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Excess Copyright Excess Copyright

Copyright is good. Excess in copyright is not. There are many parties in the copyright construct. All of them must avoid excess in order for copyright to be sustainable. Explores when success is excess.
By Howard Knopf, Esq.

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Longer Copyright Term and Disincentives

Posted on November 16, 2009


Scary Friday the 13th Interview

Posted on November 15, 2009



ACTA - Certificate of Entitlement

Posted on November 05, 2009


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ACTA - Time to Walk Away?

Posted on November 04, 2009



The Future IP Czar

Posted on November 03, 2009



Hill Times Policy Briefing on Copyright

Posted on November 02, 2009


The 10th Anniversary of the WIPO UDRP

Posted on November 02, 2009


Von Finckenstein on Throttling

Posted on October 28, 2009




More Tortuous Torture Tales

Posted on October 22, 2009



A Real Canadian Copyright Debate

Posted on October 20, 2009


Towards a Parody Consensus?

Posted on October 16, 2009




Confused by Nuclear Reactor Marketers?

Posted on October 08, 2009


Cause to Rejoice With $240,000 Cost Award

Posted on September 29, 2009



A Real Debate on Copyright

Posted on September 25, 2009


The Great Copyright Un-Debate Goes on Tour

Posted on September 24, 2009


Where Have the Submissions Gone?

Posted on September 24, 2009


Twenty Years and Counting

Posted on September 20, 2009


"Claire de Loon"

Posted on September 16, 2009




The Proceeds of Canada's Blank Media Levy

Posted on September 14, 2009





Another Attempt at an ?iPod Tax??

Posted on September 09, 2009








Woodstock, Free Love and Free Music

Posted on August 16, 2009




More on Tenenbaum's Trial

Posted on August 10, 2009


DRM and the Demise of Textbooks?

Posted on August 09, 2009


Twitter Down

Posted on August 06, 2009



New Highs in "Joint" Authorship?

Posted on August 05, 2009






David Akin on Satire and Parody

Posted on August 01, 2009


Beyond the Pale?

Posted on July 31, 2009




The Nesson Lesson on Fairness

Posted on July 28, 2009



The US Copyright Glass House cont'd

Posted on July 27, 2009




Speak Out On Copyright

Posted on July 23, 2009


Predictions for the Tenenbaum Trial

Posted on July 20, 2009



The Maple Leaf Forever in Europe?

Posted on July 17, 2009


Big Brother is Watching and Deleting

Posted on July 17, 2009


UK Copyright v. US Public Domain

Posted on July 15, 2009


More US Treaty Troubles

Posted on July 15, 2009


MacGillvary to Twitter

Posted on July 14, 2009


Why the Pirate Party Party Matters

Posted on July 14, 2009


Let the Consultations Begin

Posted on July 11, 2009



EU on Pharma Antitrust

Posted on July 08, 2009



Pope Benedict VI on IP

Posted on July 07, 2009



Prioriites in Antitrust Law?

Posted on July 07, 2009


Update on BNN Copyright Clips

Posted on July 04, 2009




From Girl Scouts to Ringtones

Posted on July 03, 2009





Posner's Peculiar Proposal

Posted on June 27, 2009


MORE ACCESS EXCESS

Posted on June 27, 2009


Excess Access Copyright Tariff Ruling

Posted on June 26, 2009


Copyright Reform Back on Course?

Posted on June 24, 2009




RIAA: Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted on June 18, 2009




Digital Britain Final Report

Posted on June 16, 2009



Three Strikes Strikes Out

Posted on June 10, 2009


"Copyright War" Online Program Today

Posted on June 09, 2009



Canadian Bererage Wars

Posted on June 08, 2009



Canada?s IP Writing Challenge

Posted on June 05, 2009



Salinger Sues for Sequel + Sibelius

Posted on June 02, 2009



Certainly Not a Certain Cert Petition

Posted on June 01, 2009





Good News From Geneva

Posted on May 29, 2009


Conference Board Volte Face

Posted on May 28, 2009




Rupert's Revenge?

Posted on May 26, 2009




L?Oréal and parallel imports

Posted on May 24, 2009


WIPO Copyright Meeting - May 2009

Posted on May 23, 2009


Right to Repair

Posted on May 22, 2009


Levies Then and Now

Posted on May 20, 2009


More on Maple Leaf

Posted on May 20, 2009


Kahle on Google Book Settleemnt

Posted on May 19, 2009


Intimates? at INTA

Posted on May 18, 2009



News Aggregators as "Tapeworms"

Posted on May 17, 2009


The Full Meaning of "Fulsome"

Posted on May 16, 2009



P2P & the (skinny) Long Tail Theory

Posted on May 15, 2009



Vive la France?

