>X-Google-Sender-Auth: 65fd8b05c196c267 >Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:43:10 -0600 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >From: Jen Green <jengreen at UMN.EDU> >Subject: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: November 2007 >To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >List-Help: <http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=VRA-L>, > <mailto:LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU?body=INFO VRA-L> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:VRA-L-unsubscribe-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:VRA-L-subscribe-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Owner: <mailto:VRA-L-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Archive: <http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=VRA-L> >X-ELNK-Received-Info: spv=0; >X-ELNK-AV: 0 >X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=000; > >IPR-In the News? > >Compiled by Jen Green, University of Minnesota > > >Fair Use Advocates Issue Principles for >Protecting Online Videos: Six Concrete >Guidelines Aim to Balance Free Speech Rights and >Copyright >Electronic Frontier Foundation, October 31, 2007 ><http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/10/31>http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/10/31 > >San Francisco - "Online video-hosting services >like YouTube have ushered in a new era of free >expression online, as well as vigorous copyright >enforcement efforts. Today, the Electronic >Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of >leading public interest groups issued a "Fair >Use Principles" document that sets out six >concrete guidelines designed to minimize the >collateral damage that copyright enforcement >efforts may inflict on video creators who are >"remixing" copyrighted material into new video >creations." > > >Senators Want Justice Department to Sue P2P Pirates >posted by Declan McCullagh, c | net ><http://news.com>news.com, November 7, 2007 ><http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9813358-38.html>http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9813358-38.html > >Two senators, a Democrat and a Republican, >introduced a bill on Wednesday that would >unleash the world's largest law firm on Internet >pirates. It would authorize the Justice >Department to file civil lawsuits against people >engaged in peer-to-peer copyright >infringement--with the proceeds going to the >company or person who owns the copyright. > > > >Google Sued over Patent by Northeastern University >by Eric Auchard, <http://Reuters.com>Reuters.com, November 11, 2007 ><http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN1141636620071112>http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSN1141636620071112 > >SAN FRANCISCO- Google Inc faces a federal patent >infringement lawsuit by Northeastern University >over technology used in its core Web search >system, according to legal papers filed last >week. > > >New Bill would Punish Colleges, Students Who don't Become Copyright Cops >by Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica: the art of technology, November 11, 2007 ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071111-new-bill-would-turn-colleges-into-copyright-cops.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071111-new-bill-would-turn-colleges-into-copyright-cops.html > >A massive education bill (747-page PDF) >introduced into Congress contains a provision >that would force colleges and universities to >offer "technology-based deterrents" to >file-sharing under the pain of losing all >federal financial aid. Section 494 of the >College Opportunity and Affordability Act of >2007 is entitled "Campus-Based Digital Theft >Prevention" that could have just as easily been >called "Motion Picture and Recording Industry >Subsidies," as it could force schools into >signing up for subscription-based services like >Napster and Rhapsody. > >See related articles below: > >"Bill Would Make Colleges Copyright Cops"; > >"Campus Copyright Mandates Threaten Financial >Aid Funds and Campus Networks"; > >"RIAA should be blocked from obtaining any data >from schools, argues student"; and > >"MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns" > > >French Digital Library Project Protects Copyright: Official >by AFP, Google News, November 12, 2007 ><http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5go-RywJEn735IICVmgMCywOOx29A>http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5go-RywJEn735IICVmgMCywOOx29A > > >Paris-- "The French National Library's massive program to digitize billions of >books and documents should widen their availability without violating >copyright rules, the head of the library said Tuesday." > > >Bill Would Make Colleges Copyright Cops >by Jonathon D. Glater, New York Times: Technology, November 13, 2007 ><http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/bill-would-make-colleges-copyright-cops/>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/bill-would-make-colleges-copyright-cops/ > >A proposed education bill would require colleges >to develop a plan to prevent students from >trading copyrighted works. Grants would be >awarded to higher-education institutions that >develop programs of piracy prevention and >education. Some University officials criticize >the fact that this legislation is aimed at >"colleges and universities-which industry >leaders admit are responsible for only a >fraction of illegal file-sharing." > > >Blog: Electronic Frontier Foundation: