Media & Entertainment Law

UC Davis social media conference

Posted on January 31, 2010
Speaking on a panel this week on social media at UC Davis Law's media conference: Day 3: Wednesday, February 3rd Social Media as Evidence: New Legal and Ethical Frontiers: Professors Chander and Imwinkelried will join attorneys Roger Dreyer of Dreyer, Babich, Buccola Callaham & Wood; Cassandra Ferrannini  of Downey Brand and Catherine Kirkman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to address the intersection of social media and the law...

My valley -- Morgan Hill snaps

Posted on January 31, 2010
How green is my valley!  Progress headed this way. Green grass and lawn care forever. There's highway 101 in the background.

UC Davis social media conference

Posted on January 31, 2010
Speaking on a panel this week on social media at UC Davis Law's media conference: Day 3: Wednesday, February 3rd Social Media as Evidence: New Legal and Ethical Frontiers: Professors Chander and Imwinkelried will join attorneys Roger Dreyer of Dreyer, Babich, Buccola Callaham & Wood; Cassandra Ferrannini  of Downey Brand and Catherine Kirkman of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to address the intersection of social media and the law...

My valley -- Morgan Hill snaps

Posted on January 31, 2010
How green is my valley!  Progress headed this way. Green grass and lawn care forever. There's highway 101 in the background.

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Girls In Tech conference

Posted on January 27, 2010
Attended the Girls In Tech event yesterday at the Commonwealth Club.  Great conference with panels on venture capital, social media, coding, etc.  Insightful negotiation tips by Katherine Barr of Mohr Davidow and excellent keynote by Heather Harde of TechCrunch on how media can thrive in the information revolution...

Girls In Tech conference

Posted on January 27, 2010
Attended the Girls In Tech event yesterday at the Commonwealth Club.  Great conference with panels on venture capital, social media, coding, etc.  Insightful negotiation tips by Katherine Barr of Mohr Davidow and excellent keynote by Heather Harde of TechCrunch on how media can thrive in the information revolution...

Girls In Tech conference snaps

Posted on January 27, 2010
Attended Girls In Tech catalyst conference yesterday at the Commonwealth Club.  A few snaps:  

Stanford E-Commerce Conference 6/13

Posted on May 21, 2008
Hope to see you at the E-Commerce Best Practices Conference at Stanford Law School on June 13.   I think it's consistently one of the best events around about online legal issues -- credit organizers Roland Vogl, Mark Lemley, and Ian Ballon, among others...

Stanford E-Commerce Conference 6/13

Posted on May 21, 2008
Hope to see you at the E-Commerce Best Practices Conference at Stanford Law School on June 13.   I think it's consistently one of the best events around about online legal issues -- credit organizers Roland Vogl, Mark Lemley, and Ian Ballon, among others...

Make Way for Duck Bites -- Roommates.com

Posted on April 06, 2008
Jumping in with a few thoughts on the 9th Circuit's Roommates.com decision, which came out last week -- some viewpoints include Eric Goldman, Michael Erdman, and Evan Brown. Roommates was sued for violating the fair housing laws, and it unsuccessfully argued that as an interactive computer service it was immune from liability for the content posted by its users, under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act...

Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 24, 2007

Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 24, 2007

Shout out to the Copyright Office!

Posted on December 18, 2007
Back in the fall I noticed and blogged that the Copyright Office did not have an up-to-date version of the Copyright Act on its web site.  The legal code was actually several years out of date.  On Thanksgiving Day no less, they announced the launch of an updated version, and I've been meaning to post about it...

Shout out to the Copyright Office!

Posted on December 18, 2007
Back in the fall I noticed and blogged that the Copyright Office did not have an up-to-date version of the Copyright Act on its web site.  The legal code was actually several years out of date.  On Thanksgiving Day no less, they announced the launch of an updated version, and I've been meaning to post about it...

Happy 5th Birthday, Creative Commons!

Posted on December 16, 2007
Last night Creative Commons celebrated the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Creative Commons licenses!    I attended the San Francisco celebration -- JD Lasica has blogged what was a wonderful event.   Also blogged by Freedom for IP...

Happy 5th Birthday, Creative Commons!

Posted on December 16, 2007
Last night Creative Commons celebrated the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Creative Commons licenses!    I attended the San Francisco celebration -- JD Lasica has blogged what was a wonderful event.   Also blogged by Freedom for IP...

Hail Stanford, 20-13 over Cal!

Posted on December 01, 2007
The Axe returned; the rightful order of things restored; celebration!

