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Fake New York Times
http://www.iptablog.org/2008/11/12/fake-new-york-t.htmlIn a large scale operation, a 14 page "July 4, 2009" edition of "The New York Times" was distributed around New York this morning. Is this parodic? There's also an Online version (which is not loading for me). …
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FCC v. Fox Oral Arguments Today
http://www.iptablog.org/2008/11/04/fcc-v-fox-oral.htmlIt's hard to think about things non-electoral today, but today also happens to be the oral arguments in the Supreme Court for FCC v. Fox. The Court will be reviewing the FCC "fleeting expletive" standard for broadcast indecency. …
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IP Legal News
http://www.chicagoiplitigation.com/2008/11/articles/legal-ne...In his first episode, Lichtman discusses copyright issue with the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Fred von Lohmann. And if the content is not enough, Lichtman has also secured CLE credit in several states. IPTABlog has a comprehensive post -- click here to read it -- on Google's settlement with the Association of American Publishers over the Google Book Search. The post links to much of the media coverage, as well as the settlement agreement. Also, check out the
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Info/Law
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolawGamefly violated this law, and Facebook aided and abetted them. Because in this single instance the law has recognized a class of information subject to social marketing as sensitive and deserving special statutory protection, this claim may work. A separate Beacon-related suit like this was filed previously against Blockbuster alone. James Grimmelmann analyzed the issue a while back and thought a claim like this would have merit, at least under the old Beacon. (Again, the because new Beacon asks permission it is probably immune under
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IPTAblog
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IPTAblog
http://www.andrewraff.com/iptBy Andrew Raff on June 20, 2008 4:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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http://www.andrewraff.com/iptArt auctions and false advertising at sea
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PrawfsBlawg
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawgthing the commenters on my first post said: "look and feel" will win the day for Hasbro. Meanwhile, the Agarwalla brothers -- the creators of Scrabulous -- have launched a revised Facebook application, "WordScraper," that features a different board. Pictures and analysis at IPTAblog. What's interesting about the new board, however, is that players can customize it -- including, if they choose, to resemble the traditional Scrabble board. That brings up shades of the City of Heroes lawsuit
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Prawfs
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.comthing the commenters on my first post said: "look and feel" will win the day for Hasbro. Meanwhile, the Agarwalla brothers -- the creators of Scrabulous -- have launched a revised Facebook application, "WordScraper," that features a different board. Pictures and analysis at IPTAblog. What's interesting about the new board, however, is that players can customize it -- including, if they choose, to resemble the traditional Scrabble board. That brings up shades of the City of Heroes lawsuit
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Concurring Opinions
http://www.concurringopinions.comto highlight two excellent posts on IP from Prawfsblawg: 1) Bruce Boyden's post on the Scrabulous lawsuit (the first of a promised trilogy) perceptively parses some complex copyright claims. If you're interested in the suit, you can also check out Andrew Raff and Mike Madison. And there are some good pics of word games at issue here. 2) Dave Fagundes' commentary on the surreal comic strip Garfield Minus Garfield [G-G] is also worth a read from copyright mavens. I've commented on the oddity of a
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