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A Win for the Cyberlaw Clinic in DirecTV Case
This week, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked satellite television provider DirecTV's heavy-handed legal tactics and protected security and compu…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Copyright and education
William Patry has an interesting post today about imbalanced educational campaigns directed to children concerning copyright violations. I suppose that one of t…
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'729 Patent on recording live performances 86'd
A rare Inter Partes patent reexamination just emerged from the PTO, cancelling all 5 claims. Patent 6,614,729 issued to Griner, et. al., for a SYSTEM AND METHO…
Kahle v. Gonzales - Supplemental Reply Brief in support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Supplemental Reply Brief in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:09/06/2007 Download PDF…
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Victory In The 10th Circuit: What Enters The Public Domain Stays In The Public Domain
The Tenth Circuit handed us a momentous victory today, holding that the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ("URAA") altered the "traditional contours o…
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Golan v. Gonzales -- The First Amendment Lives!
It's almost midnight here on the east coast, but I'm wide awake -- happily -- because I have some truly *great* news to report. The 10th Circuit just h…
Golan v. Holder - Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Order
The Tenth Circuit held that the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ("URAA") altered the "traditional contours of copyright protection" by resurrec…
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BT Responds to Plaintiffs' Opposition to His Fee Motion
The briefing on BT's motion for attorneys' fees is now complete. Last Friday, BT filed his Reply Memorandum in response to Plaintiffs' Opposition t…
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Circumvention - a matter of geography
Most of the world seems to know by now how New Jersey teenager George Hotz cracked last week the Apple iPhone protection lock which tethers users to the mobile…
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Music Downloads 2008 - A Victory for Consumers and Artists
Less than a decade after the advent of file sharing, sales figures indicate that the recording industry sold more singles than albums and unsigned artists sold…
Vargas v. BT - Reply in support of Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs
Defendant's reply brief in support of motion for attorneys' fees and costs. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:08/24/2007 Downl…
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Section 102(b) and negative categories of copyright subject matter
Section 102 of the Copyright Act has been receiving quite some attention in legal commentary recently. Professor Pamela Samuelson authored an article challengin…