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Digging the grave for next-generation DVD TPMs?
That a string of digits-and-letters receives the honor to be composed into a song is, I think, a noteworthy development. Sure, copyright law is about fostering…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Prof. Michael Geist at CFP
Here's a quick live-blog of Prof. Michael Geist's dinner talk tonight at the Computers Freedom & Privacy conference in Montreal. Future of the Inte…
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Supreme Court’s Patent Cases: Angels? Dancing? On?
I’ve just read the opinions released on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court in two separate patent cases, KSR v. Teleflex and Microsoft v. AT&T. Though the bu…
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Be carefull out there, dear bloggers
I am echoing here a post from Science Commons’ blog featuring another juicy story of apparent abuse of copyrights against a science student at the University of…
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“Special 301” Report for 2007 is out
Here is the link. It’s an interesting reading, though not utterly astonishing with respect the usual suspects it names. No less than 43 trade partners of the U.…
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Viacom Does The Right Thing; CIS And EFF Dismiss Complaint
Last month we filed suit against Viacom for taking down Robert Greenwald's parody of the Colbert Report. We are happy to report that Viacom has conceded it…
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How close is "very close"?
Earlier this week Google's CEO Eric Schmidt was quoted saying that YouTube is “very close” to turning on a filtering system that should prevent copyright co…
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A Bold And Fantastic Step By The BBC
We are at the point where technology makes it feasible to share publicly the vast swaths of our history, culture and heritage that reside on radio, television a…
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Dylan Hears A Who -- And Gets A Cease And Desist Letter Too
As detailed in this article from Salon, the the Estate of Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) was not amused when somebody decided that Green Eggs And Ha…
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Shloss Seeks Fees From Joyce Estate
Having obtained what she sought in her complaint (the right to publish her Electronic Supplement on the internet) and more (the right to publish it in print, to…
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Sparring with a Maverick
EFF has posted a video of a debate between EFF's Fred von Lohmann and billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban over Viacom v. YouTube and the question…
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When Dolphins Fight Back
The RIAA once infamously likened it's campaign of lawsuits against individual filesharers, which has included suits against clearly innocent grandparents, p…