Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give Up
You know when you break up with someone and they just don’t get the message? A few months later, they’re trying again, testing the waters with a few small thing…
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Visual and Critical Studies Copyright Forum
View the YouTube video here. The Visual and Critical Studies Copyright Forum features conversations around milestone copyright case studies of significance to…
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How the 'Top Gun' Twitter Crashed and Burned
"Daniel Nazer, a lawyer with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told me yesterday that Nasser's project is clearly within the bounds fair use. "I…
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Businesses That Copy Oscar Dresses Face Counterfeiting From Chinese Websites
"“People buying knockoffs aren’t the same people who would buy the thousand-dollar versions,” said Christopher Sprigman, a New York University law professo…
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Google ordered to take down YouTube anti-Muslim video
""The idea that copyright is a tool that's going to be used to censor speech we don't like ... that's very dangerous," said Julie Ahr…
Prof. Susan Sell - Hearsay Culture Show #205 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Cisco Systems spent almost $16 million fighting patent claim
"According to Daniel Nazer, a lawyer at San Francisco's Electronic Frontier Foundation, details of Cisco's settlement aren't available, so it i…
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Update: 'Dumb Starbucks' shut down by health officials after Comedy Central show takes credit
"But, he said, if Comedy Central is using the Starbucks name solely to draw attention to a show that has nothing to do with Starbucks, the coffee giant cou…
Copyright, Fair Use, and the Academy: Research, Teaching, and Libraries
Julie Ahrens, CIS Director of Copyright and Fair Use participated in a panel and workshop hosted by the Hoover Institution Library and Archives and conducted by…
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Podcasting “patent troll” fighting EFF wants donors’ names
""We are outraged that Personal Audio is seeking to invade the privacy and associational rights of hundreds of our donors," wrote Nazer. "As…
IP BYTES: Hot Topics in Copyright Law
View the full presentation here. (Silverlight required.) Julie Ahrens talk on "Google Books and the Evolution of Fair Use" begins at 1:35. Speakers:…
Prof. Edward Lee - Hearsay Culture - Show #202 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…