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Obtaining the Playlist from Guantanamo

Lawrence Iser | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Guantanamo, Jackson Browne, John McCain, Music, Copyright, Rage Against the Machine, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Lawrence Iser

Once a prison guard purchases a copy of his favorite Nine Inch Nails CD, he is free to play it on his boombox. He is free to put a particular song on "repeat" and to play it as loud as he wants to.

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Cease and Desist: David, Goliath and Social Media (David's Sword)

Jamie Starr | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Brazil, Vermont, Trademarks, Documentary, Colorado, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Level 1, WME, Warren Miller, Denver News
Jamie Starr

In cases like the lawsuit against the ski film company Level 1, social media outlets are acting as a sort of gatekeeper -- a check on corporate actions that people in general view as unreasonable.

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Review: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars by William Patry

Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Internet, File Sharing, Technology, Copyright, LA Times, William Patry, Technology vs. Content, Google, Books News
Jonathan Handel

Patry's book, on the conflict between technology and content, is riddled with invective, unoriginal observations, and numerous typographical errors.

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Google Books Is Not a Library

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Google, Media, Copyright, Privacy, Books, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Unlike the Alexandria library or modern public libraries, the Google Book Search (GBS) initiative is a commercial venture that aims to monetize millions of out-of-print books.

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Sergey Brin NY Times Op-Ed: Why Google Books Is Important

The New York Times | SERGEY BRIN | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Online Books, Google Founder Sergey Brin, Sergey Brin Ny Times, Copyright, Sergey Brin, Books, Digital Books, Google Books. Google, Books News

Because books are such an important part of the world's collective knowledge and cultural heritage, Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, first propos...

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Hollywood, Recording Industry Beg Obama to Help Save Them From Pirates

Sam Gustin | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pro-Ip-Act, White House, NBC Universal, Time Warner, Aol, Copyright, Victoria Espinel, Viacom, Politics News
Sam Gustin

Faced with the global menace of digital piracy, some of the largest entertainment companies in the world have banded together to beg the Obama adminis...

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A Remix Manifesto for Our New Copyright Czar

Jonathan Melber | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, Remix, Kanye West, James Boyle, Copyright, Copyright Czar, Copyright Law, Policy, Music, Victoria Espinel, The Legendary K.O., Fair Use, Sampling, Media News
Jonathan Melber

Obama has appointed the first U.S. copyright czar. Our profoundly broken copyright laws, rather than fostering creativity, as they were originally intended, now inhibit it at every turn.

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Why We Are Subjected to Beatlemania, Again

Tamara Conniff | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Publishing, John Lennon, Beatlemania, Beatles Rock Band, Copyright, Rock Band, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, European Union, United Kingdon, Shakespeare, Sony, Entertainment News
Tamara Conniff

I love the Beatles, don't get me wrong. Paul McCartney in concert is a religious experience. But I'm over Beatlemania. I want it to stop. Why now? A little thing called copyright.

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Google's Book Battle Rages On, Proposed Deal Makes "Mockery" Of Copyright Law

AP | Posted 11.11.2009 | Technology

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Google, Copyright, Eric Schmidt, Google Books Deal, Copyright Law, Marybeth Peters, Google Book Search, Us-Copyright-Office, Google Books, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's top copyright official has joined the mounting opposition to a class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. th...

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Competition That Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Its Competitors

David Balto | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Book Scanning, Google Books Project, Google, Orphan Books, Copyright, Google Book Search, Media News
David Balto

There are two fundamental questions at issue in this battle. First, will consumers significantly benefit? And, secondly, will the project in any way hurt the ability of others to compete in the market?

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Copywronged: Lessons from Leibovitz on Likeness and Liability in the Digital Era

Justin Callaway | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Queen, Twitter, Copyright, Trademark, Ashton, Downturn, Obama, Intellectual Property, Facebook, Leibovitz, Demi, Annie Leibovitz, Media News
Justin Callaway

Perhaps a board game called "Downturn" with photo playing cards of all of the celebrities and icons Leibovitz has captured over the years might be a good promotional start for her new role.

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Corporate Boards, Conflict of Interest and Copyright

Alex Green | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Gore, Copyright, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google Books, Open Book Alliance, Justice Department, Craigslist, Ebay, Amazon, Google, Media News
Alex Green

Much about the world we know can be delegated to the barons of tech, but the governance of copyright cannot or we endanger our access to open information and the ownership of our own words.

