Victoria Espinel

Obama 'IP Czar' Suggests Felony Charges For Illegal Web Streaming

Ars Technica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Streaming Video, Streaming, Illegal Streaming, Ip Czar, Victoria Espinel, IP Enforcement Coordinator, Streaming Media, Streaming Tv, Technology News

The Obama administration wants to make sure that the illegal streaming of music and movies over the Internet is a felony, and it also wants to give th...

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

Sam Gustin | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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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