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Jury Picked and Trial Commences in SCO v. Novell UNIX Code Copyright Ownership Dispute
But we'll spare you the details and just say that the ownership of the copyrights is a critical issue because it is that very source code that underlies SCO's claims that the open source Linux Operating System infringes on its intellectual property rights, thereby obligating just about everybody who uses the Linux OS to pay royalties to SCO. briefly recap, the issue of code ownership is being resolved in a slander of title lawsuit brought by SCO against Novell, which formerly owned (and claims to still own) the copyrights in the disputed code. The back story to the dispute between The SCO Group and Novell, Inc.,
New Media and Technology Law
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Basics of Music Licensing in Digital Media - Videos, Podcasts, Commercials, Downloads, Fair Use - What Questions Should You Be Asking?
To help explain some of the basic issues of where to go for what rights, Davis Wright Tremaine has put together a Guide to the Basics of Music Licensing , available here .
The Guide also addresses some of the controversial issues in music licensing, and the question of "fair use", a concept often cited but also often misunderstood. So check out our Guide for a basic Broadcasters need to be aware that ASCAP, BMI and SESAC (the " performing rights organizations " or PROs) don't cover them for all uses of music - especially uses that may be made on station websites.
Broadcast Law Blog
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT LITIGATION: LINDSAY LOHAN SUES E*TRADE FOR $100 MILLION
Lohan is going to have some issues with her claims. ACTRESS CLAIMS BABY GIRLFRIEND COMMERCIAL IS ABOUT HER Actress Lindsay Lohan is once again in the news. This time, however, it's not because of what Lohan and her running buddies have done in some nightclub, or the latest in the ongoing feud between Lohan and her father. Instead, Lohan has made the news by filing a $100 million lawsuit against the online stock trading
Entertainment Litigation Blog
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Oscar Watch: Hollywood Issues
Each February, as the Oscars approach, special Hollywood issues roll out, and party planning kicks into gear. ( Tags: Kate Winslet Mickey Rourke On the town Oscars Woody Allen Academy Awards Anne Hathaway Kate Winslet Mickey Rourke Oscar issues Oscars Sean Pen Madonna and Demi Moore are throwing their Oscar party again .) And for some of us, Oscar fatigue sets in: how many more pieces can we read about these people?
Thompson On Hollywood
- Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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RAM Copying - An Issue of More Than Transitory Duration
4, 2008), the Second Circuit considered several important issues on the way to concluding that Cablevision's proposed operation of a remote digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system does not infringe the rights of reproduction and public performance of its program providers.
Perhaps the most important issue in the case for new media lawyers is the court's treatment of the issue of RAM, or buffer, copying. In The Cartoon Network LP, LLP v. CSC Holdings, Inc. ,
New Media and Technology Law
- Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Perez Hilton, copyright cop? Blogger issues takedown notice over anti-gay-marriage ad
Lavandeira, who has morphed into a gay-rights activist, has now issued his own DMCA takedown notice over a TV ad posted to YouTube by the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-same-sex-marriage group. Perez Hilton (né Mario Lavandeira) may be the unlikeliest copyright enforcer on earth. The blogger rose to fame by posting photos of celebrities -- without permission from the copyright owners -- and defending himself from the inevitable lawsuits by claiming that his crude scribbling of penises, cocaine, and semen on the subjects' faces rendered his conduct fair use.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Friday, May 1, 2009
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Legal and Social Issues of Wifi Roaming
Romain Robert, Mark Manulis, Florence De Villenfagne, CRID, Damien Leroy, Julien Jost, FUNDP, University de Namur, Francois Koeune, Catholic University of Louvain, Caroline Ker, Jean-Marc Dinant, FUNDP, University of Namur, Yves Poullet, CRID, Olivier Bonaventure, and Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Catholic Universit
Media Law Prof Blog
- Monday, May 25, 2009
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Court again rejects BlueBeat's 'psycho-acoustic simulation' defense; issues preliminary injunction against sale and streaming of EMI songs
After receiving additional argument and evidence on BlueBeat.com's "psycho-acoustic simulation" defense, federal judge John Walter today extended his ban on the site's streaming and sale of Beatles and other EMI songs, issuing a preliminary injunction after finding that the record label plaintiffs "have made a clear showing that they are likely to suceed on the merits" in their copyright suit. The court had previously issued a temporary restraining order against the site, which was offering free streams and 25-cent downloads of songs without licenses from the owners of the sound recordings.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Wednesday, November 18, 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 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. On only one issue did the Court have concerns with the CRB's decision - that being the question of the $500 per channel minimum fees that it had required that webcasters pay. 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 .
Broadcast Law Blog
- Friday, July 10, 2009
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NY Daily News issues correction to debunked Roxanne Shanté article
The New York Daily News has appended the following correction to its now-debunked story on rapper Roxanne Shanté: Correction: It has come to the attention of the Daily News that a number of statements in this article written for the Daily News by a freelance reporter are, or may be, false. Cornell University has told us that Shante did not receive any degree from it under either her birth or stage name.
Copyrights & Campaigns
- Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Court issues injunction against 'Catcher in the Rye' sequel
By Eriq Gardner J.D. Salinger has won a temporary injunction against distribution of an author's sequel to "Catcher in the Rye." Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts ruled that "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" can't be published for...
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Privacy, Libel and Copyright Issues In Social Networking
by Tamera H. Bennett
There has been a lot of chatter lately in social networking circles regarding 1) right of privacy; 2) copyright; and 3) libel.
Right of Privacy:
If I post something on FaceBook®, MySpace®, Twitter™ or any other social networking site, do I have a right of privacy, such that my comments cannot be re-published?
Current Trends
- Thursday, April 9, 2009
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Old Wine, New Tablet: New Apple iPad Raises Many Legal Issues
In any case, however, the iPad does at least raise certain legal issues to consider.
However, all the parties to technology oriented transactions are aware of the importance of this issue, and the counterparty in more cases than not will push back to limit the scope to the "intended" technology.
Those attorneys with roots in the days when CD-ROM multimedia publications were a new concept will remember these rights issues as they arose in that new category of device.
Speaking Apple probably could not have satisfied all the wild and hopeful imaginings of everyone who weighed in on what its new iPad device would look like, and what its functionality would be.
New Media and Technology Law
- Thursday, January 28, 2010
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