[Scott Graham] We’re hearing that James Marchiano, presiding justice of the First District Court of Appeal’s Division One, is nearing retirement. [read post]

[i] The Court re-affirmed these principles stating the following: The Copyright Act strikes “a balance between promoting the public interest in the encouragement and dissemination of works of the arts and intellect and obtaining a just reward for the creator… It seeks to ensure that an author will reap the benefits of his efforts, in order to incentivize the creation of new works. [read post]