideas but is now being used to stifle it. The Illegal Art Exhibit will celebrate what is rapidly becoming the "degenerate art" of a corporate age: art and ideas on the legal fringes of intellectual property. Some of the pieces in the show have eluded lawyers; others have had to appear in court. Lees hier meer.

- How To Create and Use Copyright Symbols. In addition to proper application of the various copyright symbols and trademark symbols you will often have to fine-tune them for the best visual appearance. Learn how to type the copyright, trademark, and registered tradmark symbols found in most standard Mac and Windows fonts. Lees hier meer.

- Joris van Manen verliefd.....op tafel! Lees hier meer.

- Bij de jaarlijkse uitreiking van de CNET Networks UK Technology Awards zijn de FFII en Nosoftwarepatents.com in de prijzen gevallen voor hun goede samenwerking. Volgens de jury is de overwinning in het Europees parlement op de voorstanders van de softwarepatenten grotendeels toe te schrijven aan het 'onuitputtelijke werk van de alliantie' van FFII en Nosoftwarepatents.com. Lees hier meer.