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Cellphone Users Rebel
Cellphone users try to wrest some of carriers control - The Boston Globe I'm quoted in this story about cell phone companies efforts to keep their customer…
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Another Victory For Carol Shloss
Most who have followed Professor Carol Shloss's lawsuit against the Estate of James Joyce and its Trustees know she prevailed completely when the Estate agr…
Shloss v. Estate of Joyce - Order Awarding Attorneys' Fees
The Court held that Shloss is the prevailing party in her lawsuit and is therefore entitled to recover attorneys' fees from the Estate. * Publication Type…
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Effective TPMs the Finnish way
A district court in Finland ruled yesterday that the Content Scrambling System (CSS) - the standard technological protection measure for movies distributed on D…
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The Two Faces Of Perfect 10 v. Google
The Ninth Circuit has issued its long-awaited opinion in Google v. Perfect 10. Read the decision here. My initial take is that it's a mixed bag. On one h…
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A proposed new crime: "attempted" copyright infringement
This has left me speechless. Read also here on the administration's new bill called the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007. Maybe you'll becom…
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Take Down Stay Down
After a successful trial MySpace has announced its novel “Take Down Stay Down” campaign. The idea is that upon reception of notice about unauthorized upload of…
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Internet Radio Bills Supported by College Broadcasters
While with CIS, Fellow Elizabeth Rader (now with Akin Gump) did a lot of excellent work for college broadcasters facing prohibitively high fees and complex pape…
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Victory for BT!
After a very long saga, BT has been vindicated in his fight againt New York Musician Ralph Vargas and Vargas's producer, Bland-Ricky Roberts, who together a…
Vargas v. BT - District Court Order Granting Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant BT
District Court order granting summary judgment in BT's favor, and dismissing the case in its entirety. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication…
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Fair Use Project Profiled on NPR's Morning Edition
NPR's Morning Edition ran an extended profile of the Fair Use Project and some of the clients it has worked with. Listen to it here.…
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Universal Music's Second Strike
Last year, Universal Music threatened Javier Prato with legal action for using "I Will Survive" in a humorous video posted on YouTube. It retreated a…