47 Articles match "Congress","Presentation"

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• Congress Doing A Safety Dance Around Privacy
  
  Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), presented identical bills– S.436 in the Senate and H.R.1076 in the House– in order to aid the fight against child pornography. However, this too presents a host of concerns. There’s even a catchy name for the bill. Such witticism. 8211;Abbey Morrow.
  JetLawBlog - Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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• Court: No fair use for Tenenbaum; huge blow to defense; proposed defense 'would swallow the copyright protections that Congress has created'
  
  He proposes a fair use defense so broad that it would swallow the copyright protections that Congress has created. defendant who shared files online during this interregnum but later shifted to paid outlets once the law became clear and authorized sources available would present a strong case for fair use. See Calvi v. 2006). 2002).
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Monday, July 27, 2009
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• Privacy on the Web: Congress Set to Curb Online Behavioral Advertising
  
  In July, the industry released a set of self-regulatory principles in an effort to head off concerns in Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In 1986, Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act , which placed privacy obligations on companies and organizations that offer e-mail services. 8211; Jeremy Francis.
  JetLawBlog - Sunday, September 13, 2009
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• Congress Passes STELA Act Extending Satellite Television Provisions and Changing the Definition of Unserved Household
  
  On Wednesday, Congress passed the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) , which extends the blanket copyright license allowing satellite television providers to deliver distant signals to "unserved" viewers who are unable to receive a signal from their local network affiliate. quot; 47 USC 119(d)(10)(A).
  Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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• Lawyers seek injunction to halt military gay rule
  
  Government attorneys have said throughout the two-week trial the matter should be decided by Congress , not a federal judge. The government presented only the policy's legislative history as its defense. Lawyers seek injunction to halt military gay rule RIVERSIDE, Calif.
  Communications And Entertainment Law Blog - Friday, July 23, 2010
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• Kevin Martin Departs as Congress Looks at June 12 DTV Transition Deadline - While Remaining Commissioners Write Letters About Transition Problems
  
  FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced that he will be leaving the Commission on Tuesday as the new President is inaugurated, and thus will not be present at the FCC to set any last minute policy for the DTV transition. The letters from the Commissioners are most interesting.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, January 18, 2009
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• Live! From Washington D.C., it’s the Fully Constituted 111th U.S. Congress (Finally)
  
  While calls for electoral reform have likely persisted since the ancient Greeks first began using a voting system , the United States’ present infrastructure and technological capabilities make the lack of a supremely reliable electoral system embarrassing at best and outrageous at worst. Ladies and gentlemen, the contest is over!
  JetLawBlog - Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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• The Bail Out
  
  The bail out measure before Congress will by no means prove to be a panacea. So, the sooner Congress works it out, the better for all of us. MGM is already struggling to service its existing debt and like the banks and other financial businesses, may be unrecognizable from its present form down the road. Money abhors a vacuum.
  DealFatigue - Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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• Court: 'no recourse' for victims of defamatory postings under Section 230
  
  Nevertheless, Congress has narrowly defined the boundaries for courts to enjoin third parties, and the court does not find that [Ripoff Report] falls within those limited conscriptions based on the facts presented here. But I can't imagine Congress would have enacted Section 230 back in 1996 if it knew this would be the result.
  Copyrights & Campaigns - Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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• Register your copyrights. Now.
  
  I just had a conversation with the Library of Congress. However, the representative at the Library of Congress just told me that it is taking up to TWO years to process a copyright registration. This is an extraordinarily long time for a process where the sample is stored at the Library of Congress and a number is assigned.
  Trademark, Copyright, and Entertainment Law Forum - Monday, March 8, 2010
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