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An Encouraging Fair Use Decision From The Second Circuit
Here is a very encouraging case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Blanch v. Koons. Visual artist Jeff Koons is no stranger to the courts. Specializing…
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Update on primary and secondary authority searches for "fair use" defense of unlicensed video clips
Yesterday I finished my draft of my preliminary search results for primary and secondary authority covering the application of the fair use defense to 'borr…
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"Jesus Christ: The Musical" Gets New Life
Last August, film-maker Javier Prato received a cease and desist letter from Universal Music, who complained that his short film, “Jesus Christ: The Musical,” w…
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Faux bipartisanship?
David Sirota: "...is the real problem afflicting our political system a lack of so-called "bipartisanship" or is it actually too much bipartisan…
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Participatory culture report
The Rise of Participation Culture reports and summarizes a number of trends and explains "why the Internet and a new wave of Web applications have been emb…
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youtube vs. google vs. revver (from Chris Pirillo)
This is too funny. I had to share it here. Check out Chris Pirillo's comparison of YouTube vs. GoogleVideo vs. Revver. When I do the comparison from my DSL…
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SF Half Marathon / Team in Training
I've just joined the Silicon Valley Team in Training chapter to train for a half marathon this Spring. All Team in Training members commit to raise funds a…
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Pew/Internet research on podcasting
Last week the Pew/Internet & American Life Project issued a Data Memo about Podcast Downloading. It concludes that 12% of internet users have dowloaded a po…
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www.warsystems.hu
Please see my research blog at www.warsystems.hu, where i post news clipping from the world of intellectual property and file-sharing daily.…
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I can't believe I missed this...
Watch the new "Wanna Work Together" video (3 min), and click on the ad! In catching up on some email and other odds and end this holiday weekend, I…
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We All Now Wish We Were Film or Media Studies Professors
So, thanks to the Librarian of Congress, film professors and media studies professors can now make a compilation of film clips for class without breaking the la…
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Sony and DRM
The German American Lawyers Association held last Wednesday in Berlin a panel discussion titled The Current of Ideas in Cyber Society. Patrick Strauch, the Germ…