The “Fair Use Massacre” (updated)
First, this vintage LOC item: Fred von Lohmann of the EFF calls out YouTube: Fair use has always been at risk on YouTube, thanks to... Read more
Category: Copyright Law
Cover me
Photo Attorney Carolyn Wright writes: Rebecca Tushnet over at the 43Blog reports on a recent case in New York where the court determined that the... Read more
Perpetual perfidy
Instapundit notes an article in the New York Times arguing for the provision for more government gasoline to pour on the fire of IP-overreach — perpetual copyright. Glenn Reynolds... Read more
No more free ride
Attributor is a new program that online publishers can and do use to trace their verbal content across the Internet and see who is using... Read more
Little people, big lawsuits
The Washington Post reports on legal action taken by ordinary folk against Big IP Content Generating institutions for lifting and using “user-generated” content, i.e., pictures... Read more
The Great Copyright Crackup
ASCAP Launches Infringement Actions against Establishments Performing Copyrighted Music without Permission: The beginning of the end? I’m not saying they’re not entitled. I’m not saying... Read more
Reflections on copyright law
In a Den of Hydralisks. Originally posted 2011-07-22 18:09:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, trademark, patents, copyright and David Boies
There’s a lot going on, conceptually, in this article entitled “The $800M question: What’s the difference between trademark and copyright?” in VentureBeat: Ten years ago,... Read more
DMCA takedown backlash
The EFF is suing Viacom over their DMCA takedown notice for a Stephen Colbert parody clip on YouTube which EFF says is non-infringing. Viacom sent... Read more
Common Law Copyright Makes it On Broadway
The online New York Law Journal (registration with a credit card for at least a free trial required) reports as follows: ALBANY: In an unprecedented... Read more
Bag It
Remember Vuitton v. Dooney? It’s over. Reports the Shiny Style blog: A judge ruled in favor of Dooney & Bourke in the trademark dispute involving... Read more
The AP, copyright, and the bloggers
You can’t have missed the story, in all its agony. One weensy problem with the blogosphere: It’s so quick, so supple, so instantaneous, so plastic…... Read more
Organization for Transformative Works
This is very interesting: The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing... Read more
Copyright in cease and desist letters? Not quite.
A law firm’s press release says: The US District Court for the District of Idaho has found that copyright law protects a lawyer demand letter... Read more