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Privacy and First Amendment Symposium
Uniting Privacy and the First Amendment in the 21st Century is an activist symposium designed to explore the interplay between privacy and First Amendment right…
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Chronicle of Higher Education quotes CBI's Executives on CARP Reform Bill
COLLEGE BROADCASTERS say a Congressional bill to reform how the Copyright Office settles disputes over royalties doesn't go far enough in helping college ra…
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CIS Wins Procedural Ruling in Copyright Office in the 2003-2004 CARP
Today, April 10, 2003 the Copyright Office granted the motion of Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc. to reschedule the deadlines for noncommercial entities (including…
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Court of Appeals Sets Dates For Internet Radio Appeal
On April 4th, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued long-awaited orders setting a briefing schedule for the consolidated appeals from the 1998-2002 C…
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Wireless NewsFactor: Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society's recent spectrum policy conference is the subject of an article on Wireless NewsFactor, Spectrum Policy: Prope…
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Elizabeth Rader
New, extraordinary royalty rates threaten the diversity and the existence of Internet radio. Learn about the underlying copyright legislation, how it was imple…
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NY Court Smacks Plaintiff Who Sued for Copyright Infringment over Use of Film Clip in Obituary
In a victory for fair use, Judge Barbara N. Jones granted the motion of defendants CNN, ABC and CBS for attorneys fees after they obtained summary judgment that…
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Copyright Office announces California hearings on DMCA anticircumvention exemptions
Among other things, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits the circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The Co…
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House Sub-Committee Considering CARP Reform
April 1 at 2 PM, the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony on H.R. 1417, the pr…
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Live blogging from CARP reform hearings
April 1, 2003 2PM Eastern- Caveat- This is my first attempt at Live blogging, and I'm not a great typist. Much will have been lost. Please treat this as…
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Internet subcommittee of Congress to hear testimony on CARP reform bill
Congressman Lamar Smith has introduced the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act (H.R. 1417). In a nutshell, the Act would replace the Copyright Arbitr…
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Congress takes on CARP Reform
Congressman Lamar Smith has introduced the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act (H.R. 1417). In a nutshell, the Act would replace the Copyright Arbitr…