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Good for Content Owners, bad for the Constitution.
Law Professors Send Letter Opposing the PROTECT-IP Act to Lawmakers A group of intellectual property professors (around 90 as of this writing) led by Mark Lemley, David S. Levine, and David G. Post have delivered a letter to Congress urging … Continue reading
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The Noose Tightens
WASHINGTON— The Commercial Felony Streaming Act (S. 978), sponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Cornyn (R-TX), would reconcile the current legal disparity between the unlawful distribution of content through streaming and peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading. An entertainment industry coalition, … Continue reading
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Oh, Canada.
USTR Releases Annual Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights Washington, D.C. – Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its annual Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection of … Continue reading
Not it. Photobucket has no duty to ensure that users upload noninfringing files.
BNA reports that “an online service that permits users to upload, store, and share images has no duty to ensure those files are noninfringing, even if it has received Digital Millennium Copyright Act-compliant notices requesting the removal of a plaintiff’s … Continue reading
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Washington vs. Media Piracy in Emerging Economies
Two recent developments (one legal, one academic) focus on the damage piracy inflicts upon the knowledge economy. Washington Senate Bill 5449 On a 39-7 vote, the Washington State Senate sent to the House a bill designed to help the state’s … Continue reading
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The Mashup License
Previously, we looked at Mashups as a type of fair use. However, what does an artist need to do if he or she plans to engage in substantial commercial activities involving a mashup that contains copyrighted material? What if you … Continue reading
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From Copyright to Copyleft.
What is Creative Commons and what does a CC License do for content generators and people who want to reuse the creative product of others? The fine folks at Creative Commons have put together a short video (using content created … Continue reading
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The Google Settlement
IP Attorney Lois Wasoff Gives Google Settlement Updates In a recent interview with Copyright Clearance Center, publishing and copyright attorney Lois Wasoff provided an update on the latest developments in the historic and potentially game-changing proposed Google Book settlement. Wasoff … Continue reading
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Watchers fear Google compromise on ‘net neutrality’
Online freedom advocates feared on Thursday that Google is changing allegiance in the battle to stop Internet service providers from giving preferential treatment to those that pay. The concerns surfaced amid reports by the New York Times and the Wall … Continue reading
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CNBC’S CRIME INC: COUNTERFEIT GOODS WILL PREMIERE JULY 14TH
Fake handbags, watches, and perfumes are a way of the past. The largest underground industry in the world, Counterfeit Goods bring in hundreds of billions, while sapping the economy, putting lives in jeopardy, and funding organized crime in the process. … Continue reading