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Proposed exemptions to the DMCA Anti-Circumvention Provisions
The Copyright Office has published in the Federal Register a proposed rulemaking to consider proposed classes of works that would be exempted from the DMCA anti-circumvention provisions. In lay-terms, if you are using the copyrighted work for the exempted class/purpose, … Continue reading
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Who is calling whom a thief?
Billboard online has an article today about Microsoft paying Universal Records a fee for each Zune player that is sold. In the article, Doug Morris CEO of UMG is quoted: "These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they … Continue reading
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Man bites dog (or something to that effect)
Lime wire, the file sharing system that became popular with teens looking for free music is counter suing the record labels. (see the full story on Findlaw). The record labels sued Lime Wire for $150k per illegally transferred song. Some … Continue reading
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AIPLA Writing Competition
The AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) is sponsoring a writing competition on: “Issues relative to fair use and the research exemption in intellectual property.” The winning prize is $2000. The article has to be written between July 2006 and … Continue reading
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On copyrights and RSS
Many thanks to Denise Howell for her thought provoking comments on a post a couple of days ago on copyright holder rights in the age of RSS feeds. It definitely provided some more food for thought. As there is quite … Continue reading
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RSS and Copyrights
Over the past two years since IHA has started reading blogs and listening to podcasts, Denise Howell at Bag & Baggage has been one of my favorites. Denise used to do a personal podcast which was one of the first … Continue reading
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A creative commons victory (?)
If you listen to Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code podcast, then you are probably familiar with the legal issues that he has been experiencing in the Netherlands. For those of you who are not familiar, here’s a summary. Adam uses … Continue reading
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A Christmas Card from a lawyer…
And a very Merry Christmas going out to the lawyers at Pokemon USA. As reported by the Video Game Law Blog, Pokeman sent a very nice letter to the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center because they referred to a new gene as … Continue reading
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Sony
Just a quick word on the Sony debacle. Some may/should ask why is this such a big deal? Personally, on many levels, Sony has offended me. I have no issue with DRM. There are rules associated with everything we do … Continue reading
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One down – Five to go
One final down, five more left to go… There is an article on slash-dot on a commentary from Florian Mueller regarding the donation/pooling of software patents. While IHA strongly disagrees with Mssr. Mueller regarding whether software patents are good, he … Continue reading
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