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>IPR-In the News >Compiled by Jen Green, Massachusetts College of Art + Design >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Music Industry Ditches Company It Used to Gather Evidence on Students >by Sara Lipka, Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus, January 5, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/atmysa>http://tinyurl.com/atmysa > >"The Recording Industry Association of America, which announced last >month that it would stop suing groups of students for alleged >illegal file sharing, has ditched the company it had hired to seek >out such pirates." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Ad Exec Threatens to Sue over Copyright on Hitler's Globe in Tom Cruise Movie >by Mike Masnick, Techdirt, January 5, 2009 ><http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090104/1822593279.shtml>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090104/1822593279.shtml > >"A bunch of folks have been submitting the story that ad exec Robert >Pritikin is claiming that Tom Cruise's new movie, Valkyrie, about >the plotted (and failed) assassination of Adolf Hitler, abuses his >copyright on Hitler's globe." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >RI Judge Hears Arguments in Music Downloading Case >by Associated Press, Boston Herald, January 6, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/8v5h6d>http://tinyurl.com/8v5h6d > >"A Rhode Island couple whose son is accused of illegally sharing >songs online should not be forced to surrender their home computer >for inspection because it would violate their privacy, their lawyer >argued at a federal court hearing Tuesday." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says >by Brad Stone, The New York Times, January 6, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/966wxr>http://tinyurl.com/966wxr > >"In moves that will help shape the online future of the music >business, Apple said Tuesday that it would remove anticopying >restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes Store and >allow record companies to set a range of prices for them." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post >by Declan McCullagh, cnet news, January 6, 2009 ><http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html?tag=nl.e703>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html?tag=nl.e703 > >"One of Obama's first tech-related decisions has been to select the >Recording Industry Association of America's favorite lawyer to be >the third in command at the Justice Department. And Obama's pick as >deputy attorney general, the second most senior position, is the >lawyer who oversaw the defense of the Copyright Term Extension >Act--the same law that Lessig and his allies unsuccessfully sued to >overturn." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Blog: Wired Blog Network: Felton, Fellow Tinkerers Predict $900 >iPhone, Piracy Prosecutions >posted by David Kravets, January 7, 2009 ><http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/felten-fellow-t.html>http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/felten-fellow-t.html > >"DRM technology will still fail to prevent widespread infringement.' >Another obvious prediction from the Tinkerers is that the Recording >Industry Association will continue to sue individuals for file >sharing copyrighted works, despite its pledge not to." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Blog: Wired Blog Network: Court: Inmate Cannot Sue U.S. for >Copyright Infringement >posted by David Kravets, January 8, 2009 ><http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/court-inmate-ca.html>http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/court-inmate-ca.html > >"A federal inmate who copyrighted a calendar he produced while >performing graphic-art labor as part of his 17-year-bank robbery >sentence cannot collect the $500,000 he says his product is worth, a >federal appeals court ruled Wednesday." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Harvard Law Prof Seeks Live Webcast of RIAA P2P Trial >by Mark Hefflinger, Ars Technica, January 8, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/8ms29b>http://tinyurl.com/8ms29b > >"Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson has asked the judge hearing >the copyright infringement trial of an alleged music file-swapper >that he and his students are defending to allow the proceedings to >be webcast live on the Internet." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Mashups Changing the Face of Copyright Laws >by Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia, January 8, 2009 ><http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62049904,00.htm>http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62049904,00.htm > >"User-generated mashups are changing the face of copyright laws, >which have to evolve to catch up with the Internet generation, said >Mary Wong, an expert on intellectual property (IP)." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >EFF Proposing DMCA Exemption for iPhone Jailbreaking >by Justin Berka, Ars Technica, January 9, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/9uphm9>http://tinyurl.com/9uphm9 > >"A number of iPhone owners out there have chosen to jailbreak their >devices, and although Apple hasn't done much to stop the practice, >it's unclear what the legal situation related to jailbreaking looks >like." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Singapore: Make Online Content Free >by Chua Hian Hou, Asia Media News Daily, January 9, 2009 ><http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=103148>http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=103148 > >"Intellectual property forum attendees remain ambivalent about how >to simultaneously protect their work and make money in YouTube age." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post >by Wendy Davis, Online Media Daily, January 9, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/77kwa4>http://tinyurl.com/77kwa4 > >"Some digital rights advocates cheered the appointment of longtime >copyright-reform champion Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) as chair of the >House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the >Internet." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >New video-on-demand service may hinge on Supreme Court ruling >by David G. Savage, L.A. Times, January 9, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/7n62t5>http://tinyurl.com/7n62t5 > >"Networks and studios oppose Cablevision's plan to offer >rebroadcasts of programs without commercials and without a fee paid >to producers." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >A Talk with Lawrence Lessig >by Samuel P. Jacobs, The Boston Globe, January 11, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/87zgk3>http://tinyurl.com/87zgk3 > >"A cutting-edge legal mind turns to an age-old problem: corruption." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Court Hearing in Music-Industry Lawsuit Can Be Broadcast Online >by Sara Lipka, Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus, January 15, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/cdvzl5>http://tinyurl.com/cdvzl5 > >"A federal judge ruled today that Harvard University's Berkman >Center for Internet & Society can broadcast online a hearing in a >recording-industry lawsuit scheduled for January 22." