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Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
""After the SOPA fight, Hollywood likely knows that the public would fight back," wrote Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foun…
Copyright and Fair Use
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The stupidest patents of 2017
"Nazer believes none of these patents should have been granted in the first place, having failed to overcome the basic legal requirements of being both ori…
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The Copyright Mavericks
"Townsend-Gard dreams of a world where librarians and researchers and students don’t have to waste time on copyright determinations. “I really believe that…
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Supreme Court to weigh in over US patent battle
"Supporters of the reviews, meanwhile, say they are a much-needed corrective for a system that has issued far too many low-quality patents. Patent office e…
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A New Front in the Set-Top Box Piracy Wars: Can Sony’s Safe Harbor Save TickBox TV?
(NB: This headline does not obey Betteridge’s Law.) Hollywood studios, led by Universal, have sued TickBox TV in federal district court in California, bringing…
Why Keep a Dog and Bark Yourself? From Intermediary Liability to Responsibility
Since the enactment of the first safe harbours and liability exemptions for online intermediaries, market conditions have radically changed. Originally, interme…
To Filter or Not to Filter? That is the Question in EU Copyright Reform
This article discusses the proposed introduction in EU law of an obligation for hosting providers to conclude licencing agreements with copyright holders and en…
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Tulane, Southern law clinics offer entrepreneurs intellectual property help
""We get questions all the time about, 'Can you help me with my patent?' But we couldn't until we got certification," said Elizabeth…
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Academics Recommend to Drop Filtering Obligations from the EU Copyright Reform
As you might have noticed, there is a lot of activism on the copyright/intermediary liability side in Europe at the moment. Hence, I'm here announcing anoth…
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Internet Archive Hopes to Help Libraries Make Available Books Once Thought Trapped By Copyright
"“It turns out there’s a lot of weird questions that come up,” Townsend Gard says. The substitution of a comma for a colon in a book’s title can be enough…
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CEIPI Opinion on Copyright Limitations' Reform in the European Digital Single Market
The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) has just published a position paper, which I have co-authored with Christophe Geiger and Olek…
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The European Commission, for One, Welcomes Our New Robot Overlords
This is my third and most intemperate blog post about the European Commission’s recent Communication on platforms and illegal content. The first two point out s…