Thursday, February 26, 2009

Law Professor Weighs In On 'Hope' Squabble, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 2/26/09

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Via Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Podcast [9 min. 18 sec.] and Show Summary for " Law Professor Weighs In On 'Hope' Squabble ...

Mannie Garcia: The Photo That Sparked 'Hope', Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 2/26/09

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Via Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Podcast [10 min. 58 sec.] and Show Summary for " Mannie Garcia: The Photo That Sparked 'Hope' :...

Shepard Fairey: Inspiration Or Infringement?, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 2/26/09

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Via Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Podcast [25 min. 34 sec.] and Show Summary for " Shepard Fairey: Inspiration Or Infringement? ": ...

OP-ED: The Kindle Swindle?, The New York Times, 2/24/09

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OP-ED, Roy Blount, Jr., Via The New York Times: The Kindle Swindle? : "The Kindle 2 is a portable, wireless, paperback-size device ont...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Jackson Browne vs. John McCain: Round 3, The New York Times, 2/24/09

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Via The New York Times: Jackson Browne vs. John McCain: Round 3 : "A legal dispute between Jackson Browne and Senator John McCain over...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Pirate Bay Trial Begins With Theatrics, Wall Street Journal, 2/17/09

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Via Wall Street Journal: Pirate Bay Trial Begins With Theatrics : "At the helm of The Pirate Bay are the site’s rebellious founders , ...

Pirates vs. University Presses, Inside Higher Ed, 2/24/09

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Via Inside Higher Ed: Pirates vs. University Presses : "Princeton University Press has emerged as something of an expert on the issue -...

Library Associations Oppose Repealing Public Access Bill, Urge Action, Information Today, 2/23/09

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Via Information Today, Library Associations Oppose Repealing Public Access Bill, Urge Action : "The Fair Copyright in Research Works Ac...

Obama Administration Mulls Constitutionality of Copyright Act, Wired, 2/19/09

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Via Wired, Obama Administration Mulls Constitutionality of Copyright Act : " In a few weeks, we'll likely know the Obama administra...

[New Zealand] Government delays copyright laws, TVNZ, 2/23/09

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Via TVNZ, [New Zealand] Government delays copyright laws : " WATCH the video (1:31)" "After weeks of protest the government h...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use, The New York Times, 2/18/09

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The New York Times: Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use : After a wave of protests from its users , the Facebook social networking site ...

Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information, The New York Times, 2/17/09

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Via The New York Times: Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information : "Reacting to an online swell of suspicion about changes to Facebook...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Truckie's Amazing copyright fight, Daily Telegraph, 2/7/09

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Via Daily Telegraph: Truckie's Amazing copyright fight : "TRUCK driver and musician Mark O'Keefe has penned more than 1000 song...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

EFF Chastises YouTube, Seeks Fair Users; Public Knowledge, 2/4/09

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Via Public Knowledge: EFF Chastises YouTube, Seeks Fair Users : "In a post to the Deep Links blog yesterday , EFF senior staff attorney...

YouTube Copyright System Gone Mad, EFF Prepares to Sue: Read Write Web, 2/3/09

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Read Write Web: YouTube Copyright System Gone Mad, EFF Prepares to Sue : " Using YouTube's new automated copright detection technol...

KFC's Secret Recipe Returns Home, MSNBC.com, 2/10/09

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[Trade Secret is one of the four types of Intellectual Property (the others being Patent, Trademark, and Copyright). Along with Coca Cola...
Thursday, February 5, 2009

Copyright Research Bill ReIntroduced, LIS News, 2/4/09

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Via LIS News: Copyright Research Bill ReIntroduced : " The Fair Copyright in Research Works bill, a controversial measure that would ba...

AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image, Associated Press, 2/4/09

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Via AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image: AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image : "The image, Fairey has acknowl...

One Man’s Blanche Is a University’s Infringement, The New York Times, 2/5/09

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Via The New York Times: One Man’s Blanche Is a University’s Infringement : "Through friends Mr. Rosenthal obtained pro bono representa...
Monday, February 2, 2009

Some Fear Google’s Power in Digital Books, The New York Times, 2/1/09

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Via The New York Times: Some Fear Google’s Power in Digital Books : "To Thomas Augst, an English professor at New York University who ...

Copyright in the Age of YouTube, ABA Journal, February 2009 Issue

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Via ABA Journal: Copyright in the Age of YouTube, As user-generated sites flourish, copyright law struggles to keep up : "“ The entert...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

At Panel on Google Book Settlement, Support, Criticism, Contentiousness, Library Journal, 1/29/09

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Via Library Journal: At Panel on Google Book Settlement, Support, Criticism, Contentiousness : " Pricing issues unresolved Is public li...
Monday, January 26, 2009

MIT's Management School Shares Teaching Materials Online, The Wired Campus, 1/26/09

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Via The Wired Campus, The Chronicle of Higher Education: MIT's Management School Shares Teaching Materials Online : "What distingui...
Monday, January 19, 2009

RIAA pulls out of John Doe cases involving college students, Ars Technica, 1/19/09

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Via Ars Technica, RIAA pulls out of John Doe cases involving college students : " With these and other cases being wrapped up, there ar...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

Google Book Settlement Link Dump Awesomeness, 11/25/08

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[Links to lots of information about the Google Book Search Settlement] Via "Google Book Settlement Link Dump Awesomeness": http://...

