Federal Circuit Confirms Key Free Software Licensing Practice 4 days ago
The Federal Circuit held this week in Jacobsen v. Katzer , that Java Model Railroad Interface author Robert Jacobsen's release of software under the Artistic License gave him the right to sue for .......
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Keywords: license copyright work free conditions
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Olympics, YouTube, Protest, Copyright 7 days ago
Students for a Free Tibet posted video of a Free Tibet protest to YouTube. YouTube pulled it , in response to a copyright complaint from the International Olympic Committee. From the copy posted .......
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Follow the Lead-Users, Not with Cease-and-Desists 12 days ago
Hasbro should have settled with the Scrabulous developers, not sued While Hasbro was scrapping with Mattel over rights to develop an official online Scrabble (the two split geographic ownership .......
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Filterband is not Broadband Fri,
25 Jul 2008
A group of us filed formal comments with the FCC arguing that "free, filtered broadband," as the FCC proposed to mandate in the AWS-3 spectrum auction, is not "Internet." Comments here, in WT Docke .......
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eBay Shines in Tiffany Trademark Fight Mon,
14 Jul 2008
In Tiffany v. eBay , decided today, the Southern District of New York gives helpful bounds to secondary liability for trademark infringement, saying eBay is not liable for its use of the term "Tiff .......
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Privacy Falls into YouTube’s Data Tar Pit Fri,
04 Jul 2008
As a big lawsuit grinds forward, its parties engage in discovery, a wide-ranging search for information "reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." (FRCP Rule 26(b) ) A .......
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ICANN’s New gTLD Process: Hype and Reality Wed,
02 Jul 2008
At its 32d International Junket Meeting last week, ICANN 's Board approved the GNSO Council's recommendations for the eventual addition to the root of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Thi .......
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The RIAA has an ACTA Wish-List Tue,
01 Jul 2008
Remember ACTA , the draft proposed "harmonization" of copyright found on Wikileaks ? In keeping with the view that harmonization is a one-way ratchet up, RIAA has some suggestions for the US Trade .......
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The FCC Stumbles into Internet Filtering Wed,
25 Jun 2008
What could be bad about free wireless Internet access? How about censorship by federally mandated filters that make it no longer "Internet." That's the effect of the FCC's proposed service rules fo .......
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DMCA “Repeat Infringers”: Scientology Critic’s Account Reinstated after Counter-Notification Fri,
06 Jun 2008
The Scientology critic known as ?Wise Beard Man? returned to YouTube this week after successfully filing counter-notifications to copyright claims that had earlier been made against his account. T .......
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NYT Editorial Supports Copyright Rationality in Sports Thu,
05 Jun 2008
The New York Times has a nice editorial today on the Supreme Court's denial of cert to the MLB's claims to own fantasy baseball . That leaves the case where the Eighth Circuit did, saying that fan .......
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Incipient Intellectual Property Wed,
04 Jun 2008
We talk a lot about the ways intellectual property stifles innovation once it attaches — the patent thickets created when dozens of companies claim rights to parts of the same widget-process, .......
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Berkman@10, WebN.0, CFP Tue,
20 May 2008
Berkman@10 was wonderfully Twittered , Flickrd , and blogged , with technology enhancing the in-person connections. Next stop, CFP . Links: ------ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/berk .......
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