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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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Jammie Thomas Decides To Appeal Constitutionality Of $1.92 Million Damages Award; TechDirt, 7/2/09

Mike Masnick via TechDirt; Jammie Thomas Decides To Appeal Constitutionality Of $1.92 Million Damages Award:

"Thomas' lawyer has announced that Thomas has decided to appeal, questioning the constitutionality of the statutory damages awarded, which was the obvious attack point."

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090702/0049325431.shtml