Intellectual Property Law

minilinks for 2008-09-03

By hugh

• AT&T Throws Blue Dog Party
  At the Democratic National Convention in Denver, AT&T threw a big party for Blue Dog Democrats who backed telecom immunity.
  
• Joe Biden's Pro-RIAA, Pro-FBI Record
  The Democratic nominee for Vice President has a history of uncompromising support for Hollywood, the recording industry and the intelligence community.
  
• Comcast Introduces Bandwidth Caps
  Customers that make heavy use of their Internet connections will be capped at 250gb per month.
  
• Studios Want Interoperable DRM
  The big movie studios are joining forces to come up with a single scheme for DRM copy protection, in order to encourage greater online sales.
  
• University Fighting P2P Use With... E-mail?
  Northwestern University has begun a policy of simply notifying students when P2P traffic is detected.
  
• Psystar Sues Apple
  The Mac clone maker is countersuing against Apple, alleging anti- competitive practices.
  
• RIAA, MPAA Lobbying at Political Conventions
  When the RIAA and the MPAA aren't suing fans, they're lobbying, says Wired's Threat Level blog.
  
• Are Images of the Early Mickey Mouse Copyrighted?
  A legal scholar says the earliest representations of Mickey Mouse may not be protected by copyright.
  

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).