Copyright Law

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• “No Infringement Intended”

  
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  I have noticed recently while playing around on YouTube and Google Video seeking exam question fodder that many fans of popular movies and TV shows who make mash-up videos of material from the shows post a notice at the beginning or end of their video saying “no copyright infringement intended”.  It strikes me ...
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• 3 Count: Turnabout and Fairplay

  
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  Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Judge Affirms $675k Verdict in RIAA Music Piracy Case First off today, the judge in the Joel Tenenbaum case, which saw the students held liable for some $675,000 in damages to the various labels after being sued for file sharing, ...
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• LGJ: IP Police, Arrest this man, He talks in torrents

  
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  Submitted by Law of the GameThis week’s LGJ goes into the reported ‘Pirate Finder General’ in the UK and what could follow in the US.Read on!Any post that is marked “Submitted by Law of the Game” and any content that appears on this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, ...
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• SOCAN goes after Vancouver transit buskers

  
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  It seems that SOCAN has finally decided to take a piece of the incredibly rich Vancouver transit busker pie, and has informed the Vancouver transit authority of their intent to enforce SOCAN tariffs for buskers. The Vancouver transit authority says those tariffs could drive the cost of a Translink busker licence ...
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• Are T.V. Programs Killer Apps?

  
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  Networks. In my youth, the term was most familiar to me as the word for large, national television stations. NBC was at the bottom of a small heap in the late 1970s. If I recall correctly, Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show supported most of the network in general. Now remember, there were only three networks and some ...
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• LGJ: IP Police, Arrest this man, He talks in torrents

  
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  This weeks LGJ goes into the reported Pirate Finder General in the UK and what could follow in the US. Read on! DisclaimerThe content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for educational and informational purposes only. Reading this blog, replying to its posts, ...
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• Twilight/Copyright

  
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  In my ongoing attempt to blog exclusively about IP issues related to Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight franchise, here’s a story I just picked up from CNN online .  A 22 year old woman from Chicago faces 3 years in prison for taping 2-3 minutes of the recently released Twilight movie (New Moon) at a birthday party ...
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• Let Them Sing... About Copyright?

  
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  Shocklee points us to an awesome little app that lets you type in whatever lyrics (or, well, words) you want, hit play, and whatever you type will be sung for you , using clips from various famous songs. Its a really fun little app (though, I was amused that they have no clip for the word "lyrics" despite the ...
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• Counterfeit Intellectual Property

  
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  What’s interesting is that there’s clearly a collateral campaign underway to support ACTA by hammering on the wickedness of counterfeiting – allowing the bait and switch game to be played again. Here’s an  example : Canada trails far behind the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and France by not enacting ...
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• Easy Web Copyright Mistakes Small Businesses Make

  
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  I’ve been talking a great deal lately with small business owners who have had a very serious problem with their sites. They are being accused of copyright infringement or, in some cases, being threatened with large settlement demands over content that appears on domain. This is very frightening for small business ...
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• Man Reports Self to Police for Ripping DVDs

  
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  It’s not as daft as it sounds. Henrik Anderson, a Danish citizen, turned himself into police, confessing he had broken Danish anti-piracy laws by breaking the Digital Rights Management (DRM) on more than one hundred legally purchased DVDs. He did so because he wants some clarification. It seems, under Danish law, ...
  5 days ago

• Distant Healing: Loving Through the Distance

  
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  Video - Healing energy is a vital force of the original energy of the creation. This miraculous energy is in everything and is everywhere. It permeates every single inch of the manifested Universe as we perceive it [...]
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• Technically, Parasites Take and Don’t Give

  
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  On a panel discussion on copyright on Monday, I noted how in 1995 — when few folks had heard of the Internet and they probably thought it meant the walled garden of AOL — I had my own web site, where I posted for free and distributed to a fan list full text of a syndicated column I was writing at the time. There ...
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• 3 Count: Googled News

  
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  Have a suggestion for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Judge Rejects Amazon Bid to Scrap Google Pact First off today, the revised Google Book Search settlement has survived yet another, albeit small, hurdle. The judge in the case has rejected a bid by Amazon to throwout his preliminary ...
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• Backtracking Forward: A Sampling Of History

  
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  An expansive vinyl collection can serve many purposes for its owner. As an appreciator of a diverse playlist, thousands of records represent a myriad of tracks spanning multiple decades. Jumping from swing to blues to death metal to classical is done with the greatest of ease, and no shuffle button. From a ...
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• Holiday gifts for the IP geek

  
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  What to give an IP geek for Christmas or Hanukkah? A book, yes, always a good idea. But maybe something a bit lighter than Trademark License Agreements Line by Line: A Detailed Look at Trademark License Agreements and How to Change Them to Meet Your Needs by Erik W. Kahn. For the copyright lawyer, this Kat ...
  1 week ago

• Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking...

  
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  Musician Dan Bull seems to be carving out a nice space for himself responding to UK efforts to make copyright law more ridiculous that it already is, by voicing his opposition in song. read more
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• DP Does a Double-Take

  
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  M.E. Hart doesn’t mind if he’s become something of a joke on the Internet. It just means that his message is getting out.
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• No “30% solution”

  
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  Here I am, sitting 44 stories above the Garment District itself (when I’m not standing under its immortal needle, shown at left), and I needed Staci Riordan’s new fashion IP blog all the way out on the Left Coast to tell me about the “30% rule” which she, wisely, advises designer clients doesn’t exist:There ...
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• Kaizen: Stepping Stones for Change

  
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  Video - Kaizen is about embracing change willingly and with zest; recognizing its goal of harmony. Kaizen integrates a non-judgmental approach through small, regular steps made to improve ones overall life [...]
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