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22 Jun 2010, 5:47 am
The 10th Circuit ruled yesterday against a group of distributors of foreign copyrighted works that had fallen into the public domain, but which Congress had restored copyright status by 1994 legislation implementing the Berne Convention, following the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations.The group, represented in part by Prof. Lawrence Lessig and the Center for Internet and Society, included a man who had composed a marching band song based on a Shostakovitch symphony that had fallen into the… [read post]
6 May 2010, 10:14 am
The 2004 German film Downfall chronicles Adolf Hitler’s final hours in a bunker in Berlin, featuring the excellent Bruno Ganz as the Nazi dictator. Have you seen it? Maybe instead you’ve seen the parodies of Downfall that have, until recently, been proliferating on YouTube, where the subtitles to a truly epic rant by Ganz’s Hitler are replaced to comedic effect. Perhaps these parodies, in addition to making you laugh, piqued your interest in the film and led to go see it. A win-win for… [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 10:07 am
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
Summer may be upon us but that doesn’t mean that the slow season for copyright news as started just yet. We have a lot of major stories this week including legal setbacks for both Righthaven and the U.S. Copyright Group, a challenge to the ICE domain seizures and a possible deportation over copyright infringement. It’s been one crazy week for copyright news and this is one episode of the Copyright… [read post]
16 May 2010, 3:59 pm
What happens when you in 2005 for infringements that you didn't know about running from 1992 through 2004? Usually, the three-year statute of limitations of the Copyright Act will preclude you from a remedy. 17 USC 507(b). But what if the infringements were secret and concealed from you as a trade secret? I wrote about the Graham v Haughey case here . End result, infringer whacked for 20 million clams.But do you get prejudgment interest? Another $4.2 million smackers, the May 12 decision… [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 8:51 am
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1: Legislator Calls for Clarifying Copyright Law
First off today, Representative John Conyers (D-MI) has called for clarification of termination rights to make it certain who is eligible for copyright termination. Copyright termination allows artists, after 35 years in the case of works created after 1978, to terminate exclusive licenses and copyright transfers they granted others, reclaiming the work. Many musicians… [read post]
21 Apr 2012, 7:05 pm
Fraserside IP LLC v. William Michael Jones et al
Court Case Number: 3:12-cv-00699-AC
File Date: Friday, April 20, 2012
Plaintiff: Fraserside IP LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Lake J.H. Perriguey of Law Works LLC
Defendant: William Michael Jones, Mindy Jones, www.boneprone.com, www.tubekings.com, www.socalmovies.com, La Vista, Chin Holdings China, Marvin Greencarrier, John Does 1 – 100, John Doe Companies 1-100
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Contributory Copyright… [read post]
1 May 2011, 7:52 pm
I don’t think anyone will disagree that a digital library of this size would provide access to works that would otherwise never be seen, or worse, destroyed. The idea of a digital library is, quite frankly, awesome and one that I thoroughly applaud. More people would have access to works, the knowledge base of humans would increase exponentially, and there would be more availability of audio and Braille books for the hearing and vision impaired. Out of print and otherwise forgotten and falling… [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 2:15 am
Enjoy the YouTube video of "Tighten Up" from the album Brothers by the Black Keys, above. The Black Keys are not happy with the Della Femina advertising agency and Valley National Bank and claim that the agency has used Tighten Up without permission in an advertisement. Complaint filed in the Southern District of New York below:Nonesuch Records v Della Femina Complaint(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src =… [read post]
27 May 2011, 12:24 pm
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.It was a busy week for copyright news as Patrick and I have to make our way through rapid fire updates on several of the biggest and most important ongoing copyright cases. We get an update on the U.S. Copyright Group, Righthaven, the Bratz case and much, much more.If you’re following the soap opera that is copyright news, this is an episode you do not want to miss.This week’s stories include:U.S.… [read post]
31 May 2012, 5:00 am
My 2012 Phoenix Comicon Badge - Artwork by Marty Freetage and Bill Farmer Color
I spoke at Phoenix Comicon last week on fair use and fan fiction. I had a great group of people in my audience with who had ideas of turning novels into graphic novels and who wanted to know more about the legalities of things like the Phoenix Comicon badges. This year’s badge featured a parody of Angry Birds and The Avengers.
