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Hearsay Culture Show #70 -- Prof. Michael Meurer -- posted
In connection with IPSC, being hosted at Stanford in the next few days, I thought I'd mention that I've posted Show #70 of Hearsay Culture, my interview…
Copyright and Fair Use
Vargas v. BT - Order Granting Fee Motion
U.S. District Court Judge Pauley ruled that Plaintiffs Ralph Vargas and Bland- Ricky Roberts must pay Defendants BT and East West Communications $175,000 in att…
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BLAST!
Prepare for an exciting, enlightening ride around the world and across the Universe! Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Devlin's brother, Mark Devlin, PhD, leads an…
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Draft Introduction
A brief Draft Introduction to my study on copyright law is now available for download here.…
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Copy knol
There is a guy by the name of Meir Shraga. I did not know him until today, but now I can even see his picture smiling at me from the knol he has published for t…
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Access-Right: An Inquiry Into the Problem of Digital Copyright Law
I have just completed the draft of my extended study on copyright law, where I examine issues of access, access to information and digital copyright law. At bot…
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Survey of Eco / Green Intellectual Property
With increased interest in global warming, green building and ecologically friendly behaviors, I initially observed that there was fairly little chatter concern…
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The Traditions of Knoweldge II
In a previous post, the Traditions of Knowledge I referred to the appropriation of traditional knowledge by means of industrial revolution intellectual property…
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The Traditions of Knowledge
Conventional intellectual property laws claim to confer rights only on knowledge that is individually authored, reduced to material form and 'original'…
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Center for Social Media Releases Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
Building on the tremendous success they have achieved with the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, the Center for Social Media…
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A Simple tool relating to " Google Book Search Adds Copyright Renewal Data"
We made a simple program... There's been a good deal of posts about Google's XLM file of copyright renewal records, mainly of books. See http://creati…
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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
The film is the first, definitive documentary on the life of the legendary jazz vocalist. In Anita's own words, we hear the tale of a musical genius who bro…