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Copyright Law Posts (November 19, 2009)

"Visual artists are conflicted as to where they stand in relation to copyright laws"

Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento: What Do Artists Want?
Posted on The Art Law Blog on November 19, 2009 at 6:12 PM

"An amazing story on many levels"

Judith Dobrzynski on the most stolen work of art in recorded history.
Posted on The Art Law Blog on November 19, 2009 at 6:10 PM

Google Book Search Settlement

Tangent: A Short Gloss on Antitrust (1) The Settlement (in essay form)The Lawsuit (in essay form) While I was in the midst of expounding upon the antitrust implications of the GBS settlement proposals - and, indeed, whether any settlement could pass antitrust scrutiny absent legislative approval - I realized that I was using a great many technical term
Posted on Scrivener's Error on November 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM

UK Govt Plans ?2-Strikes? for File-Sharers Instead of 3

Will now only send one warning letter to those accused of illegal file-sharing before it implements technical measures that include Internet disconnection. UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and his Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has apparently been quite successful in lobbying for legislation to implement its “evolvedR
Posted on ZeroPaid on November 19, 2009 at 12:30 PM

Hulu Partners with Music Label EMI

Will offer streaming music videos and concert footage from select artists. Hulu, the ubiquitous free streaming video on demand site, has announced that it’s teamed up with Big 4 music label EMI to begin offering free streaming of music videos and concert footage with select artists. “We think Hulu is an excellent, high-quality environment a
Posted on ZeroPaid on November 19, 2009 at 12:01 PM

Citizen Media Law Project Launches Legal Assistance Network for Online Journalists

We are delighted to announce the public launch of the Berkman Center's Online Media Legal Network (OMLN), a new pro bono (i.e., free!) initiative that connects lawyers and law school clinics from across the country with online journalists and digital media creators who need legal help. Lawyers participating in OMLN will provide qualifying online publi
Posted on Citizen Media Law Project on November 19, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Why The Lack of ACTA Transparency Is Not Standard

In the face of widespread criticism of the lack of ACTA transparency, participating governments and music industry lobbyists have claimed that the transparency issue is much ado about nothing. As governments seek to keep relevant information secret, those same governments released a joint statement last week arguing that "it is accepted prac
Posted on Michael Geist on November 19, 2009 at 3:20 AM

Stopping the ACTA Juggernaut

EFF's Eddan Katz posts a great U.S. legislative analysis of ACTA complete with dozens of links to underlying documents and reports.
Posted on Michael Geist on November 19, 2009 at 3:15 AM

Bannerman on the ACTA Choice

Sara Bannerman has an interesting post on whether to participate or walk away from ACTA.
Posted on Michael Geist on November 19, 2009 at 3:11 AM

Telus Sues Rogers Over Ad Claims

Telus has filed suit against Rogers over advertisements claiming that Rogers has "Canada's fastest network." Telus argues that claims have been false since it launched its new network.
Posted on Michael Geist on November 19, 2009 at 3:09 AM

Spain Codifies Legal Right to Broadband

Reuters reports that Spain has followed the Finnish lead by codifying a legal right to broadband. All citizens will have the right to buy at least 1 MB at a regulated price.
Posted on Michael Geist on November 19, 2009 at 3:08 AM

CMLP Gets Lectured

Last week, the Practicing Law Institute hosted its annual program on Communications Law in the Digital Age. Up for discussion were a lot of topics near and dear to CMLP's heart: trends in First Amendment jurisprudence (including prognostications in US v. Stevens), the federal reporters' shield bill, the protection of anonymous commenters, libel tou
Posted on Citizen Media Law Project on November 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM

STUDY: Artists Earn More in a P2P World

Revenue earned by artists from both concerts and recorded music sales has risen steadily over the past 5 years as revenue earned by labels has declined dramatically, making the case that the only loser from illegal file-sharing have been the record labels. Music labels have been the most vocal critic of file-sharing, doing everything they can [...]
Posted on ZeroPaid on November 18, 2009 at 12:46 PM

House Introduces Bill Banning P2P from Fed PCs

?Secure Federal File Sharing Act? would bar government employees and contractors from downloading, installing, or using file-sharing software without official approval. Finally somebody in Congress has realized that there is a real problem when govt employees install P2P software on the same PC that contains sensitive information. U.S. Representative
Posted on ZeroPaid on November 18, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Pirate Bay Drops Trackers, Converts to ?Magnet Links?

Swedish BitTorrent site tracker site further decentralizes content distribution, and in fact decides not to run a tracker anymore. Swedish BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay has taken content distribution to the next level with the introduction of site-wide magnet links that let you download a torrent directly into your BitTorrent client, instead o
Posted on ZeroPaid on November 18, 2009 at 4:30 AM

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