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• The E-Book Piracy Debate, Revisited

  
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  A publishers decision to remove copy protection from its e-books revives a debate over whether such features hurt or help revenue -- and not just for books.
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• An Update on Reversion Rights

  
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  What do Tom Petty, Bryan Adams, Tom Waits, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan all have in common? They released iconic albums that generated millions of dollars and are now requesting copyright transfer termination from their labels and publishers. Thanks to the Copyright Act of 1976, artists have a chance to reclaim ...
  1 week ago

• Harper Lee Sues Agent Over Copyright on ‘Mockingbird’

  
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  The complaint alleges that the agent “engaged in a scheme to dupe’ the author into assigning the copyright to his company.        
  2 weeks ago

• A Study Says Most Users Don’t Know About Piracy

  
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  Online piracy is a sensitive issue, not just because activists make it sound like it, but it is also something that users don’t benefit from if seen closely. Recently, a study by a British legal firm...
  2 weeks ago

• Photographers in Copyright Infringement Suit Against Google

  
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  The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) recently announced that it is joining the other cast of characters who have filed a class action complaint against Google, claiming (as the other plaintiffs have) that Googles "Google Book Search" program violates the copyrights of several photographers and visual ...
  2 weeks ago

• UK legislation will definitely affect artist rights…

  
  Art Licensing Blog — Authority: 129
  The UK Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act looks like the British version of the US Orphan Works act that keeps being proposed and thankfully, to this point, not passed. These sorts of legislation have a definite and negative impact on artists, photographers, and more who make a living from their art.  In the art ...
  2 weeks ago

• Copyright, fair use and artistic works: can a work be transformed without being “transformative”?

  
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  Court: too close to call A recent Second Circuit court decision appears to establish a broad fair use exception for the use of artistic works in new works.  However, a careful look at the case — and especially at the examples which the court considered too close to call as a matter of law — could leave artists ...
  3 weeks ago

• Canada Post claims to own Canadian postal codes and the phrase “postal code” in English and French

  
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  Canada Post, the Crown corporation responsible for carrying the nation’s mail, became the brunt of jokes this week for the copyright claims it has made--not only on Canadas postal codes, but also the phrases "postal code" in English and "code postale" in French (Canada’s two official languages). In spring 2012, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Appeals Court Ruling Favors Richard Prince in Copyright Case

  
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  In a case with broad implications for the art world, a court decided largely in favor of the appropriation artist, who made use of work by the photographer Patrick Cariou without permission.        
  3 weeks ago

• McAfee patents piracy prevention plug-in to stop torrent downloads

  
  Geek.com — Authority: 688
  The security brains at McAfee have come up with a brilliant new way to keep the average computer user from getting into trouble online. They’ve patented a system that can identify pirated content…
  3 weeks ago

• Seventh Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Opens in Istanbul

  
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  Over 850 delegates from more than 100 countries are attending the three-day meeting from 24 to 26 April that is being chaired by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and hosted by Turkish Customs with the support of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey. United around a common goal to stop the trade ...
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• We Are Just Too Pretty to get Sued for Infringement

  
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  Firefly was a briefly lived television show that aired on Fox in 2002. It only lasted for a few months before Fox yanked the plug (a most egregious decision that I shall never EVER forgive them for). In the years that followed, Firefly – the best space western you didn’t watch – gained a cult following that ...
  3 weeks ago

• DEBATE: Patents are enforceable property rights, yes or no?

  
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  Adam Mossoff and Jeffrey Tucker, two of the leading lights on opposite sides of the understanding of intellectual property rights, square off in print to make their case . Patents are NOT enforceable property rights, says Tucker. If patents for inventions were part of the free market, to make and sustain ...
  4 weeks ago

• Judge Rules Against Viacom in Copyright Suit Against YouTube

  
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  Viacom was claiming that the Web video service violated copyright law by showing unauthorized clips of shows like “South Park.’        
  4 weeks ago

• X marks the spot…

  
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  If you look through my blogs, you will notice a growing number of big, blank squares with an X in them. In pirate lingo,  X marks the spot where there should be treasure. In Leslie’s Blog lingo, X marks the spot where there   used   to be treasure….my artwork and photos. Without getting too technical, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Prevent music plagiarism on your originals

  
  Kuwait Music - Kuwait's Leading Community for Bands, DJs & Music Related Events — Authority: 141
    Music plagiarism is a disease today. Don’t get into a comfort zone with your originals after uploading them online. With extraction tools available today, its standard practice for musicians and songwriters around the world to “steal” your original scores, riffs, chord progressions and the like.  Here ...
  5 weeks ago

• Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Respecting Copyright on YouTube

  
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  YouTube has several ways of dealing with users who upload copyrighted material to the site.        
  5 weeks ago

• Q&A: Respecting Copyright on YouTube

  
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  YouTube has several ways of dealing with users who upload copyrighted material to the site.
  5 weeks ago

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