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CIS Faculty co-directors Larry Lessig and Barbara van Schewick (with Yale's Jack Balkin) separately sent letters to the FCC to commend the Commissioners on the Comcast ruling released today.
Both praised the order as furthering the FCC's policy that the Internet should function as an open platform for innovation. Read more » about Letter to Federal Communications Commission (with Jack Balkin)
A Manhattan federal court rejected Yoko Ono Lennon's attempt to enjoin the further showing and distribution of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed on the ground that film used fifteen seconds of the John Lennon song Imagine.
EMI Records filed a nearly identical claim in state court based on the film's use of the sound recording, and demanded a nearly identical injunction. Tthe state court denied EMI's request for an injunction. Read more » about Lennon v. Premise Media - Order Denying EMI's Request for an Injunction
U.S. District Court Judge Pauley ruled that Plaintiffs Ralph Vargas and Bland- Ricky Roberts must pay Defendants BT and East West Communications $175,000 in attorneys' fees and costs. Read more » about Vargas v. BT - Order Granting Fee Motion
The Court held that the producers and distributors of Expelled are likely to prevail on their fair use defense and denied Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in its entirety. Read more » about Lennon v. Premise Media - Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
Opposition to the preliminary injunction motion filed by Yoko Ono Lennon (federal case). Read more » about Lennon v. Premise Media - Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Federal Court)
Opposition to the preliminary injunction motion filed by EMI Records (state case). Read more » about Lennon v. Premise Media - Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (State Court)
Why singling out specific applications to manage bandwidth on a network is not reasonable network management Read more » about Oral Testimony at the Federal Communications Commission’s Second Public En Banc Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices
