Intellectual Property and Open Movements (IP&OM)

Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

EMI Label Sues ReDigi, the Used Digital Music Store; New York Times, 1/6/12

Ben Sisario, New York Times; EMI Label Sues ReDigi, the Used Digital Music Store:

"Earlier this week, the music-publishing division of EMI filed suit against Grooveshark, a popular online music service, for breach of contract. On Friday, one of the labels in EMI’s recorded-music arm, Capitol, sued another online music company, ReDigi, for copyright infringement.

ReDigi opened last year with a novel, if controversial, business concept: let consumers resell their old digital music files. Relying on the “first sale doctrine”..."