Posted on May 13, 2009



Competition Curiousities in Canada

Posted on May 08, 2009




What is a Sound Recording? ...cont'd

Posted on May 04, 2009



Ticketing Ticketmaster?

Posted on April 30, 2009



"Three Strikes" Strikes Out in UK

Posted on April 28, 2009



The Specter Spectre

Posted on April 28, 2009



Canada Guilty As Charged?

Posted on April 27, 2009


Article on Barbara Ringer

Posted on April 26, 2009



Bordering on Fiction

Posted on April 23, 2009




Barbara Ringer 1925-2008

Posted on April 10, 2009



UK Copyright Tribunal Consultation

Posted on April 09, 2009


Vive la France

Posted on April 09, 2009


Satellite Radio Tariffs in Canada

Posted on April 08, 2009


Kindle Issue Flares Up Again

Posted on April 07, 2009



UNCITRAL and IP Security Interests

Posted on April 03, 2009


Obama, the Queen and her new iPod

Posted on April 02, 2009






Less and Less Privacy?

Posted on March 25, 2009


The Kiwi that Could Fly

Posted on March 24, 2009


Kiwi Copyright Victory

Posted on March 23, 2009


Obama Admin Supports Statutory Damages

Posted on March 23, 2009


EU Sound Term Extension Vote Delayed

Posted on March 20, 2009


Obama's Royalties

Posted on March 19, 2009


Strange News Stories re VANOC and SITA

Posted on March 19, 2009


Obama and Diplomatic DRM

Posted on March 19, 2009


Kindling Patent Litigation

Posted on March 17, 2009


Nesson's Apology

Posted on March 17, 2009


ASCAP & Bernie Madoff?

Posted on March 17, 2009



"Digital Britain" Debacle?

Posted on March 15, 2009


ACTA FOIA Request FOILED

Posted on March 12, 2009


More on Ticketmaster

Posted on March 11, 2009


Is Fairey's Use Fair Use?

Posted on March 11, 2009


Minister Moore and the PVR

Posted on March 09, 2009






Canada EU FTA

Posted on March 05, 2009


Kindling Copyight Controversy

Posted on March 04, 2009


Three Strikes in Ireland

Posted on March 02, 2009


Tasini Redux

Posted on March 02, 2009


New Zealand "rethink" of copyright law

Posted on March 01, 2009


Amazon Caves on Kindle

Posted on March 01, 2009



RIAA RIP?

Posted on February 27, 2009


Authors Guild Views on "Kindle Swindle"

Posted on February 25, 2009


Three Strikes Now Into Overtime in NZ

Posted on February 23, 2009


Cutting at NRC & CISTI

Posted on February 21, 2009


Cameras in the Courts

Posted on February 20, 2009


A Responsible Journalism Defence in Canada?

Posted on February 17, 2009


RIAA Propaganda - Grades 3-8

Posted on February 16, 2009



Arts Funding Fiasco Redux?

Posted on February 14, 2009



Protecting Against Protectionism

Posted on February 14, 2009




Fair(ey) Use of Obama Photo?

Posted on February 10, 2009



Verrilli to DOJ - Three Strikes?

Posted on February 04, 2009


Our Neighbour and Neighboring Rights

Posted on February 04, 2009


Free Trade Fiasco?

Posted on February 03, 2009


Peeking at ACTA

Posted on February 03, 2009



Obama and NAFTA?

Posted on January 29, 2009


EU Sound Recording Term Extension Battles

Posted on January 27, 2009


Is Three Strikes on The Way Out?

Posted on January 26, 2009


Lobbying for Big Bucks

Posted on January 26, 2009


US - China WTO Dispute Continues

Posted on January 26, 2009



McCullagh on McBride

Posted on January 23, 2009


A Magic American Moment

Posted on January 20, 2009


Three Strikes Regime Strikes New Zealand

Posted on January 18, 2009




Blame It All on Bowie Bonds?