From Siva Vaidhyanathan "My initial take on the Google-publishers settlement", Siva Vaidhyanathan's Blog, The Googlization of Everything, 10/28/08

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From Siva Vaidhyanathan, Via Siva Vaidhyanathan's Blog, The Googlization of Everything: " My initial take on the Google-publishers ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

RI judge hears arguments in music downloading case, Sydney Morning Herald, 1/7/09

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Via Sydney Morning Herald: RI judge hears arguments in music downloading case : " A Rhode Island couple whose son is accused of illegal...
Friday, January 9, 2009

Many happy returns for Warner Music, The Guardian, 1/6/09

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Via The Guardian: Many happy returns for Warner Music : " Despite everyone's carefree joy in singing Happy Birthday to You, this si...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says, New York Times, 1/7/09

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Via New York Times: Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says : "The music companies are hoping that their eagerly awaited compro...

When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won, New York Times, 1/7/09

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Book Review of " Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age" by Steve Knopper...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM, Adds New Prices, Wired.com, 1/6/09

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Via Wired.com: iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM, Adds New Prices : "After years of fits, starts, threats and ultimatums, Steve Jo...

Google Hopes to Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books, New York Times, 1/5/09

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Via New York Times: Google Hopes to Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books : " Some scholars worry that Google users are more likely to sear...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Changing Tack, RIAA Ditches MediaSentry, Wall Street Journal, 1/5/09

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Via Wall Street Journal: Changing Tack, RIAA Ditches MediaSentry : " In another sign of the music industry's recently announced ret...
Saturday, January 3, 2009

Life after death: The London Times, 1/3/09

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Via The London Times: Life after death, As a new dramatisation of Anne Frank’s diary is about to be shown, Garry Jenkins looks at the ways i...
Friday, January 2, 2009

Senior figures call for Obama to name chief technology officer, The Guardian, 1/2/09

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Via The Guardian: Senior figures call for Obama to name chief technology officer : "The role of CTO remains one of the last senior post...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Judge Denies MGA’s Request on Bratz Dolls, New York Times, 1/1/09

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Via New York Times: Judge Denies MGA’s Request on Bratz Dolls : " MGA Entertainment lost a bid to extend a freeze on a court-ordered ba...

Chinese Court Convicts 11 in Microsoft Piracy Case, New York Times, 1/1/09

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Via New York Times: Chinese Court Convicts 11 in Microsoft Piracy Case : " A court in southern China convicted 11 people on Wednesday o...

Tough sentences in China over huge piracy ring: Microsoft, Sydney Morning Herald, 1/1/09

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Via Sydney Morning Herald: Tough sentences in China over huge piracy ring: Microsoft : "The sentences were the "stiffest ever mete...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

UK Copyright Expiration On Popeye May Be A Test For Mickey Mouse, TechDirt.com, 12/31/08

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Via TechDirt.com: UK Copyright Expiration On Popeye May Be A Test For Mickey Mouse : "And... the reality is that not very much differen...

Creative Commons flourishing despite rough economy, Ars Technica, 12/31/08

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Via Ars Technica: Creative Commons flourishing despite rough economy : " Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that was founded...

Can links kill?, Guardian, 12/30/08

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The Guardian: Can links kill?, Linking to online content is the essence of the web. But for newspapers, when does it cross the line to steal...

Judge Delays Ruling on Blocking Release of ‘Watchmen’ Film, New York Times, 12/30/08

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Via New York Times: Judge Delays Ruling on Blocking Release of ‘Watchmen’ Film : " Hollywood ownership fights are not rare, but a dispu...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

With Flickr Layoffs, Whither 'The Commons'?, Wired.com, 12/30/08

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Via Wired.com: With Flickr Layoffs, Whither 'The Commons'? : "In mid-December, when Yahoo laid off George Oates, one of the ori...

Why Fox is licking its lips over Watchmen, The Guardian, 12/30/08

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Via The Guardian: Why Fox is licking its lips over Watchmen, A Christmas Eve ruling on the disputed rights to Alan Moore's graphic novel...

Popeye the Sailor copyright free [in UK] 70 years after Elzie Segar's death, London Times, 12/30/08

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Via London Times: Popeye the Sailor copyright free [in UK] 70 years after Elzie Segar's death : " From January 1, the iconic sailor...

Music firms want royalties from hotels and prisons, London Times, 12/28/08

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Via London Times: Music firms want royalties from hotels and prisons, Recording industry to fight Ireland’s copyright exemption in court as ...

Trial transcript of Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas now available online, Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs. The People Blog, 12/28/08

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Via Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs. The People Blog : Trial transcript of Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas now available online ...

RIAA appeal in Jammie Thomas case refused, Ars Technica, 12/29/08

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Via Ars Technica: RIAA appeal in Jammie Thomas case refused : " Saying that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals was quite clear on the ...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Harvard Team Asks Court To Allow Live Broadcast Of Tenenbaum Case Against RIAA, TechDirt.com, 12/29/08

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Via TechDirt.com: Harvard Team Asks Court To Allow Live Broadcast Of Tenenbaum Case Against RIAA : "A bunch of folks have sent in the s...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Judge Says Fox Owns Rights to a Warner Movie, New York Times, 12/25/08

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Via New York Times: Judge Says Fox Owns Rights to a Warner Movie : “ Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the rig...