Deeplinks >Campus Copyright Mandates Threaten Financial Aid Funds and Campus Networks >posted by Richard Esguerra, November 13th, 2007 ><http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/campus-copyright-mandates-threaten-financial-aid-funds-and-campus-networks>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/campus-copyright-mandates-threaten-financial-aid-funds-and-campus-networks > >UPDATE: H.R. 4137 was unanimously approved by >the House Education and Labor Committee. Stay >tuned for more news and actions you can take to >oppose this threat. > >After being beaten back in a Senate amendment >this past summer, mandatory campus copyright >policing is back with a vengeance. The House's >latest higher education bill includes nasty >requirements for "Campus-Based Digital Theft >Prevention," mandating that schools plan to >provide legal downloading alternatives and that >campuses consider policing copyrights on their >networks. Campuses that fail to comply stand to >lose massive amounts of federal financial aid >funds that go to straight to students. The bill, >H.R. 4137, will be marked up by the House >Committee on Education and Labor early >Wednesday, November 13 so please take action now. > > >RIAA Should be Blocked from Obtaining any Data from Schools, Argues Student >by Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica: the art of >technology, November 14, 2007 - ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071114-riaa-should-be-blocked-from-obtaining-any-data-from-schools-argues-student.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071114-riaa-should-be-blocked-from-obtaining-any-data-from-schools-argues-student.html > >An anonymous George Washington University >student targeted by the RIAA for file-sharing is >seeking to have the subpoena served on his >school quashed and the complaint dismissed. In >his motion, the unnamed student raises a couple >of issues that could become significant >roadblocks for the RIAA in its campaign against >on-campus file-sharing. > > >Blog: The Pervasive Data Center: Revoking Open Source >posted by Gordon Haff, CNET. November 14, 2007 ><http://www.cnet.com/8301-13556_1-9816749-61.html>http://www.cnet.com/8301-13556_1-9816749-61.html > >"Those of us who have actually read through many of the Open Source licenses >and have spent a fair bit of time mulling and discussing their consequences >take a lot of things for granted. One of those things is that once a program, >or anything else, is released under an Open Source license you can't just take >it back. Maybe this seems obvious to you, or maybe not, but it isn't to >everyone." > > >Access Copyright Sues Staples/Business Depot for Copyright Infringement >CNW Group, November 15, 2007 ><http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2007/15/c8764.html>http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2007/15/c8764.html > >Toronto- Access Copyright, an organization >representing the copyright of almost 9,000 >Canadian writers and publishers is suing >Staples/The Business Depot for copyright >infringement. The lawsuit, filed by Access >Copyright, contains the largest claim to arise >from copyright infringement of published works >in Canada. The lawsuit seeks $10 million in >damages, including a claim for punitive damages. > > >Blog: c | net Newsblog: RIAA, MPAA Urge >Pro-Copyright Vows from Presidential Candidates >by Anne Broache, CNET News, November 20, 2007 ><http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9821141-7.html?tag=nefd.top>http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9821141-7.html?tag=nefd.top > >A coalition of entertainment and publishing >industry heavyweights would like to see the 2008 >presidential candidates champion "meaningful >copyright protection" in their policy platform. > >See related article below : "Big Content asks >Presidential Candidates for more Restrictive >Copyright Laws" > > >Blog: Just An Online Minute...: Coming: Brave New World of Copyright Chasing? >by Wendy Davis, MediaPost, November 20, 2007 ><http://blogs.mediapost.com/online_minute/?p=1611>http://blogs.mediapost.com/online_minute/?p=1611 > >Many observers have said that copyright laws are out of touch with everyday >experience. Now, University of Utah professor John Tehranian has laid out the >case for that proposition in his law review article, "Infringement Nation: >Copyright Reform and the Norm/Law Gap." > >See also related article below: "Scheier on >Security: Law Review Article on the Problems >with Copyright" > > > >Free Software Group Files Copyright Lawsuits >by Grant Gross, IDG News Service, November 20, 2007. ><http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/112007-free-software-group-files-copyright.html>http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/112007-free-software-group-files-copyright.html > >The Software Freedom Law Center, an organization focused on protecting >open-source and free software, has filed copyright lawsuits against two U.S. >companies, alleging that they are redistributing software in violation of the >GNU GPL (General Public License). > >A coalition of entertainment and publishing industry heavyweights would like >to see the 2008 presidential candidates champion "meaningful copyright >protection" in their policy platforms. > > >Big Content asks Presidential Candidates for more Restrictive Copyright Laws >by Ryan Paul, Ars Technica: the art of technology, November 21, 2007 ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071121-riaampaa-ask-presidential-candidates-for-more-restrictive-copyright-laws.