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The European Court of Justice Rules on Copyright Levies
I am a little late with this comment on the ECJ’s decision released two weeks ago that tackles issues of copyright levies in Europe. In a nutshell, the idea beh…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Recent Developments in Anti-Circumvention law, GPL Licensing and Adwords
There are some interesting developments in three areas I have been covering in this blog for some time now, all coming from foreign courts. Anti-Circumvention…
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When I Rise
When I Rise portrays the inspiring story of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted black mezzo-soprano who, as a music student at the University of Texas, found herself…
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One Cheer for Patent Trolls
"On the whole, the results certainly seem to suggest that patent trolls with software patents do very much view the system as a lottery ticket, and they…
Murphy v. Millennium Radio Group - Amicus Brief
Amicus brief filed in the Third Circuit on behalf of Brave New Films urging affirmance of the district court’s finding of fair use and rejection of plaintiff’s…
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Murphy v. Millennium Radio Group, LLC, Craig Carton and Ray Rossi
Millennium Radio reproduced on its website a magazine photograph of two of its disc jockeys, Craig Carton and Ray Rossi, and invited listeners to submit humorou…
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My So-Called Enemy
Some have lost friends and family members. All bear the psychological and emotional scars of living in a war zone. In July 2002, 22 Palestinian, Israeli and Pal…
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Wo Ai Ni Mommy
In the last decade, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. Now, there are over 70,000 Chinese children being raised by American familie…
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Vernor v Autodesk: Software Ownership is Dead. Good Riddance.
My article for CNET this morning, “The end of software ownership…and why to smile,” looks at the important decision a few weeks ago in the Ninth Circuit copyrig…
Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens and NFL, et al. - Amicus Brief
We filed an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit in support of the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL urging the Fourth Circuit to grant rehearing or rehearing en banc,…
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Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens and NFL, et al.
Plaintiff Frederick Bouchat claimed that the Baltimore Raven’s original logo, which the team used for its first three seasons, was an unauthorized copy of his d…
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Google's New Adwording Policy in Europe
As of yesterday, Google’s new policy concerning registration of trademarks as keywords for triggering contextual advertisement in many European countries went i…