A little-known fact about the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is that it advises the executive branch of government (the president and his administration) on copyright issues — just as the US Copyright Office advises Congress on copyright. Although the Copyright Office’s efforts over the past couple of years to overhaul the country’s copyright […]
There’s only a week to go until Copyright and Technology NYC 2016, next Tuesday January 19. I thought you might like to know that we have people coming from these organizations: ASCAP BMI CBS CCIA Charter Communications Cisco Copyright Alliance Copyright Clearance Center Elsevier Entertainment Software Assn. Facebook Getty Images HBO Imagem NBA (National Basketball Association) […]
Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office published Notices of Request and Public Comment for both parts of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Section 512 (limitations of copyright liability for online service providers) and Section 1201 (prohibition of DRM circumvention). Jacqueline Charlesworth, General Counsel of the Copyright Office, will be discussing both of these — and more […]
I’m pleased to announce that we have added a new presentation in the morning plenary session of Copyright and Technology NYC 2016 on January 19th: Incorporating Piracy Data into Everyday Business. Here is the description: Beyond copyright compliance enforcement, piracy data offers a view into the demand for a digital product without consideration for difficult topics […]
I am excited to announce that Copyright and Technology NYC 2016 will feature a special presentation of new research: Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice: Robots, Artisans, and the Fight to Protect Copyrights, Expression and Competition on the Internet. This is a landmark study on how the Notice and Takedown provisions of Section 512 of U.S. […]
Registration is now available for our next Copyright and Technology conference, which will be at the Kimmel Center at NYU on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. As you can see from the agenda, the conference is filling up with lots of great speakers — although we have room for more on some panels. If you would like […]
A friend recently introduced me to a website called Cover Me, in which contributors write about cover versions of songs. There are artist-cover anthologies, lists of “Five Good Covers” of oft-covered songs, and entire albums’ worth of cover versions. Accompanying text describes the songs, the original artists, and the various cover versions. Sometimes the “art” is […]
Joining forces on expert services for litigations.
Several big-name recording artists have been “digital holdouts” who have refused to license their material for distribution through interactive streaming music services like Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Rhapsody, and so on. One by one, most of them eventually gave in and joined the crowd: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Kid Rock, Def Leppard, […]
January 19, 2016 at the Kimmel Center, NYU. Speaking proposals now being accepted.
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