Windows 7 Public Beta Launch, and The Trouble With Too Much Traffic

March 22nd, 2009

Update 1: Microsoft has now pulled the public beta, and several people that managed to start a download have had the download killed. They have now replaced the text on Technet to “Windows® 7 Beta coming soon!”. This just keeps getting better, I’ve only spent 2.5 hours trying to sign up and start this download and all the MS pages associated with the download now return 404 errors.
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Why You Should Go Through the Trouble of Registering Your Copyright When Everyone Tells You That Your Work is Protected Automatically

December 1st, 2007

Posted by Sarah Bird, Esquire

May It Please the Mozzers,

Apparently I’m on a bit of a copyright kick these days. Copyright is stuck in my head like an annoying song. Does this ever happen to you?

No, seriously. There were some excellent follow-up questions and concerns raised after my last post on international copyright issues. For example, folks had important questions about whether copyright can effectively protect “the little guy” given the costs of suit and what you could gain from filing suit. I want to touch on these issues while giving you some “Best Practices.”
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