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ICANN's Plan for New Top Level Domains
ICANN’s recent initiative to open the generic domain names space to an application, register-your-favorite-gTLD process struck me as very problematic from the m…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Lexicon Resurrected
As announced yesterday and reported first by the Leaky Cauldron and then the Associated Press, RDR Books has withdrawn its appeal from the Court's decision…
Golan v. Holder - Government's Motion for Summary Judgment in the District Court
The Golan case was back before the District Court on remand to determine whether the URAA can survive First Amendment scrutiny. Each side cross-moved for summar…
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James Gleick on the Google Book Search Deal
In case you have not seen it yet, here’s James Gleick’s OP-ED in the NYT, discussing the settlement between Google and book authors and publishers. The interest…
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Music Sampling Does Not Infringe on Copyright, But…
The German Supreme Court (BGH) clarified last week that sampling does not infringe on copyright in the work from which samples were taken for the purpose of cre…
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The Next Copyright Case to Hit the Supreme Court?
A while ago I commented here on the Second Circuit’s decision in The Cartoon Network/Cable News Network v. CSC Holdings/Cablevision. It seemed to me like a deci…
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Considerations When Subpoenaing Customer Information
Author: Stuart Loh The plaintiffs, Echostar Satellite LLC and its related companies ("Echostar"), provide pay-TV programming to their customers via e…
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In Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Case, "Distribution" Does Not Mean "Making Available"
Author: Matt Kellogg At trial, the plaintiffs sought to prove that the defendant, a single mother in Duluth, had willfully infringed 24 of the plaintiffs'…
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Interference with "Pay-Per-View" Billing Information Prohibited under Section 553 and DMCA
Author: Morgan Galland Defendants, Jon Chaffee, Amy Chaffee and Ramalda Bou ("Chaffee"), appealed a summary judgment decision of the United States Di…
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River of Renewal
The American Indian Film Festival has honored River of Renewal by choosing it for the festival's opening night. The World Premiere will occur Friday, Novemb…
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Proposal to Extend Copyright Duration for Performances und Sound Recordings in Europe Criticized
As known to many, the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 (CTEA) added 20 years to the duration of copyrights. Writing for the majority in Eldred v. Ashcroft,…
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Book Website The reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, Lawrence Lessig spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture w…