Hail Stanford, 20-13 over Cal!

Posted on December 01, 2007
The Axe returned; the rightful order of things restored; celebration!

1st Amendment prevails in fantasy league case

Posted on October 17, 2007
The 8th Circuit issued an opinion today in the fantasy baseball case, CBC Distribution & Marketing v. MLB Advanced Media, in which MLB asserted that fantasy leagues need permission to use players' names and other data.  The court affirmed the district court ruling, which held that the First Amendment trumps the player's publicity rights and thus permits usage without a license...

1st Amendment prevails in fantasy league case

Posted on October 16, 2007
The 8th Circuit issued an opinion today in the fantasy baseball case, CBC Distribution & Marketing v. MLB Advanced Media, in which MLB asserted that fantasy leagues need permission to use players' names and other data.  The court affirmed the district court ruling, which held that the First Amendment trumps the player's publicity rights and thus permits usage without a license...

A small observation about the Copyright Office web site

Posted on October 10, 2007
Here's the story of a simple fix to the Copyright Office site that should probably be moved up on the priority list:I was looking on the Copyright Office web site for the text of Section 506, regarding criminal copyright infringement, for the "making available" language, as discussed in my prior post...

More on the metaphysics of "making available"

Posted on October 10, 2007
In anticipation of the appeal of the recent RIAA P2P victory, Fred von Lohmann reviews the "make available" vs. "distribute" debate in the copyright law.   It's more than a sematics issue -- from Ars Technica it appears the defense appeal will challenge the validity of a jury instruction about "making available" as an infringing act...

A small observation about the Copyright Office web site

Posted on October 10, 2007
Here's the story of a simple fix to the Copyright Office site that should probably be moved up on the priority list: I was looking on the Copyright Office web site for the text of Section 506, regarding criminal copyright infringement, for the "making available" language, as discussed in my prior post...

More on the metaphysics of "making available"

Posted on October 10, 2007
In anticipation of the appeal of the recent RIAA P2P victory, Fred von Lohmann reviews the "make available" vs. "distribute" debate in the copyright law.   It's more than a sematics issue -- from Ars Technica it appears the defense appeal will challenge the validity of a jury instruction about "making available" as an infringing act...

RIAA victory round-up and notes

Posted on October 07, 2007
Here are some perspectives on the much-publicized RIAA victory ($220K plus jury verdict) this week against the P2P file-sharer, Jammie Thomas:Bob Lefsetz takes his music industry to task, with rhetorical flourish:  "What the fuck are we gonna DO ABOUT IT?"Dennis Crouch compares to "patent sharks" of the 19th century, and resulting patent reform...

Off-topic: 24-23 at the Coliseum!

Posted on October 07, 2007
We missed the first half because my younger son had a birthday party today.  My older son checked the Stanford game in the third quarter -- we finally found it on the Versus channel -- and we wondered what had happened in the first half, with USC up just 9-0?  Then it all unfolded...

RIAA victory round-up and notes

Posted on October 07, 2007
Here are some perspectives on the much-publicized RIAA victory ($220K plus jury verdict) this week against the P2P file-sharer, Jammie Thomas: Bob Lefsetz takes his music industry to task, with rhetorical flourish:  "What the fuck are we gonna DO ABOUT IT?" Dennis Crouch compares to "patent sharks" of the 19th century, and resulting patent reform...

Off-topic: 24-23 at the Coliseum!

Posted on October 06, 2007
We missed the first half because my younger son had a birthday party today.  My older son checked the Stanford game in the third quarter -- we finally found it on the Versus channel -- and we wondered what had happened in the first half, with USC up just 9-0?  Then it all unfolded...

Check out my home boy Yokum -- and his startup company lawyer blog!

Posted on September 16, 2007
Something truly wonderful happened while I was taking my blogging break -- about the same time my partner Yokum Taku filled the void with his new Start-Up Company Lawyer blog.  It's a terrific resource about start-up company issues and has some tutorials on corporate and venture finance issues -- recent topics include first offer rights, lock-ups and registration rights -- also here, here,and here...

Check out my home boy Yokum -- and his startup company lawyer blog!

Posted on September 16, 2007
Something truly wonderful happened while I was taking my blogging break -- about the same time my partner Yokum Taku filled the void with his new Start-Up Company Lawyer blog.  It's a terrific resource about start-up company issues and has some tutorials on corporate and venture finance issues -- recent topics include first offer rights, lock-ups and registration rights -- also here, here,and here...

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