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071121-riaampaa-ask-presidential-candidates-for-more-restrictive-copyright-laws.html > >The Copyright Alliance, which counts the MPAA >and RIAA amongst its members, has sent letters >and questionnaires to presidential candidates in >an effort to determine where they stand on >issues relating to intellectual property law. In >a copy of the letter seen by Ars, Copyright >Alliance executive director Patrick Ross says he >speaks "on behalf of the 11 million Americans >employed in the creative industries," and >asserts that piracy reduction is essential. > > >Blog: Profy: In Face Of Copyright Controversy, >Yahoo! and Sony Agree To Share Ad Revenue >by Paul Glazowski, <http://Profy.com>Profy.com, November 22, 2007 ><http://tinyurl.com/2bkmqk>http://tinyurl.com/2bkmqk > >The Associated Press reported this week that Sony BMG "inked a licensing deal >with Yahoo! Inc. that clears the way for people to upload files with music or >video content by the record company's artists" to Yahoo!-owned sites. > > >Report: Hollywood Giants Sue Chinese Internet Site >by Reuters, C | Net <http://News.com>News.com, November 22, 2007 ><http://www.news.com/Report-Hollywood-giants-sue-Chinese-Internet-site/2100-1030_3-6219833.html?tag=item>http://www.news.com/Report-Hollywood-giants-sue-Chinese-Internet-site/2100-1030_3-6219833.html?tag=item > >Five Hollywood studios have sued a Chinese >online service and Internet caf? they accuse of >offering pirated downloads of Pirates of the >Caribbean and other hits films, state media >reported. > > >Kenya: Copyright Board Takes Piracy War to Cyber Cafes >by Okuttah Mark, Business Daily (Nairobi), AllAfrica.com. November 26, 2007 ><http://allafrica.com/stories/200711262040.html>http://allafrica.com/stories/200711262040.html > >Cyber cafe operators within Nairobi are torn between legalizing their >Microsoft software operating system, shifting to Open Source Code or closing >shop all together following the crack down on illegal software. > > >Blog: Security Fix: MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns >by Brian Krebs, Washington Post, November 23, 2007 ><http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/mpaa_university_toolkit_opens_1.html>http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/mpaa_university_toolkit_op >ens_1.html > >The Motion Picture Association of America is urging some of the nation's >largest universities to deploy custom software designed to pinpoint students >who may be using the schools' networks to illegally download pirated movies. A >closer look at the MPAA's software, however, raises some serious privacy and >security concerns for both the entertainment industry and the schools that >choose to deploy the technology. > > >Blog: Scheier on Security: Law Review Article on the Problems with Copyright >by Bruce Schneier, November 26, 2007 ><http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/law_review_arti.html>http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/law_review_arti.html > >Scheier's review of John Tehranian's article >entitled >"<http://www.turnergreen.com/publications/Tehranian_Infringement_Nation.pdf>Infringement > >Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap" > >Scheier writes, "By the end of the day, John has >infringed the copyrights of twenty emails, three >legal articles, an architectural rendering, a >poem, five photographs, an animated character, a >musical composition, a painting, and fifty notes >and drawings. All told, he has committed at >least eighty-three acts of >infringement and faces liability in the amount of $12.45 million (to say >nothing of potential criminal charges)." > > >Best Practices for Handling Issues of Bandwidth and Copyright >Chronicle of Higher Education: The Wired Campus, November 26, 2007 ><http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2566>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2566 > >A network administrator at Brandeis University is surveying colleagues on >other campuses to better understand how colleges >manage bandwidth and handle complaints of online >copyright infringement. Brandeis itself plans to >update its policies and procedures on those >issues. > > > >Online Library Offers 1.5 million Works and Counting >by Candace Lombardi, C |Net <http://News.com>News.com, November 27, 2007 ><http://www.news.com/Online-library-offers-1.5-million-works-and-counting/2100-1025_3-6220358.html>http://www.news.com/Online-library-offers-1.5-million-works-and-counting/2100-1025_3-6220358.html ><http://www.news.com/Online-library-offers-1.5-million-works-and-counting/2100-1025_3-6220358.html> >The Universal Digital Library, a book-scanning >project backed by several major libraries across >the globe, has completed the digitization of 1.5 >million books and on Tuesday made them free and >publicly available. > > > >Software Group Targets Small Business >Sydney Morning Herald, November 27, 2007 ><http://www.smh.com.au/news/TECHNOLOGY/Software-Group-Targets-Small-Business/2007/11/26/1195975898701.html>http://www.smh.com.au/news/TECHNOLOGY/Software-Group-Targets-Small-Business/2007/11/26/1195975898701.htm > >An analysis by The Associated Press reveals that >targeting small businesses is a lucrative >strategy for the Business Software Alliance, the >main global copyright-enforcement watchdog for >such companies as Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems >Inc. and Symantec Corp. > > >Blog: Kapica's Cyberia