Speaking at Phoenix Comicon 2012, photo by Devon Christopher Adams
Fair use is a defense… [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 8:27 am
In The SCO Group Inc. v. Novell Inc., --- F.3d ---, 2009 WL 2581735 (10th Cir. August 24, 2009) the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals revisited a ten-year old transaction. In a transaction characterized as the sale of a "businesss", one party claimed that no copyrights were transferred. The other party claimed that copyrights were transferred. The $300 million 1995 involved the sale of a business. This case ought to be made part of any curriculum for attorneys involved in mergers and acquisitions.… [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 2:14 pm
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
With the holiday weekend in the U.S., it was a slow week for copyright news but it was still an important week as the largest verdict in copyright history was set aside, we get the first measures of effectiveness from New Zealand’s “Three Strikes” law and the pirate party fights and loses its bid to prevent a copyright extension in the EU.
All in all, it may be a shorter show but it’s not one… [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 8:18 am
Though the focus of this site is on copyright and plagiarism issues, there are other legal issues that Webmasters, community administrators and others need to worry about.One of the thornier issues has to do with libel, especially when it involves communities, blog comments or other user-generated content.One such example of this involves the forum site Scubaboard, which was sued for libel by a travel agency that accused it of posting false statements about a tragic incident involving the company… [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 4:44 pm
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
It was a slammed week for copyright news and with Patrick back from his trip to the west coast we couldn’t waste a moment before diving on in to the news. We start out discussing the SAP/Oracle case, which saw criminal charges get filed and settled almost the same day, Hotfile pulls a bit of turnabout on Warner Brothers and the EU copyright extension that went through.
Then there was six more stories… [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 12:14 pm
Now that Halloween is over and I’ve had a day to rest and recupperate, I’m slowly starting to ramp back up to a normal schedule. I’m in the process today of answering all my email that I missed over the past week or so and I’ll be back to a normal posting schedule hopefully tomorrow but next week at the absolute latest.
In the meantime, I wanted to let everyone know that, in addition to my presences on Facebook, Twitter, and this site’s Facebook Page I’m now on Google Plus as well… [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 12:19 pm
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.It was a bit of a slow week for copyright news as we enter the final weeks of summer. However, that doesn’t mean there was any shortage of topics to talk about from. Not only do we discuss the latest in copyright news, including the latest on the U.S. Copyright Group, Grooveshark and a major win for the GPL, but also a bit about SXSW, we take a listener’s question on domains and trademark and I talk… [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 5:30 am
Simply stated, the OPEN Act would be completely and totally ineffectual and, therefore, it must be opposed. There is simply no point in enacting more pointless legislation, we have enough pointless legislation already. Content creators cannot create in a vacuum devoid of economic reality. If you take eyeballs away and/or provide things for free that are supposed to be paid for you are causing injury and making it all the more difficult to be a content creator. Think about it for a second. The… [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 11:31 am
It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
It was a busy week for copyright news but the big story this week was something of a rarity, the Supreme Court handing down a ruling in a copyright case. Even more important, it is a ruling that could potentially impact all copyright holders in a big way. There was also tons of other great news stories including Microsoft being caught in a DMCA tiff with Cryptome, another update on ACTA… [read post]
7 Mar 2010, 12:11 pm
Image via WikipediaIn Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick, 08-103 (March 2, 2010) the U.S. Supreme Court, in a decision by Justice Clarence Thomas, held that a failure to register a copyright under Section 411 of the Copyright Act did not deprive a District Court of jurisdiction to approve a settlement agreement involving unregistered copyrights. The decision is found here.The case arose out of Tasini v. New York Times, a claim by freelance authors against the New York Times and other publishers,… [read post]
9 Mar 2012, 11:40 am
Jerk.com is one of those sites on the Internet that is the poster-child for everything wrong with the Internet and the anonymous communications that are so commonplace. The Internet is the refuge for cowards that wouldn't have the guts to approach someone and say what they really feel to their face. Shrouded in secrecy provided by the Internet anonymous cowards become emboldened to say vile things and stoop to ridiculous lows — even publishing pictures of young children and asking the Internet… [read post]