The 2010 DVD Exemption to the DMCA: An Interview with Abigail De Kosnik, Gary Handman and Mark Kaiser

2 08 2010

The 2010 DVD Exemption to the DMCA: An Interview with Abigail De Kosnik, Gary Handman and Mark Kaiser of University of California, Berkeley

Guest interviewer: Eli Edwards

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Copyright TrollsNewspaper Chain’s New Business Plan: Copyright Suits

23 07 2010

Steve Gibson has a plan to save the media world’s financial crisis — and it’s not the iPad.

Borrowing a page from patent trolls, the CEO of fledgling Las Vegas-based Righthaven has begun buying out the copyrights to newspaper content for the sole purpose of suing blogs and websites that re-post those articles without permission. And he says he’s making money.

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Urban Copyright Legends

23 07 2010

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For Video Gaming Likenesses, If “You’re in the Game,” Are Your Rights Being Violated?

19 07 2010

Guest Commentary R. Ben Sperry, Washington Legal Foundation Fellow & law student, George Mason U

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Ownership or License? Where to Draw the Line on Copyright Infringement

30 06 2010

Most likely, Craig Vernor had no idea the firestorm he would create when he decided to put used copies of AutoCAD, a 3-D modeling software often used by architects, up for sale on E-Bay. He wanted to sell the $4,000 software (when new) for about $400 online. (Vernor’s actions on E-Bay are by no means the first of their kind. At present, E-Bay has 19 sub-categories of software for sale.)

Autodesk, the software’s creator and parent company, immediately demanded that the items be removed from E-Bay due to copyright infringement.

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