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Commentary
, Education
, Legal
on July 13, 2007
Over the past six months RIAA has renewed its pressure on schools to be their proxy in copyright infringement lawsuits (RIAA To Schools: Can I Add You To My Circle?). The recording industry has experi...
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Companies
, Legal
, Technology
on July 6, 2007
I admire the folks at project playlist. They've developed a service that carefully navigates copyright infringement, at least how the recording industry plays that game today.
I'll ignore th...
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Legal
, Radio
on June 20, 2007
In a blow for common sense and against the Bush Administration's pandering to the religious right, a US Court overturned the FCC's ban on 'fleeting expletives'.
The US Court of Appea...
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Education
, Legal
, RIAA, IFPI
on June 14, 2007
RIAA has entered a new stage in its fight to tame wild college students. In addition to suing students directly, it's pressed the school themselves with limited progress to restrict access to P2P ...
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Companies
, Legal
on June 13, 2007
Another week, another Hollywood lawsuit against a web sharing site. This time it's Warner Music and imeem.
Imeem has attracted a lot of visitors for its user-content sharing service. It claims a...
Filed in archive
Legal
, RIAA, IFPI
on June 5, 2007
In RIAA copyright infringement case Elektra v. Dennis, the defendant stated that he has doesn't have or know how to use P2P file sharing software and has never had or downloaded music files.
RIA...
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Legal
, RIAA, IFPI
on May 31, 2007
In Capitol v. Foster: Justice At Last and RIAA Lawsuit Setback: Defendant Wins Attorney Fees, defendant Debbie Foster of Oklahoma was granted attorney fees. RIAA dropped the suit against the mother af...
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Consumer Rights
, Government
, Legal
, Privacy & Security
, RIAA, IFPI
, Society & Public Policy
on May 30, 2007
RIAA is taking a new tactic in its fight on pirates of all stripes - jump on the Bush administration bandwagon to create a police state. The Bush administration, fresh on the heels of its success on t...
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Legal
, RIAA, IFPI
on May 29, 2007
In RIAA copyright infringement case Lava v. Amurao, the defendant has successfully raised an interesting legal theory of copyright misuse. Judge Charles L. Brieant rejected RIAA's motion to dismis...
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Commentary
, Legal
, Society & Public Policy
on May 28, 2007
In "A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn't Its Copyright?" Mark Helprin writes "No good case exists for the inequality of real and intellectual property, because no good case can exi...
Read more of Copyrights Forever?
