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Techdirt Podcast Episode 181: There’s Always Something New To Learn About Copyright
Copyright is a big, complicated monster of a law, composed of patchwork updates and shaped by international agreements — which is, in fact, the source of a lot of its problems. But fixing copyright means understanding it, so this week we’ve got a conversation with UCLA professor Neil Netanel, author of the new book Copyright: What Everyone Needs To Know, because there’s always something new to learn about copyright.
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“How can they be so good?”: The strange story of Skype
From a company powerpoint, here’s an artist’s impression of the moment when Skype’s idea was fostered. (Zennström on the left, next to Friis.) (credit: Malthe Sigurdsson)
Fifteen years ago this week—on August 29, 2003—Skype went live for the first time. In the time since, of course, the service has undergone a number of big changes. This origin story of the service originally ran on September 2, 2013, when Skype’s partnership with Microsoft was still new and before the Redmond company closed its London office. But given Skype’s recent anniversary (and Labor Day weekend for Ars staff), we’re resurfacing it. The story appears unchanged below.
“I don’t care about Skype!” millionaire Jaan Tallinn tells me, taking off his blue sunglasses and finding a seat at a cozy open-air restaurant in the old town of Tallinn, Estonia. “The technology is 10 years old—that’s an eternity when it comes to the Internet Age. Besides, I have more important things going on now.”
Tallinn has five children, and he calls Skype his sixth. So why does he no longer care about his creation?
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