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The Netherlands Buckles to Post 9-11 Copyright Hysteria

Max Keiser | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, File Sharing, Copyright, P2p-File-Sharing, Netherlands, Mininova, Media News
Max Keiser

The world seems incapable of resisting the onslaught of free speech-and-innovation-suppressing lobbyists and monopolists who try to put every piece of intellectual property ever conceived behind corporate fire walls.

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Britain is Appeasing the Copyright Cartel Again

Max Keiser | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright, Copyright Law, Britain, Stephen Timms, Illegal Downloading, Illegal Downloads, Media News
Max Keiser

The AP reports that the British government says people who illegally download music and film may have their Internet connection cut off, to curb piracy. But Britain is on the wrong side of this issue.

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It's Been Too Long...

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Drm, Interactive, Entertainment, Copyright, Videogames, Digital Downloads, Video Games, E-Commerce, Business News
Theodore Bergquist

It's been awhile since my initial post on here, but that wasn't the original plan. In the coming weeks and months, I'll start contributing regularly ...

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Why is the Antitrust Division Investigating the Google Book Search Settlement?

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Orphan Works, Copyright, Google Book Search, Media, Monopoly, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Antitrust analysis generally starts with a definition of the affected market. The market for digital books is currently rather small, but it is growing.

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Hollywood Unveils New Rules for Movie Lovers

eSarcasm | Posted 09.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Keanu Reeves, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, Realdvd, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Real Networks, Copyright Law, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Hollywood, Movies, Dvd, Kaleidesscape, Satire, Comedy News
eSarcasm

Movie watchers will be allowed to make and eat their own popcorn, but it must be at least three days old and smothered in rancid butter-flavored coconut oil.

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Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Limited Copyright, Newspapers, Free Content, Copyright, Content, Artistic Collaboration, Perpetual Copyright, Copyright Extension, Chris Anderson, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Intellectual Property, Music, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, Cross-Subsidies, Publishing Industry, Free Economy, Digital Economy, Digital, Future of the Internet, Google, Wikipedia, Public Domain, Paid Content, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Microsoft, Books, Business Models for Digital Content, Thomas Jefferson, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Mark Helprin, Linux, Moore's Law, Espresso Book Machine, Art, Piracy, " "Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto, Advertising, Digital Age, Music Industry, Freemium, " Free, Media News
Anis Shivani

How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.

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Piracy vs. Availability: A Parable

Hugh McGuire | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Rights, Ondemand, Copyright, Books, Streaming, Drm, Media, Downloading, Movies, Internet, Publishing, Illegal, Video, Piracy, Digital, Torrents, Iannucci, Humour, Politics, Satire, Download, Media News
Hugh McGuire

If as providers of content, give me what I want, when I want it, at a reasonable price, I'll be happy to pay for it. If not, I'll be compelled -- when I really want something -- to find other ways to get it.

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How (and Why) to Replace the AP

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Copyright, Link Economy, Ap, Associated Press Fair Use, Associated Press, Associated Press Internet, Media News
Jeff Jarvis

What we need is an infrastructure for a content marketplace online that rewards the creators of original reporting by exploiting the essential nature of how the Internet operates, that is, the link.

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Culture Clash on the Internet

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Piracy, Copyright, Internet, Arpanet, Media News
Jonathan Handel

many people expect much of their Internet content to be free. Why is this, how did it happen, and, focusing on music and movies, what can be done about it?

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Fairey v. AP v. Garcia v. Fairey: "Hope" Poster Photographer Asks, "What About Me?"

Jonathan Melber | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Fair Use, Copyright, Mannie Garcia, Associated Press Fair Use, Law, AP Fair Use, Photography, Art, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Obama Hope Poster, Media News
Jonathan Melber

I still think the "Hope" poster constitutes fair use. But if anyone can convince a court otherwise, it's photographer Mannie Garcia's formidable legal team.

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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Guardrails for the Internet: Preserving Creativity Online

Michael Lynton | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Piracy, Copyright Infringement, Internet Policy, Internet, Movie Piracy, Intellectual Property, Bittorrent, Piracy, Copyright, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Michael Lynton Piracy, File Sharing, Michael Lynton, Media News
Michael Lynton

In no other realm of our society have we encountered so widespread and consequential a failure to put in place guidelines over the use and growth of such a major industry.

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The Solipsist and the Internet (a Review of Helprin's Digital Barbarism)

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Piracy, Mark-Helprin, Copyright, Culture, Mark Helprin, Lessig, Media News
Lawrence Lessig

Helprin's thesis is simple and familiar to any intelligent sort who first comes to think about the way the law regulates creative work: that there's something fundamentally unjust about the law of copyright.

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