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Informal Formalities
it seems that MySpace and YouTube are about to check fingerprints of media placed on their websites. This should become possible with the help of Audible Magic,…
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Remix and Fairness
Professor Robert Merges has commented recently on the remix debate, making the point that present copyright law should not be fundamentally changed in order to…
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Pam Samuelson is going to fix the Copyright Act
I attended a really fun reception last night at the fancy Hotel Vitale in San Francisco hosted by Harvard Law School's Berkman Center. One of the co-hosts w…
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Copyright Reform in Israel
Israel is approaching a historical moment. The overhaul of the copyright act will soon be concluded. The 2005 Bill has reached an advanced stage and will soon r…
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Supercross Opinion Leaves Many Open Questions
Thanks to Evan Brown, I learned of the N.D. Texas opinion in Live Nation Motor Sports v. Davis. The case is about whether "webcasts" (or perhaps just…
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Copyright Office upcoming dates
The Copyright Office periodically sends out a summary of notices and upcoming dates and deadlines from its News Net service. News Net Issue 304, which I receive…
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Inside Digital Media - digital music issues
Regarding digital music issues, there is a website with a series of very good audio interviews, called Inside Digital Media. It includes interviews with people…
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Digital Hollywood conference
3月29日から31日にかけて、Digital Hollywoodというカンファレンスに出席してきました。ハリウッドのお膝元で開催されるだけあって、映画・音楽・放送などの関係者、技術サイドの関係者などが集まり、パネルで意見交換をすると共に、新しい技術やビジネスの話題で盛り上がるなど、なかなか楽しく、かつ勉強になるイベント…
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control v compensation
近頃、米国のデジタル著作権の分野で、相次いで、著作権の強制許諾制度的な提案がなされています。Neil Netanelの論文、Terry Fisherのもうすぐ出版予定の本「Promise To Keep」の第6章、Raymond Ku、Jessica Litmanのドラフトなど、皆それぞれ提唱する制度の範囲や条件が多少…
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control v compensation
Is it enough to give full compensation to the artists and copyright holders? Or, is it important to give a power to control how their works are used? This is on…