Posted on January 15, 2009



Joel Fights Back & RIAA litigation live

Posted on January 14, 2009


Obama's Canadian Visit and Copyright

Posted on January 12, 2009


ET - The Perennial - and Libel Tourism

Posted on January 12, 2009


Textbook Infringement

Posted on January 12, 2009


Kraft v. Euro -Excellence #2 Settled

Posted on January 09, 2009



Public Domain Day 2009

Posted on January 01, 2009


The Thawing Out of Robert W. Service

Posted on December 31, 2008


Les Miserables - Free At Last

Posted on December 19, 2008



More Copyright Consultations in UK...

Posted on December 16, 2008


Google and Lessig on Net Neutrality

Posted on December 15, 2008


Congrats to Paul Schaeffer, C.M.

Posted on December 15, 2008


Gowers on UK Term Extension Capitulation

Posted on December 15, 2008




The Great Canadian CD Levy Inrease - 2008

Posted on December 11, 2008


Music As Torture- and the Bands Played On

Posted on December 10, 2008



Suggestion for Obama Foreign Policy on IP

Posted on December 09, 2008


Levy Increase

Posted on December 05, 2008




Sir Hugh Laddie 1946-2008

Posted on November 30, 2008


Getty's Antics and Tactics in the UK

Posted on November 27, 2008



Dr. Seuss or Dr. Sues?

Posted on November 27, 2008




CRTC on Throttling - Round 1 to Bell

Posted on November 20, 2008






The Politics of Antitrust Enforcement

Posted on November 18, 2008



Judge Patel on Copyright

Posted on November 13, 2008


Update on Getty Images

Posted on November 11, 2008



WIPO Copyright Activity

Posted on November 10, 2008


Does Apple Compete with IBM?

Posted on November 09, 2008


What Happened to SNL in Canada?

Posted on November 09, 2008



The Obama Effect on IP

Posted on November 05, 2008



Tony Clement - New Minister of Industry

Posted on October 30, 2008



Google Settlement

Posted on October 28, 2008


SOCAN's Tariff 22 - the latest chapter

Posted on October 27, 2008


$54 million pants suit appeal

Posted on October 22, 2008


On Poetic Justice and Subsidies

Posted on October 17, 2008


Audting Access Copyright?

Posted on October 16, 2008



Creators v. Access Copyright

Posted on October 15, 2008


US v. China - WTO

Posted on October 09, 2008


Liberal Position on Bill C-61

Posted on October 08, 2008


Conservative Party Platform on Copyright

Posted on October 07, 2008



Update on File Sharing Litigation

Posted on October 03, 2008


RCMP Comments in USA on Canadian Copyright

Posted on October 01, 2008



NDP on Copyright and the 2008 Election

Posted on September 29, 2008


VANOC's Excessive IP Efforts

Posted on September 26, 2008



No DOJ Subsidies for RIAA etc. Litigation

Posted on September 25, 2008


Canadian Election & Copyright

Posted on September 23, 2008



ACTA - EFF Sues USTR

Posted on September 18, 2008


RIAA Outdoes Itself

Posted on September 18, 2008


Supremes Won't Hear Ringtones Case

Posted on September 18, 2008



Bill C-61 - Dead or Undead?

Posted on September 10, 2008


Copyright as an Election Issue?

Posted on September 02, 2008


Bill C-61 and the [posssible] Election

Posted on August 28, 2008


CLA Advocacy Material on Bill C-61

Posted on August 25, 2008


Made Worse in Canada

Posted on August 25, 2008


Troubles in Brussels

Posted on August 22, 2008


Copyright as Olympic Censorship Tool

Posted on August 13, 2008


The End of William Patry's Blog

Posted on August 03, 2008


ACTA Secrecy Concerns Increase

Posted on August 02, 2008


RIAA v. Almost 30,000 People

Posted on July 30, 2008


NPR on ASCAP & Torture Royalties

Posted on July 23, 2008


The Three Step Test, eh?

Posted on July 23, 2008



Copyright and The Academy

Posted on July 22, 2008


Parody, eh?

Posted on July 18, 2008


Torture Royalties Redux

Posted on July 16, 2008


Purple Fair Use & Fair Dealing, eh?

Posted on July 16, 2008


FCC About to Rule on Net Neutrality?

Posted on July 11, 2008


Google and Privacy - update

Posted on July 10, 2008



Canadian Heritage Studies - Whassup?

Posted on July 09, 2008


Fair Use for Online Video - eh?

Posted on July 07, 2008


Copyright and Personal Privacy, eh?

Posted on July 04, 2008





Champlain & Jefferson

Posted on July 03, 2008


ACTA Paranoia?

