Tech Week; Avatar Tops List as Most Pirated Movie of 2010:
"According to a file-sharing blog, the classic blockbuster Avatar has turned out to be the most illegally copied movie of 2010. It is also the highest-grossing film ever as it earned $2.8 bn (£1.8bn) in the world wide box office."
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Split Decision Settles Few Questions in Supreme Court Copyright Case; Library Journal, 12/16/10
Josh Hadro, Library Journal; Split Decision Settles Few Questions in Supreme Court Copyright Case:
"What happens to library acquisitions now that the Supreme Court has issued a 4-4 split ruling [PDF] in the case of Costco v. Omega, a case library advocates were worried could stymie the lending of some 200 million foreign-made titles? The answer, at least for now, is business as usual—until the court takes up another copyright case, or Congress intervenes.
The split ruling—a result of Associate Justice Elena Kagan's recusal on account of her previous role as Solicitor General—in effect upholds the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the "first sale" doctrine does not apply to goods manufactured outside the country without setting nationwide precedent."
"What happens to library acquisitions now that the Supreme Court has issued a 4-4 split ruling [PDF] in the case of Costco v. Omega, a case library advocates were worried could stymie the lending of some 200 million foreign-made titles? The answer, at least for now, is business as usual—until the court takes up another copyright case, or Congress intervenes.
The split ruling—a result of Associate Justice Elena Kagan's recusal on account of her previous role as Solicitor General—in effect upholds the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the "first sale" doctrine does not apply to goods manufactured outside the country without setting nationwide precedent."
Sunday, December 19, 2010
US Ambassador: Over-Focus On Development “Will Kill” WIPO; Intellectual Property Watch, 12/17/10
William New, Intellectual Property Watch; US Ambassador: Over-Focus On Development “Will Kill” WIPO:
"There are two sides to the argument, and [US Ambassador Betty] King took the copyright holder side, indicating that while access is desirable, the denial or abrogation of book authors’ rights “would eventually mean we will never have a book.”
She also referred to the US bringing musician Stevie Wonder – who is visually impaired -to WIPO earlier this autumn (IPW, Copyright Policy, 20 September 2010), and that his message was he wants people to have access but he also values the importance of royalties to the creators. “We have to maintain certain procedures to continue to get movies and books and all of that,” she concluded."
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/12/17/us-ambassador-over-focus-on-development-will-kill-wipo/
"There are two sides to the argument, and [US Ambassador Betty] King took the copyright holder side, indicating that while access is desirable, the denial or abrogation of book authors’ rights “would eventually mean we will never have a book.”
She also referred to the US bringing musician Stevie Wonder – who is visually impaired -to WIPO earlier this autumn (IPW, Copyright Policy, 20 September 2010), and that his message was he wants people to have access but he also values the importance of royalties to the creators. “We have to maintain certain procedures to continue to get movies and books and all of that,” she concluded."
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/12/17/us-ambassador-over-focus-on-development-will-kill-wipo/
School librarians: Headed for the history books?; Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12/11/10
Daarel Burnette II, Minneapolis Star Tribune; School librarians: Headed for the history books?:
""Everything has been impacted by technology," said Nancy Walton, the director of Minnesota's State Library Services. "Students need to know how to go online to use it safely, use it appropriately and understand the issues of intellectual freedom and copyright. Kids assume because it's on the Internet, it's free and they can use it as they want.""
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/111702274.html
""Everything has been impacted by technology," said Nancy Walton, the director of Minnesota's State Library Services. "Students need to know how to go online to use it safely, use it appropriately and understand the issues of intellectual freedom and copyright. Kids assume because it's on the Internet, it's free and they can use it as they want.""
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/111702274.html
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Funk Legend George Clinton Sues the Black Eyed Peas for alleged Copyright Infringement, Entertainment Weekly, 12/14/10
Brad Wete, Entertainment Weekly; Funk Legend George Clinton Sues the Black Eyed Peas for alleged Copyright Infringement:
"Parliament Funkadelic leader George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against each member of the Black Eyed Peas, UMG Recordings, and Cherry Lane Music, accusing them of wrongfully sampling his “(Not Just) Knee Deep” from 1979 album Uncle Jam Wants You on two remixes of the will.i.am-produced “Shut Up”: “Shut the Phunk Up Remix” and “Shut Up Remix” from their 2003 Grammy-nominated Elephunk album. The case was filed Dec. 10 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles."
"Parliament Funkadelic leader George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against each member of the Black Eyed Peas, UMG Recordings, and Cherry Lane Music, accusing them of wrongfully sampling his “(Not Just) Knee Deep” from 1979 album Uncle Jam Wants You on two remixes of the will.i.am-produced “Shut Up”: “Shut the Phunk Up Remix” and “Shut Up Remix” from their 2003 Grammy-nominated Elephunk album. The case was filed Dec. 10 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles."
Thursday, December 9, 2010
No harm, no foul? P2P user says $1.5M award should be zeroed out; ArsTechnica.com, 12/8/10
Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica.com; No harm, no foul? P2P user says $1.5M award should be zeroed out:
"Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the first US citizen to take her file-sharing lawsuit all the way to a verdict, has been hit with three separate damage awards: $222,000, $1.92 million, and recently $1.5 million. The judge has made clear that these figures are absurd; after the second trial, he declared $54,000 the most that he could possibly allow.
But what does Thomas-Rasset think she owes? Nothing."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/no-harm-no-foul-p2p-user-says-15m-award-should-be-zeroed-out.ars
"Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the first US citizen to take her file-sharing lawsuit all the way to a verdict, has been hit with three separate damage awards: $222,000, $1.92 million, and recently $1.5 million. The judge has made clear that these figures are absurd; after the second trial, he declared $54,000 the most that he could possibly allow.
But what does Thomas-Rasset think she owes? Nothing."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/no-harm-no-foul-p2p-user-says-15m-award-should-be-zeroed-out.ars
Koslowski’s Lament; Eye on Comics, 12/8/10
Don MacPherson, Eye on Comics; Koslowski’s Lament:
"An independent comics creator in the United States who won a copyright-infringement judgment against a Canadian businessman last year says the court order has proven to be worthless because the man who used his art without permission — and continues to do so — simply chooses to ignore it."
http://www.eyeoncomics.com/?p=1467
"An independent comics creator in the United States who won a copyright-infringement judgment against a Canadian businessman last year says the court order has proven to be worthless because the man who used his art without permission — and continues to do so — simply chooses to ignore it."
http://www.eyeoncomics.com/?p=1467
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