Holocaust’s ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ Published Online as Copyright Expires
Famous Holocaust story of Anne Frank now free for academic research after court’s repeal Anne Frank Fonds foundation’s attempts to extend copyright to give royalties to charity. Copyright across More...
All the ‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright claims are invalid, federal judge rules
None of the companies that have collected royalties on the “Happy Birthday” song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge More...
US software copyright registration is game changer
Global software leaders, Including Oracle, Sony, Adobe, Microsoft, SAP, Apple, and Amazon recognize the importance of US software copyrights and have registered thousands. Every Israeli More...
Harvard Professor Ricardo Hausmann: Redistribution or Inclusion?
The issue of rising income inequality loomed large at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. As is well known, the United States’ economy has grown significantly over the past three decades, but More...
Former German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer: A Greek Burial for German Austerity
Not long ago, German politicians and journalists confidently declared that the euro crisis was over; Germany and the European Union, they believed, had weathered the storm. Today, we know that this was More...
Harvard Professor Martin Feldstein : The Eurozone Needs More than QE
Although the European Central Bank has launched a larger-than-expected program of quantitative easing (QE), even its advocates fear that it may not be enough to boost real incomes, reduce unemployment, More...
Japan’s former defense minister, Yuriko Koike: Japan’s Beheaded Illusions
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on a six-day tour of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine, when the Islamic State posted a video online threatening to murder two Japanese hostages, More...
President of the International Crisis Group, Jean-Marie Guéhenno: Fanatics, Charlatans, and Economists
Throughout the world, it seems, crisis is gripping national politics. In election after election, voter turnout has hit historic lows. Politicians are universally reviled. Mainstream parties, desperate More...
Former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia Stephen Roach: The Lemmings of QE
Predictably, the European Central Bank has joined the world’s other major monetary authorities in the greatest experiment in the history of central banking. By now, the pattern is all too familiar. First, More...
Beastie Boys Request $2.5 Million to Cover Legal Fees from Copyright Lawsuit
The Beastie Boys won their fight against Monster Energy Drink for using their songs without permission, and now they want their lawyer fees, the New York Post said. Seven months after a Manhattan More...