Bl?g: A New Copyright Law is Coming >by Jack Kapica, Globe and Mail. November 27, 2007 ><http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071127.WBcyberia20071127170629/WBStory/WBcyberia>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071127.WBcyberia20071127170629/WBStory/WBcyberia > >"Ottawa copyright circles are buzzing with hints that the government is >preparing its new revised copyright bill, and will be tabling it soon, perhaps >as early as next week. And the buzz is that the new law will basically be a >copy of the controversial U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." > > >Balance Needed in Copyright Reform Bill >by David Canton, London Free Press (Ontario), November 27, 2007 ><http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/Columnists/2007/11/26/4685798-sun.html>http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/Columnists/2007/11/26/4685798-sun.html > >In a move that will comfort many online users, the RCMP have announced they >will not target people who download copyrighted material for their personal >use. > > >EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot >Interference with Internet Traffic: Technology >Rights Group Addresses the Comcast Controversy >Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 28, 2007 ><http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/28>http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/28 > >San Francisco - In the wake of the detection and >reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial >interference with Internet traffic, the >Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has >published a comprehensive account of Comcast's >packet-forging activities and has released >software and documentation instructing Internet >users on how to test for packet forgery or other >forms of interference by their own ISPs. > > >Whitepaper: Packet Forgery by ISPs: A Report on the Comcast Affair >Electronic Frontier Foundation, November, 2007 ><http://www.eff.org/wp/packet-forgery-isps-report-comcast-affair>http://www.eff.org/wp/packet-forgery-isps-report-comcast-affair > >Comcast is the second largest Internet Service >Provider (ISP) in the United States. They run >the cable TV and cable Internet networks in many >parts of the United States, and many consumers >know them as their duopoly or monopoly provider >of residential broadband Internet access. Some >time around May 2007, Comcast installed new >software or equipment on its networks that began >selectively interfering with some of Comcast's >customers' TCP/IP connections. The most widely >discussed interference was with certain >BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing >communications, but other protocols have also >been affected. This white paper is intended to >set forth the current state of public knowledge >about Comcast's interference activities. > > >Whitepaper: Detecting Packet Injection: A Guide >to Observing Packet Spoofing by ISPs >Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 2007 ><http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection>http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection > >Certain Internet service providers have begun to >interfere with their users' communications by >injecting forged or spoofed packets - data that >appears to come from the other end but was >actually generated by an Internet service >provider (ISP) in the middle. This spoofing is >one means (although not the only means) of >blocking, jamming, or degrading users' ability >to use particular applications, services, or >protocols. One important means of holding ISPs >accountable for this interference is the ability >of some subscribers to detect and document it >reliably. We have to learn what ISPs are doing >before we can try to do something about it. >Internet users can often detect interference by >comparing data sent at one end with data >received at the other end of a connection. > > > >Blog: (C)ollectanea, Collected Perspectives on Copyright >Center for Intellectual Property, University of >Maryland University College, November 2007 ><http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/>http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ > >Join the Center for Intellectual Property' s >Scholar, Georgia Harper, in a discussion of >current copyright issues. > > > > > >Acknowledgments: >I would like to extend a year-end thank you to >the following VRA-IPR members who have been >monitoring multiple listservs to make this IPR >news posting possible: Kathy Evans, Purdue >University; Leigh Gates, The Art Institute of >Chicago; Leslie Melvin, Bard College; Tammy >Morse, University of Toronto at Mississaugu; >Sonja Staum, Indiana University-Purdue >University Indianapolis; and Megan Young, >University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A >special thank you goes to Jane Darcovich, >University of Illinois at Chicago, for her sound >advice, her editing skills, and her time. We >look forward to more IPR news in 2008. > >This is the last VRA-IPR News that I will submit >from my position at the University of Minnesota, >however I will continue to compile the VRA-IPR >News from a yet-to-be-determined position in New >England. Until that time, please submit any >comments, questions, or suggestions to Jen Green >at ><mailto:greenjennif at gmail.com>greenjennif at gmail.com. > > > >-- >Jen Green >Assistant Curator >Digital Collections + Archives >College of Design >University of Minnesota
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