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Land of Confusion
In March of 2004 a Pennsylvania filmmaker was activated with his National Guard unit and deployed to Iraq. During the next twelve months he would document his…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Sarkozy’s digital agenda
Zdnet reports on a new initiative in France to tighten copyright protection over the Internet and prevent illegal downloading. The French president himself gave…
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New Copyright Statute for Israel
Some time ago I posted an update about the planned copyright reform in Israel. The Israeli copyright law now passed legislation and the text of the new statute…
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Patent Infringement for couch potatoes.
What's the world coming to? The Madison County Record reports: "In an article entitled, "TV Ads Lures Inventors," the IP Law & Business…
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Aguiar v. Webb: Webb Opposes Motion for Preliminary Injunction
On October 12 we filed Floyd Webb's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Plaintiff, in his motion, asked the court to enjoin Flo…
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Electra Entertainment v. McDowell: Is a thirteen year old still innocent (infringer)?
A federal district court in Georgia ordered a jury trial last week on the question whether a thirteen year old defendant was an innocent infringer or not. In El…
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Doing God's Work
Here is a very nice plug for CIS from one of the most respected and accomplished copyright lawyers around -- Bill Patry. In it, he notes my recent article abou…
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Breath Control
Breath Control is a documentary about making music with nothing but the human voice. The human beat box is one of the key elements in the development of Hip Hop…
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German Copyright Law Amended
Today was the official publication of a new amendment to the German Copyright Act. The amendment will enter into force in January 1st, 2008. After four long y…
Rowling v. RDR Books - Complaint
Complaint filed by JK Rowling and Warner Brothers against RDR Books regarding the publication of the Harry Potter Lexicon. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief…
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Elkin-Koren on Anticircumvention Law and Consumers-as-Participants
Prof. Niva Elkin-Koren has uploaded a paper titled Making Room for Consumer Under the DMCA, to be published soon in the BTLJ. The paper provides a terrific anal…
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Submission of a Reconstruction as Deposit Copy Invalidates Copyright Registration and Nullifies Federal Subject Matter Jurisdict
Author: Juliana Tutt In Torres-Negrón v. J & N Records, L.L.C., the court determined two issues: whether the plaintiff’s submission of a tape recording of…