Posted on June 26, 2008


Legal File Sharing to Come in UK?

Posted on June 26, 2008


Posner on Black and Ostrich Canards

Posted on June 25, 2008


From Bananas to Brazil

Posted on June 20, 2008



Prof. D'Agostino on Bill C-61

Posted on June 20, 2008



Bill C-61 Padlock

Posted on June 19, 2008



Ivor Tossell on Bill C-61

Posted on June 19, 2008


My Talk on C-61

Posted on June 17, 2008


Vox populi on Bill C-61

Posted on June 15, 2008


Flashback to March 19, 2005

Posted on June 14, 2008



Facebook at 50,000

Posted on June 13, 2008


Bill C-61

Posted on June 12, 2008


D Day Tomorrow

Posted on June 11, 2008


Copyright Comic

Posted on June 11, 2008



Charlie Angus' Net Neutrality Bill

Posted on May 28, 2008



More on Getty Images

Posted on May 24, 2008


Day of Reckoning?

Posted on May 20, 2008


Lessig on Orphan Works

Posted on May 20, 2008







WIPO Watching

Posted on May 13, 2008


Speed Debating with the ESA

Posted on May 09, 2008


MPAA & Canada

Posted on May 07, 2008


Q & A on Net Neutrality from Fordham

Posted on May 04, 2008


ACTA Analysis

Posted on May 01, 2008




Outside the PPF Tent

Posted on April 27, 2008


Canada's "301" Demotion

Posted on April 25, 2008




World Book and Copyright Day

Posted on April 23, 2008



Cacaphony @ CBC

Posted on April 18, 2008





"Is Three-Strikes Out?"

Posted on April 10, 2008


Canadian Sovereignty Reborn?

Posted on April 10, 2008



Reflections from Fordham - 2008

Posted on April 03, 2008


Life + 343 years

Posted on April 02, 2008




THE CMEC RED HERRING

Posted on March 13, 2008




WIPO Copyright Meeting

Posted on March 10, 2008




More on Euro-Excellence v. Kraft

Posted on March 01, 2008


"Debunking the Song Tax"

Posted on February 25, 2008


Professor Lessig Won't Go To Washington

Posted on February 25, 2008



The Copyright of Politics

Posted on February 22, 2008



Michael Geist's EFF Award

Posted on February 22, 2008


Reefer Madness 2008

Posted on February 20, 2008


Professsor Lessig Goes to Washington?

Posted on February 20, 2008



Politics More than Usual on the Hill

Posted on February 18, 2008




Q&A with Lawrence Lessig

Posted on February 12, 2008



Canada, WIPO, and "certain obligations"

Posted on February 11, 2008


How J.K. Rowling can "Choke Creativity"

Posted on February 09, 2008


CPCC won't seek leave to appeal...

Posted on February 07, 2008


Facebook at 40,000

Posted on February 04, 2008



CMEC & CARL

Posted on February 01, 2008


The "A Contrario" Scenario & CMEC

Posted on January 31, 2008


IP Politics in the USA

Posted on January 28, 2008



Another Camcording Bust

Posted on January 19, 2008


Common Cents Prevails

Posted on January 14, 2008




Copyright Quagmire op-ed

Posted on January 07, 2008



At the Margins of the Public Domain

Posted on January 01, 2008


Public Domain Day 2008

Posted on January 01, 2008


End of Music DRM in Sight

Posted on December 27, 2007



Antigua - The Mouse that Roared - and Won

Posted on December 24, 2007


Jeremy de Beer on Copyright Commission...

Posted on December 24, 2007


The Gathering Storm

Posted on December 22, 2007


Trosow on Copyright Commission...

Posted on December 22, 2007


Canadian Library Association Press Release

Posted on December 21, 2007


Kraft #2 - Richard Gold's Op-Ed

Posted on December 20, 2007


Kraft Redux

Posted on December 19, 2007


A ROYAL COMMISSION ON COPYRIGHT?

Posted on December 19, 2007


A PUBLIC DOMAIN PROJECT FOR WIPO?

Posted on December 14, 2007


Copyright as "Sexy"

Posted on December 14, 2007


COPYRIGHT INTERRUPTUS

Posted on December 13, 2007


A Draft Bill on the Hill?

Posted on December 12, 2007


Canada, Israel, DMCA and Sovereignty

Posted on December 09, 2007



Notice of Copyright Bill

Posted on December 07, 2007


CAUT Copyright Position

Posted on December 05, 2007


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