Norman Blagman Versus the Whole Digital Music Industry: Round 1 to Blagman.
I can’t write a better introductory sentence than Judge Andrew Carter of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York did... Read more
Category: Distribution systems
Designer Skin v. S&L continued: “S&L had a perfect right to sell this product”
Unfortunately for future defendants in the position of our client, Internet retailer S&L, U.S. District Judge James Teilborg’s decision from the bench in the District... Read more
“I don’t even own a TV”—Aereo (Part Two)
Familiarity of the reader with Part One is presumed. As I read the Second Circuit decision, I was pleased—for reasons I can’t quite, and won’t bother... Read more
An answer to the musical question
Unsurprising news: In a dramatic acceleration of the seven-year sales decline that has battered the music industry, compact-disc sales for the first three months of... Read more
EMI Dumps Copy Protection
Item: EMI will be distributing DRM-free music through Apple’s iTunes store. That is so cute. 😉 UPDATE: Well, whatever. Originally posted 2007-04-02 18:21:16. Republished by... Read more
Aw, shucks
We already covered the Designer Skin v. S&L Vitamins summary judgment decision, and linked to commentators Greg Beck, Bill Patry, Rebecca Tushnet, Eric Goldman and... Read more
Aereo (Part One): Angry Like (a) Fox
So: Aereo, right? Kind of a big deal. You might want to read about it. Maybe we should write something about it. Let’s work backward,... Read more
Diversion, yes, but no
Some people have all the luck in the Eastern District of New York. Whereas me — I think I’ve got it coming to me right... Read more
Apple scaring Hollywood to the core
In June, when people were hopping up and down about a mysterious iPhone function that supposedly prevents users from making videos of live performances, I... Read more
No performance right in downloads?
Billboard: Several sources tell Billboard.biz that a federal court has ruled that there is no performance right for publishers and songwriters in a download. The... Read more
Marginal Thoughts
In the Grokster afterglow (or hangover, depending on your point of view), consider a very interesting piece by blogger Clay Shirkey has called Fame vs... Read more
No safe harbor for this shark.
Generally, one doesn’t expect to find copyright decisions of note in state courts, but every so often one will crop up. One really doesn’t expect... Read more
All you need is what he’s got
Randy Barnett, enjoying a new authorized remix of a bunch of Beatles music, frets that we can’t have more of the same because of bad... Read more
Arizona court takes Lanham Act to its logical (modern) extreme
A judge in the U.S. District of Arizona issued, earlier this week, an injunction against “any comments that could be construed as to disparage [a... Read more