Category Law
MP3Tunes and the New DMCA Boundaries
A federal district judge reopens an old case; courts start to limn the boundaries of “willful blindness” in qualifying for the DMCA safe harbor. Meanwhile, Michael Robertson’s latest provocative startup involves Internet radio.
Viacom vs. YouTube: Not With a Bang, But a Whimper
One theory about why Viacom settled its long-running litigation.
In Copyright Law, 200 Is a Magic Number
What makes a work of visual art special? The fact that there can’t be more than 200 copies of it.
National Academies Calls for Hard Data on Digital Copyright
The new booklet Copyright in the Digital Era should be required reading for everyone involved in copyright policy.
Judge Dismisses E-Book DRM Antitrust Case
Independent booksellers can’t sell e-books from major publishers on the Kindle platform. Does that constitute restraint of trade? A federal judge says no.
Apple and Disney: A Copyright Conundrum
Last week I was at Rutgers Law School in New Jersey. A law student struck up a conversation with me, and once he discovered that I was there to give a guest lecture in Prof. Michael Carrier‘s intellectual property class, he showed me something that had us both scratching our heads. It was a decal […]
Panel on Ministry of Sound Added at Copyright and Technology London 2013
A panel on the most important new copyright litigation in the UK today.
Ad Networks Adopt Notice-and-Takedown for Ads on Pirate Sites
A set of voluntary best practices for removing ads from websites that offer infringing content. How effective will it be?
Public Knowledge Weighs In on Digital First Sale
Sherwin Siy looks at the history of first sale case law to find evidence that first sale should be extrapolated to the digital age.
Copyright and Accessibility
The publishing industry and the print disabled find common ground in Copenhagen.
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