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Category: Distribution systems

Matthew David Brozik
Posted on May 28, 2021 Distribution systems

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

Posted on May 28, 2021 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

Posted on May 25, 2021 Distribution systems

“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

Posted on May 25, 2021 Distribution systems

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

Posted on April 14, 2021 Distribution systems

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

Posted on January 27, 2021 Diversion

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

Matthew David Brozik
Posted on November 2, 2019 Distribution systems

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

Posted on October 17, 2019 Diversion

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

Posted on October 17, 2019 Distribution systems

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

Posted on October 17, 2019 Distribution systems

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

Posted on October 17, 2019 Distribution systems

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

Matthew David Brozik
Posted on September 20, 2019 Distribution systems

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

Posted on May 27, 2016 Distribution systems

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

Posted on May 20, 2016December 13, 2016 Distribution systems

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

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