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• IBF criticised HRD ministry’s proposed amendments to the Copyright Act

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 451
  Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has criticised HRD ministry’s proposed amendments to the Copyright Act and said it was disappointed to note that the ministry has not done any consultations with broadcasters on proposed changes like amendments... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
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• Shifting the burden of proof — in the wrong direction

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 437
  I haven’t read Cass R. Sunstein’s new book, “On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done,” so I’m withholding judgment. But I want to read it, soon. Because if this is true, Obama has gone a czar too far and Sunstein never should have been confirmed. As Marla Singer writes, ...
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• Scribblings of the Czar of the Ministry of Information

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs was, in an irony that will quickly become apparent, created by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.  Last month, after some delay by meddling and petty Senators with the temerity to express concern over the nominees political views, Cass R. Sunstein was confirmed by ...
  4 days ago

• MPAA: Copyright Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood

  
  Threat Level — Authority: 766
  If you don’t back a copyright treaty being negotiated in secret, you must want to destroy Hollywood, its blockbuster movies and all the jobs they create. At least that’s the message from the Motion Picture Association of America. It’s spelled out in a Thursday memo to the Senate Judiciary Committee, urging ...
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• Copyright Czar Vote Heads to Full Senate

  
  Threat Level — Authority: 766
  The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Victoria Espinel’s nomination Thursday, paving the way for a full Senate vote to confirm the nation’s first copyright czar. No Senate vote date was set immediately for a nominee who was applauded by both the “copyleft” and the “copyright.” Espinel is ...
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• The Copyright Time Bomb

  
  Bobby Owsinski's Blog — Authority: 420
  If you are a record label or publishing exec, you knew this day was coming. Still few made plans for what would happen when some of the provisions of the U.S Copyright Act of 1976 came due until now. Whats the problem? Only that the act gives authors or their heirs the ability to terminate copyright grants, which ...
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• Apple Wins Key Legal Ruling Against Clone Maker Psystar

  
  O'Grady's PowerPage - Your Mobile Technology Destination — Authority: 502
  The lesson for the day: If you didn’t develop or actually license an operating system, you can’t sell computers with that operating system on it. Late last week, clone Mac maker Psystar discovered this in a court decision in the company’s ongoing legal battle with Apple. According to AppleInsider , judge ...
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• Copyright Time Bomb Set to Disrupt Music, Publishing Industries

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  Wired: "The late ’70s, when punk exploded and disco imploded, were tumultuous years for the music industry. A time bomb embedded in legislation from that era, the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, could bring another round of tumult to the business..."
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• Apple: Psyonara, Psystar

  
  Digital Daily — Authority: 682
  Psystar’s ill-starred crusade against Apple has ended in a total route. U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Friday dropped the hammer on the Mac clone maker, granting Apple’s (AAPL) request for a summary judgment and denying Psystar’s counterclaim . “Psystar has violated Apple’s exclusive ...
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• Apple wins copyright infringement case against Psystar in California

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 160
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• Apple wins copyright infringement case against Psystar in Califo...

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Well, well. Apples won its copyright infringement claim against Psystar in California. Anyone surprised? read more
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• Liberation: Musical Copyrights nearing the end. Music labels in for drastic reality check come 2013.

  
  Gadgetsteria — Authority: 564
  Copyrights and other law topics aren’t really covered here a whole lot. It’s for good reason though. This is a tech blog aimed more at gadgets. But being the nerd that I am, I follow many more areas than just gadgets. Music copyrights and the whole music label tango that so many deal with on a daily basis ...
  2 weeks ago

• MPAA shuts down towns entire Wi-Fi over one download

  
  The Knight Shift — Authority: 140
  Coshocton, Ohio is a town without free Internet. Thank the Motion Picture Association of America, which successfully turned off Coshoctons Wi-Fi connection to the world because, allegedly, one person used the wireless access to download a copyrighted movie.In addition to being of great benefit to out-of-town tourists ...
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• Microsoft boots lots of Xbox 360 “modders” from Xbox Live

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  Microsoft has dropped what it fondly calls the “banhammer” on a bunch of Xbox 360 gamers by banning them from playing multiplayer games on the Xbox Live online gaming service.The banning affected thousands of players with “modded” game consoles, according to published reports. Those are players who modified ...
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• The Judge Was Wrong: RealNetworks RealDVD Appeal Document

  
  BoomTown — Authority: 689
  RealNetworks just lobbed its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals, in the case revolving around its DVD-copying software, RealDVD. A U.S. District judge had put a preliminary injunction on RealNetworks (RNWK) to stop sales in August and then renewed it in October . In a typical Hollywood move, the Motion Picture ...
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• Federal Judge Orders BlueBeat.com to Stop Selling Beatles Songs

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 421
  The works of most every major recording artist are now legally available for download. That is, however, except for those of The Beatles. Thus, it came as quite a surprise when, on October 30, the music sharing website BlueBeat.com began offering 25-cent downloads of Beatles music. The record label EMI, which owns ...
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• BlueBeat Forced to Stop Selling Beatles’ Catalog

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks — Authority: 507
  A California company called BlueBeat has been selling MP3 tracks for 25 cents each and streaming them for free. Online music retail is pretty much old news, though the price point is low enough to attract attention. But as Macworld’s Jonathan Seff wrote , the site is also selling the Beatles’ catalog — ...
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• Sesame Street Song as Torture

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 421
  For many people, the Sesame Street theme song evokes images of a diverse group of joyous children playing with Big Bird and the other muppets. But for some Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan detainees, the song might be a reminder of long nights interrupted by screaming kids looking for the location of Sesame ...
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• Phuket businesses being investigated for unlicensed Software

  
  PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority: 150
  PHUKET: — As part of a nationwide investigation, Phuket businesses are being investigated closely by police for using illegal computer software.A Gazette source said a ‘high profile’ property investment firm was raided earlier this week.Police are said to have seized hardware and software, all allegedly ...
  3 weeks ago

• Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest

  
  Threat Level — Authority: 766
  The blogosphere is abuzz over an apparently leaked document showing the United States trying to push its controversial DMCA-style notice-and-takedown process on the world. But since Threat Level already lives in the land of the DMCA, we’re more bothered by the fact that the U.S. proposal goes far beyond that 1998 ...
  3 weeks ago

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