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Best of 2009: “Adverference?”
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This was originally published on January 22, 2009:Working from home today after a bruising few weeks at work (see yesterday’s post!), I finally figured out what was going on with banner ads on my Internet browsing. It raises an interesting question about Internet-related copyright and trademark law.We use a ...17 hours ago -
Mandatory vs. Permissive Copyright Exceptions and Limitations
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[ H/T here to the IPKat, and particularly the AmeriKat. ] In this recent post I pointed to the recent statement of the United States at the WIPO meeting considering an proposed international treaty governing copyright in works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or have other disabilities . Earlier in ...22 hours ago -
3 Count: Avatar Oops
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: No Decrease in Illegal Downloading, says BPI First off today, A survey conducted for the British Phonographic Industry reports that, in the UK, illegal file sharing is on the rise, even as more legal downloading alternatives come ...1 day ago -
Will Copyright Kill eHealth?
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Pages: 1 2 There is a metric ton of cash that’s being poured into eHealth initiatives , and to date it doesn’t appear that governments are recognizing the relationship between copyright law and eHealth. That makes a lot of sense in some ways – when most of us think ‘medicine’ and ‘doctor’ we ...2 days ago -
4th International Plagiarism Conference
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I’m a bit late in reporting this, but I wanted to let everyone know that the 4th International Plagiarism Conference is scheduled for June 21-23 at Northumbria University in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the UK. I attended and spoke at the 3rd conference in 2008 and it was a great conference with a lot to see and do. ...4 days ago -
3 Count: French Toast
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Fine for Google Over French Books First off today, Google has suffered a setback with its Google Book Search project as a court in France has ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros (approx $430,000) to French publisher La Martiniere ...4 days ago -
Rapidshare Goes The Legal Lane - Partners With Warner Bros. Planing Launch Of Movie Download Site
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In an somewhat unexpected news top file-hoster Rapidshare has entered into an partnership with Warner Bros. and is planning to launch a legal paid movie download website, in preparation of the upcoming paid downloading service the company has already started providing legal trailer downloads of movies to its ...6 days ago -
Lucasfilm Loses to Stormtrooper in U.K.
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The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has ruled against Lucasfilm in its breach of copyright suit against Andrew Ainsworth, the British designer who produced the Stormtrooper costume for the Star Wars films. ( Lucasfilm Limited et al. v. Andrew Ainsworth [2009] EWCA Civ 1328 ) Ainsworth had been selling a few ...6 days ago -
Obama Administration Serious About Jobs, Creators
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Three cheers to the Obama Administration for hosting Tuesday at the White House a key jobs summit, one involving the jobs of creators and their collaborators in creation. The Associated Press quoted the host of the event, Vice president Joseph Biden, as saying of copyright piracy: “This is flat unadulterated ...1 week ago -
More on New Moon and Copyright Piracy …
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Further to my recent post on the issue of the women jailed for recording a few minutes of the Twilight sequel, New Moon , it has been announced that the charges against her have been dropped and she has been released from custody. A news story here contains interesting statements from both the producers of ...1 week ago -
The US at WIPO SCCR
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Justin Hughes, on the faculty at Cardozo Law School and currently leading the US delegation at WIPO in Geneva – the meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), which is focusing on exceptions and limitations – suggested that I post a note pointing to the US Statement on a new WIPO ...1 week ago -
Making Legal Easier and Illegal Harder
The Copyright Alliance Blog —
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I just came from a compelling event hosted by a think tank, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. ITIF was promoting a paper released today by technologists titled “ Steal These Policies: Strategies for Reducing Digital Piracy .” The paper is a must-read; let me summarize the event, which had a ...1 week ago -
The Conceptual Revolution in Popular Music
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I picked this up via SSRN: David W. Galenson, From ‘White Christmas’ to Sgt. Pepper: The Conceptual Revolution in Popular Music The paper has nothing directly to do with intellectual property law, but its description of the evolution in popular music during the 20th century suggests some provocative ...1 week ago -
Bratz, foiled again!
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Remember the Bratz dolls case, and the phenomenal legal fees application that followed?It’s back! The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the trial judge’s order basically liquidating the Bratz. Here’s what the WSJ Law Blog reported last week:The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that Bratz maker MGA ...1 week ago -
European Union And Member States Ratify the WIPO Copyright Treaty
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The European Union and Member States have ratified the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, the so-called “Internet” Treaties. These Treaties were concluded to make the world’s copyright laws ‘fit for the internet’. Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy commented on ...1 week ago -
When is Music Copyright Clear?
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When is Music Copyright Clear? Legal questions and answers from our legal expert.1 week ago -
What is a Book, Redux?
madisonian.net —
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As the Wall Street Journal put it the other day, Random House has sent a letter to literary agents claiming the digital rights to books it published before the emergence of a thriving electronic-book marketplace. The New York Times also covered this story. The issue is ownership of rights to publish backlist ...1 week ago -
More on Digital Copyright Norms … and Twilight
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Further to posting on how everyday Web 2.0 citizens relate to copyright law (and continuing my case study on Twilight-related IP issues), I have come across another example of where the popular understanding of digital legal rights is imperfect. However, in this case, it looks like the copyright law – or ...1 week ago -
Supporting Creative Commons
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Lawrence Lessig has put out a call to make a donation to support Creative Commons . From his request: About 8 years ago, a bunch of us started thinking about how we might make the current system of copyright work better. We wanted a voluntary system that would give people a simple way to signal the freedom they ...1 week ago -
Polaroid Collection: Update 10
Photocritic International —
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Where Are the Missing 8000 Pieces from the Polaroid Collection? Tom Petters mug shot, October 2008 U.S. v. Thomas Joseph Petters, 08-00364, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (St. Paul) has run its course (at least pre-appeal, already announced). On Wednesday, December 2, after deliberating over a ...1 week ago
