Copyright Law

Redigi Case Poses A Novel Copyright Question on the Resale of Digital Audio Files Is Digital First Sale Legal
You know all those used music stores you used to love to go to back in the day when you bought music on CDs?  You could browse through used CDs and buy them for less than retail.  Maybe you still do (kudos to Deja Vu Records in Natick, Mass...

The Used CD Store Goes Online
On Monday, Judge Sullivan of the Southern District of New York will hear argument on a preliminary injunction motion in [Capitol Records v. ReDigi](http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nysdce/1:2012cv00095/390216/), a copyright case that could be one of the sleeper hits of the season...

An Order is an Order is an Order
Isn't it? An order entered by a sworn-in judge is an enforceable order, no? I've been dealing with a particular judge in a case recently who seems to take the position that if he/she didn't enter a particular order it shouldn't be given as much weight or on an one occasion it should be ignored because he/she wouldn't have entered it...

Judge Leonard P. Stark: Scheduling Order (Patent Cases)
In a case assigned to Judge Leonard P. Stark, he recently issued an Order scheduling a Rule 16 teleconference and attached a draft copy of the Rule 16 form scheduling order. This form is not yet posted to the Court's...

ReDigi and the Purpose of First Sale
For now, at least, [ReDigi lives](http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/pre-owned-music-lawsuit-2/all/). Judge Sullivan denied the preliminary injunction, but according to the [transcript](http://www...

Appeal and Scheduling Order in Prop 8 Case
SCOTUSblog has the latest here. Under the scheduling order, briefing on the appeal won't be completed until late December -- although, as Rick has noted, appellate review of Judge Walker's decision on the pending stay application will probably proceed more...

Law & Order Depicts Police Procedures and Criminal Justice
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Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.