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Proposed Broadcast Performance Royalty Back in the News - Where is It Going?
What was perhaps most interesting about that article was the fact that it appeared only one page away from an article about Internet Radio service Pandora , and a discussion of how that hugely popular service was almost driven out of business by music royalties set by the Copyright Royalty Board in their 2007 royalty decision. Yet the Times makes no mention of the controversy over the previous decisions of the Board in the context of the Internet radio royalties, and how such royalties almost impacted services such as Pandora. In one more indication that the Broadcast Performance Royalty (or " performance tax " as opponents of the legislation call it) is not dead yet is an article in yesterday's New York Times reviewing the issues at stake in the proceeding.
Broadcast Law Blog - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Monday Morning JetLawg
New shape to the Internet on the way? government continues task to bring Internet freedom to repressed countries . Cities lobby for Google’s high-speed Internet access. In the news . . . U.S. Meanwhile,  recent amendment to British law may head the other direction.
JetLawBlog - Monday, March 8, 2010
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YouTube:Keep summary judgment papers sealed for months; Viacom: 'the time has come for transparency and public access'
Whatever one's views on the merits of the parties' substantive copyright positions, I think we should all agree that one of the most important copyright cases of the Internet age should be waged in public -- and that inconvenience to the parties, and even the court, is not a valid reason to keep the entirety of the summary judgment record bottled up for months. ...Tags: YouTube and Google -- whose self-proclaimed mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" -- have asked a federal court to keep all summary judgment briefs and supporting documents in the Viacom copyright suit sealed until at least June.
Copyrights & Campaigns - Friday, March 5, 2010
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  • Culture Clash on the Internet
    The Internet has devalued content to the point where it is often offered at no charge—newspapers, for instance—or widely misappropriated, as with music and movies. Underlying both is the belief that content on the Internet should be free (a notion reinforced by the other four factors). How did this attitude arise? The answer lies in the origin of the Internet. Either way, many people expect much of their content to be free. Why is this, how did it happen, and, focusing on music and movies, what can be done about it? I’ve previously written about the why, in Huffington
    Digital Media Law - Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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  • Parker v. Search Engines, Part II: Challenge to Search Engine Caching Dismissed on Most (But Not All) Grounds
    Tags: Interne The practice of search engine crawling and caching of Web site content has infrequently been litigated. (The The Perfect 10 case is a significant exception.) This may be because most Web site operators want their content to be indexed and available on search engines. Those Web site operators
    New Media and Technology Law - Thursday, October 16, 2008
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  • Speech, Filters, and the Internet
    Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School and Annenberg School for Communication, has published "Free Speech and the Myth of the Internet as an Unintermediated Experience," in volume 78 of the George Washington Law Review (May 2010). Christopher S. Here i
    Media Law Prof Blog - Monday, October 12, 2009
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  • Charting Internet Blowhards
    Wired quizes readers on their knowledge of Internet Blowhards , from Wired 's own Chris Anderson to Tech Crunch's Michael Arrington. Tags: Bloggers Blowhards Internet Wire Then there's the real Blowhard, Michael of 2Blowhards . [Chart: Chart: Wired.com] ...Tags:
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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  • How not to use the internet to find investors for your film or theatre project.
    In recent weeks, I’ve begun to see more and more independent filmmakers and theatre producers using forums, chat rooms, and other internet-services to seek out investors for their projects. Unfortunately for these producers, their use of the internet as a tool in identifying and securing the financing for their projects may actually serve as an impediment to their efforts, making the sometimes improbable chances of raising funds virtually impossible. In most cases, these inquiries are couched in plain language: “Seeking investors for independent film” or similar. Projects
    Gordon P. Firemark - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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  • Ruling on Motion to Dismiss in Ciolli v. Iravani
    Tags: internet la In the continuing saga of the Auto Admit case, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled on the defendants’ motion to dismiss and motion to strike. Jurisdiction Defendants Jurisdiction Defendants Defendants Ross Chanin, ReputationDefender, Mark Lemley, and Heide Iravani asserted that they lacked the minimum contacts required for the exercise of personal
    The Legal Satyricon - Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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  • Details of the Broadcaster SoundExchange Settlement on Webcasting Royalties
    We reported on the settlement under the Webcaster Settlement Act between the NAB and SoundExchange on Internet Radio Royalties . As provided in the Webcaster Settlement Act, that settlement has now been published in the Federal Register , and thus it is available for broadcasters who are streaming their signal on the Internet, or who are streaming other programming on the Internet, to claim coverage under that settlement. To do so, broadcasters who are already streaming must file a notice of Intent to Rely on this settlement, available here , with SoundExchange, by April 2, 2009 – thirty days after the Federal Register publication occurred.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Friday, March 6, 2009
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  • Australia and Internet Censorship
    Bambauer, Brooklyn Law School, has published "Filtering in Oz: Australia's Foray into Internet Censorship," as Brooklyn Law School Legal Studies Paper No. Australia's decision to implement Internet censorship using technological means creates Derek E. 125. Here is the abstract.
    Media Law Prof Blog - Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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  • Court Rejects Webcaster Challenge to Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Internet Radio Royalties - And Does Not Rule on Constitutional Issue of CRB Appointment
    The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today released its decision for the most part rejecting the appeals of webcasters of the 2007 decision of the Copyright Royalty Board setting Internet Radio royalty rates for the use of sound recordings . Tags: Internet Radio Internet radio royalties SoundExchange constitutionality of CRB constitutionality of copyright royalty board copyright royalty board court decision on webcasting royalties sound recording royalty streaming music fees streaming royalties webcasting appeal webcasting royaltie The Court generally upheld the Board's decision, finding that the issues raised by the appealing parties did not show that the decision was " arbitrary and capricious " - a high standard of judicial review that the Courts accord when reviewing supposedly "expert" administrative agency decisions.
    Broadcast Law Blog - Friday, July 10, 2009
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  • Details of Webcasting Royalty Settlements for Noncommercial Webcasters Including Educational and Religious Internet Radio Operators
    Tags: Internet Radio Internet radio royalties Noncommercial Broadcasting SoundExchange SoundExchange reports of use copyright royalties copyright royalty board internet music royalties noncommercial internet radio noncommercial webcaster settlement nonprofit internet radio royalties nonprofit webcasting settlement sound recording performance royalty sound recording royalty webcasting recordkeeping webcasting royalties for noncommercial broadcaster Noncommercial webcasters were provided with two royalty options under settlements reached with SoundExchange pursuant to the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 ("WSA") .
    Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, August 9, 2009
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