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A Legal Podcasting Milestone: Five Years and 250 Episodes
2007 Blawggies : Best Legal Podcast. With today’s episode of the Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, we reach a milestone: our 250th episode and the end of our fifth year of weekly shows. This makes Lawyer2Lawyer the longest continually running legal podcast. Our first show was on Aug. 31, 2005. Our guests for that first show were Michael S.
Media Law
- Friday, September 3, 2010
Washington State comes down against online gambling
Internet Community & Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Betcha.com (“Betcha&# ), has been under the scrutiny of the Washington State Gambling Commission since shortly after its 2007 launch. DeVoy Today, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Tom Chambers, the Washington Supreme Court dealt a blow to online gambling.
The Legal Satyricon
- Thursday, September 2, 2010
Gordon P. Firemark - Untitled Article
Court, CD California 2007 – Google Scholar. Court, CD California 2007 - Google Scholar "Big Pimpin" at Ninth Circuit As Jay-Z, Music Publishers Win bAffirmation of Summary Judgment FAIR USE: More about the Jersey Boys Sofa Entertainment, Inc. In this Episode: Follow Ups: Justin Bieber; Tenenbaum, Kate Plus 8. JayZ wins. Nafal v.
Gordon P. Firemark
- Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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More on the metaphysics of "making available"
In anticipation of the appeal of the recent RIAA P2P victory, Fred von Lohmann reviews the "make available" vs. 34;distribute" debate in the copyright law. Also the U.S. has signed treaties with "make available" language, but since treaties are not self-executing, that doesn't mean the concept is part of U.S. 34; Tags: Content
Silicon Valley Media Law Blog
- Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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Happy 5th Birthday, Creative Commons!
Last night Creative Commons celebrated the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Creative Commons licenses! attended the San Francisco celebration -- JD Lasica has blogged what was a wonderful event. Also blogged by Freedom for IP. was asked to give a few words at the reception before the event about my involvement with Creative Commons.
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MUSIC DOWNLOADERS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES.
41-1395, 2007 WL 1346568 (S.D.N.Y. 25, 2007 AOL and other online services are not required to pay performance royalties on music downloaded over the Internet, according to a New York federal court. The court held that downloading a song is not a public performance of the song under copyright law. District Judge William C.
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SOUTH CENTRAL FARM DOCUMENTARY SEEKS COMPLETION FUNDS
Congratulations to our client, Sheila A. Laffey, President of Echo Mountain Productions on the completion of principal photography on her new documentary South Central Farm which tells the heartbreaking true story of the plight of a community of poor urban farmers and their supporters in South Central Los Angeles. The issue remains in the courts.
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Independent Bumps
Recent observation: on two separate deals, different reps at different agencies asked for a $25K set up bonus if their writer-client’s projects were independently produced. set up bonus or “studio bump&# is often negotiated in a writer’s option/purchase agreement if the producer successfully sets the project up at a major studio.
DealFatigue
- Sunday, September 9, 2007
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The Mickey Mouse Copyright Protection Act of 2007?
To the Editor: The May 20, 2007 Op-Ed Section carries an essay by Mark Helprin urging that Congress extend the term of copyrights to perperuity or close to it. number of people weighed in with compelling arguments on the Times’ letters page. The New York Times. 229 W. 43rd Street. New York, N.Y. 10036. If we followed Mr. Sussman.
DealFatigue
- Sunday, July 8, 2007
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RIAA victory round-up and notes
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?" Is there such a thing as a copyright troll ?
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Shout out to the Copyright Office!
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.
Silicon Valley Media Law Blog
- Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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RISKY BUSINESS COMES TO TUPELO
Mark will be bringing his one day Risky Business seminar to Tupelo, Mississippi on Friday, November 30, 2007. 06-30134, 2007 WL 2828869 (D. 28, 2007). The film has been added as a "Special Screening" to the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival on Fri, October 26, 2007. Lunch is included. More information is available at [link].
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUNDANCE FILMMAKERS
Congratulations to Producer Ben Odell whose film “Padre Nuestro," a Spanish-language immigrant drama set in New York City was awarded the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Padre Nuestro," centers on immigrants Juan and Pedro who meet en route to New York where Pedro hopes to meet his successful father.
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