Best of 2012: Not my money
Originally posted February 21, 2012. Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings... Read more
Tag: Copyright
Persia purge
Remember how assiduously copyright owners went after services that made Hollywood entertainment "family friendly" against creators' wishes? Now do Iran. Read more
Not my money
Last June, blogging about my presentation to the Copyright Society on the Righthaven litigation, I wrote the following: This brings us to the issue of... Read more
Going bananas after Star Athletica
Sometimes a banana costume isn't just a banana costume. At least not in the Third Circuit. #copyright Read more
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands (Best of 2017)
Originally published on Match 28, 2017. So last Wednesday (March 22, 2017, if you’re joining us late) the Supreme Court of the United States issued its... Read more
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands
So last Wednesday (March 22, 2017, if you’re joining us late) the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Star Athletica, LLC v.... Read more
The PROTECT IP Act: We’re all infringers now
Glenn Reynolds links to this story: Dozens of law professors: PROTECT IP Act is unconstitutional: An ideologically diverse group of 90 law professors has signed... Read more
You are not the boss of me!
Evan Brown reports, as he does so often, about an important ruling that deals another blow to attempts at using intellectual property, and particularly its... Read more
Indirect Liability and Grokster
This post on the Marginal Revolution blog (where this blog once advertised) links to (or tries to link to) an amicus brief filed by… a... Read more
Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?
When copying 20,000,000 books without permission is not copyright infringement Jim Bouton’s last pitch to Google wasn’t Ball Four, at least according to the... Read more
Google Books settlement takes it on the Chin
I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While... Read more
Infinite loop (updated and bumped)
Originally published on July 22, 2011; see update at bottom!) It can only mean one thing when you read this in a news article: On... Read more
Best of 2011: What “beating Righthaven” means
First posted November 3, 2011. Instapundit links to Donald Douglas’s blog post, Beating Righthaven. Excerpt: Righthaven files “no warning” lawsuits. That is, it gives no advance... Read more
“Aereo” smiths (part one)
UPDATE, June 25, 2014: The Supreme Court has ruled. [Still, read this. Then read this. — RDC] If you are a real IP lawyer, or... Read more