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Internet Piracy Regulations Planned for UK >by Ben Fenton & Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times, January 16, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/97x7sl>http://tinyurl.com/97x7sl > >"Ministers intend to pass regulations on internet piracy requiring >service providers to tell customers they suspect of illegally >downloading films and music that they are breaking the law, says the >draft report by Lord Carter." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Australia: Australian Trade Opts to Keep Territorial Copyright >by Catherine Neilan, The Bookseller.com, January 21, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/bg4auh>http://tinyurl.com/bg4auh > >"The Australian book trade has rejected its government's proposal to >end territorial copyright restrictions, which would allow >international publishers to sell overseas editions into the country." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >YouTube to Allow Big Media to Bring on own Adds, Take on Hulu >by David Chartier, Ars Technica, January 22, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/btfasr>http://tinyurl.com/btfasr > >"Google is expected to allow more big media partners to sell their >own ads against their content posted on YouTube. This could go a >long way towards mending rocky copyright relations, but it could go >even farther for helping YouTube to gain a reputation for premium >content." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >New Zealand: Copyright Law Dust-up Turns into a War of Words >by Pat Pilcher, The New Zealand Herald, January 22, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/8gt73p>http://tinyurl.com/8gt73p > >"It's official, the recording industry has thrown its toys out of >the cot after critics have roundly condemned the controversial >Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Google Calls for UK Copyright Reforms >by Vicky Frost, The Guardian, January 22, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/c793xp>http://tinyurl.com/c793xp > >"Google today called for UK copyright reforms that allow individuals >limited use of copyrighted work in order to create new content." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Swedish Police Want Personal Info of P2P Users >by Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica, January 22, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/b86zsh>http://tinyurl.com/b86zsh > >"Swedish law enforcement would like to be able to get personal >information on P2P users who are suspected of lesser copyright >crimes, and plan to send a report to the Ministry of Justice in >support of a new file sharing bill." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >New Zealand: Ignorance is No Excuse over New Copyright Law >by Jenny Keown, Business Day, January 23, 2009 ><http://www.businessday.co.nz/industries/4826750>http://www.businessday.co.nz/industries/4826750 > >"Thousands of New Zealand businesses are unaware they could be in >breach of a copyright internet law to come into force next month, >says Business New Zealand." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >GateHouse Media Case against NYTimes goes to Trial >by Denise Lavoie, The Associated Press, January 25, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/b6q6w7>http://tinyurl.com/b6q6w7 > >"The two publishers will square off in federal court this week in a >case that is being closely watched by journalists, bloggers and >Internet users." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >The Problem with Extending Copyright on Music >by Ben Jones, TorrentFreak, January 24, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/b8eg6d>http://tinyurl.com/b8eg6d > >"Several studies have shown that an extension of copyright on sound >recordings is a bad idea. It will lead to less competition and >higher prices while only the record labels benefit from it. Next >Tuesday, the Open Rights Group will be hosting a round-table event >to discuss performance copyright extension in the EU." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Why the Recording Industry Stopped Suing Students >by Tracy Mitrano, Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus, >January 27, 2009 ><http://tinyurl.com/ccu3lm>http://tinyurl.com/ccu3lm > >"When the Recording Industry Association of America decided in >December to stop filing bulk lawsuits against college students, >several students in my "Culture, Law, and Politics of the Internet" >course asked me to comment on the strategy." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Sources: AT&T, Comcast May Help RIAA Foil Piracy >by Greg Sandoval, cnet News, January 28, 2009 ><http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10151389-93.html?tag=nl.e703>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10151389-93.html?tag=nl.e703 > >"AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet service >providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will >cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing, >three sources close to the companies told CNET News." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Obama wants to know: Why open source? >by Matt Asay, cnet News, January 28, 2009 ><http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10147920-16.html?tag=nl.e703>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10147920-16.html?tag=nl.e703 > >"Obama's been asking around about the benefits of open source, >according to Sun Chairman Scott McNealy, who has been asked by Obama >to author a white paper on the benefits the U.S. government can >derive from open source." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Press Release: Call for Open Access to Digital Images ><http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/features/feature4/>http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/features/feature4/ > >"The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), a >co-initiator of the OpenAccess movement, has drawn up a set of >best-practice recommendations concerning the scholarly use of visual >media." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >New tool: From the Copyright Advisory Network: The Section 108 Spinner ><http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/>http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/ > >"Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code allows libraries and >archives, under certain circumstances, to make reproductions of >copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder. > This tool can help you determine whether or not a particular >reproduction is covered by this exemption." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Many thanks to all of our VRA-IPR members who are monitoring >multiple listservs to make this IPR news posting possible. Please >submit any comments, questions, or suggestions to Jen Green at ><mailto:jen.green at massart.edu>jen.green at massart.edu > > > > > > >Jen Green >Visual Resources Librarian >Morton R. Godine Library >Massachusetts College of Art and Design >621 Huntington Avenue >Boston, MA 02115 >617-879-7109 >jen.green at massart.edu > -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net
