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Google Books Settlement: Paris Courts Find Google Guilty Of Copyright Infringement

The New York Times | MATTHEW SALTMARSH | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Google, Copyright Infringement, Paris, France, Paris Courts, Copyright, Google Books, French Law, Google Books Settlement, Copyright Law, Books, Digital Books, Books News

A French court ruled Friday that Google was guilty of infringing copyrights by digitizing books and putting extracts online without authorization, dea...

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Google And The New Digital Future

The New York Review of Books | Robert Darnton | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Open Books Alliance, Google, Digital Library, Libraries, Books, Monopolies, Google Books Settlement, New York Review of Books, Digitization, Google Books, Books Online, Orphan Books, Copyright Law, Digital Books, Nyr, Books News

Robert Darnton The New York Review of Books November 9 is one of those strange dates haunted by history. On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, s...

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An Epic Internet Copyright Battle on the Horizon? Microsoft and News Corp. vs. Google, Maybe

Jonathan Steinsapir | Posted 11.27.2009 | Technology

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Google, Copyright Law, Internet, News Corp, Microsoft, Bing, Technology News
Jonathan Steinsapir

If Microsoft and News Corp. go forward with a deal whereby News Corp. demands that Google stop indexing its websites, don't be surprised if it leads to one of the most important copyright lawsuits in history.

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Google Books Settlement: Key Players Comment

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Open Books Alliance, Google Books Settlement, Copyright Law, Copyright, Google Books, Google Settlement, Orphan Books, Foreign-Language Books, Books, Antitrust, Amazon, Google, Authors Guild, Books News

It's been three years since the lawsuit was filed that launched the Google Books Settlement, a long series of back-and-forth negotiations about the co...

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Chris Christie Rips Off Monty Python, Troupe Threatens Suit

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Terry Jones, Chris Christie, Karl Rove, George W. Bush, Genovese-Crime-Family, Gov. Jon Corzine, Genovese Crime Family, New Jersey Governor Race, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Intellectual Property, Jon Corzine, New Jersey, Mob, Sarah Palin, Michael Palin, Copyright Law, The Piranha Brothers, Republican Party, Tino "The Greek" Fiumara, Monty Python, Thanksgiving, New York News
Martin Lewis

Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey, has created an election commercial that steals copyright-protected material from Monty Python without permission or credit.

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A Remix Manifesto for Our New Copyright Czar

Jonathan Melber | Posted 11.30.2009 | 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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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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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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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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Joel Tenenbaum: Jury Awards $675,000 In Boston Music Downloading Case

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 08.31.2009 | Home

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Boston Music Downloading Case, Joel Tenenbaum, Music Downloading Case, Home News

BOSTON — A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pa...

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How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own

David Bollier | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Law, Free Culture, Free Software, Creative Commons, Internet, Media News
David Bollier

An open culture, a sharing economy and a digital republic: the foundations for this new world actually matured during the nightmarish Bush years, beneath its contemptuous gaze.

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