Monthly roundup of IP news from Jen Green.... >Thread-Topic: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: February 2008 >Thread-Index: Ach8nWPUUAaz2TlHRAyPFKaDHQMfqA== >Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:41:22 -0500 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >From: Jen Green <jgreen at NHIA.EDU> >Subject: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: February 2008 >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, New Hampshire Institute of Art >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >European Court Issues New File Sharing Directives >by Tim Smalley, bit-tech.net, January 31, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/246bh3>http://tinyurl.com/246bh3> > >The European Court of Justice decided earlier this week that EU law does not >force the disclosure of file sharer's details in copyright infringement cases. >In the ruling, the court was essentially asked to balance the consumer's right >to privacy against the industry's right to protect its intellectual property. >The court sided with the Internet user - something that could be seen as a >massive victory for the file sharing community in Europe. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Deeplinks: Savage v. CAIR: Another Year, >Another Attempt to Misuse Copyright Law to >Silence a Critic >by Matt Zimmerman, Electronic Frontier Foundation, January 31, 2008 ><<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/another-year-another-attempt-misuse-copyright-law-silence-critic>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/another-year-another-attempt-misuse-copyright-law-silence-critic> > >"EFF, along with their co-counsel, filed a >motion for judgment on the pleadings asking a >U.S. District Court judge to throw out a >copyright infringement suit brought by talk show >host Michael Savage against the Council on >American-Islamic Relations. Savage sued CAIR in >December, alleging that CAIR infringed the >copyright in his show when it posted on its web >site brief excerpts from Savage's radio program >in order to criticize Savage's remarks. Savage >also added a federal racketeering claim stemming >from that alleged copyright infringement." > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Deeplinks: Senate Votes on Surveillance Law This Week >posted by Tim Jones, Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 4, 2008 ><<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/senate-votes-surveillance-law-week>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/senate-votes-surveillance-law-week> > >This week, Senators finally cast their votes on >amendments to the Foreign Intelligence >Surveillance Act (FISA). This is a critical week >for the privacy and civil liberties of all >Americans -- the amendments are the last chance >the Senate has to prevent handing the >Administration a blank check to spy on you for >years to come. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Enterprise Insights: Technical Protection >Measures (TPMs) and Educational Use of the >Internet >by Russell McOrmond, IT World Canada, February 4, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/2cy5da>http://tinyurl.com/2cy5da> > >"One of the most common themes you will see in the copyright debate is >different people using the same terminology to mean entirely different things, >and never really noticing that they aren't talking about the same thing as >they argue. It is coming up on 7 years that I've dedicated to trying to make >sense of this, which is why I'm writing so much about copyright....While I >have hinted at language problems around the term "technical protection >measures" or TPMs, I will talk about this confusion in the context of a debate >you may be less familiar with: Educational use of the Internet." >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: The Crime of Selling Abandoned Copies >by William Patry, The Patry Copyright Blog: February 7, 2008 ><<http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/crime-of-selling-abandoned-copies.html>http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/crime-of-selling-abandoned-copies.html> > >"If you came across a trash can filled with >lawfully made compact discs and DVDs that the >copyright owner had authorized to be put in that >trash can and then thrown away because it didn't >want to pay the postage to have them returned, >do you think you could be criminally prosecuted >for selling those copies, and would you think >that the copyright owners would be entitled to >restitution under the Mandatory Victims >Restitution Act? If you answered no to these >questions, you would be wrong according to the >Eighth Circuit." > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >A Tight Grip Can Choke Creativity >by Joe Nocera, New York Times, February 9, 2008 ><<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/business/09nocera.html?_r=1&ref=media&oref=slogin>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/business/09nocera.html?_r=1&ref=media&oref=slogin> > >On Friday, a lawyer named Anthony Falzone filed his side's first big >brief in the case of Warner Bros. Entertainment and J. K. Rowling v. RDR >Books. Mr. Falzone is employed by Stanford Law School, where he heads up >the Fair Use Project, which was founded several years ago by Lawrence >Lessig, perhaps the law school's best-known professor. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Report: Three-Strikes Copyright Enforcement May Come to UK >by Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, February 12, 2008 ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080212-report-three-strikes-copyright-enforcement-may-come-to-uk.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080212-report-three-strikes-copyright-enforcement-may-come-to-uk.html > ><<http://tinyurl.com/22fcxs>http://tinyurl.com/22fcxs> > >A French copyright enforcement initiative has made its way through the >Chunnel to the UK, and British ISPs less than thrilled about it. Should >ISPs and Big Content prove unable to come to an agreement on their own, >the UK parliament will reportedly soon consider legislation that would >mirror France's planned "three strikes and you're offline" approach to >copyright infringement, one that would cut off Internet access to repeat >copyright infringers. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Business Coalition Opposes Harsh Copyright Reform >by CBC News, February 13, 2008 ><<http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/02/13/tech-copyright.html>http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/02/13/tech-copyright.html> > >A who's who of powerful companies and business associations have banded >together to push for less restrictive copyright reform, driving a stake >into the heart of the federal government's argument for its new >copyright bill. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Threat Of Jail Time Increases Respect For Copyright, Microsoft Says >by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek, February 13, 2008. ><<http://tinyurl.com/2wrgug>http://tinyurl.com/2wrgug> > >Teens appear to be willing to curtail illegal downloading when told they >face fines or jail time. This finding, among many in a survey published >by Microsoft on Wednesday, is the basis for the software company's new >campaign to teach teens respect for intellectual property rights. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Educause Cheers New Net Neutrality Bill >by Andrea Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education: >Wired Campus, February 13, 2008 ><<http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2743/educause-cheers-new-net-neutrality-bill>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2743/educause-cheers-new-net-neutrality-bill> > >Proponents of network neutrality, including the >college technology group, Educause, heralded the >introduction today in the U.S. House of >Representatives of legislation supporting the >concept. The bill would require telephone and >cable companies to keep their broadband pipes >open to any kind of Web content or network >application -- even those that compete with the >companies' own offerings -- and to prohibit the >companies from favoring certain types of network >traffic with fast-lane delivery to people's >computers. > >More information can also be found here: ><<http://connect.educause.edu/term_view/Net+Neutrality>http://connect.educause.edu/term_view/Net+Neutrality> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >When Pop Culture Tributes Become Copyright Infringements >by Dan Bischoff, Star-Ledger, February 16, 2008 ><http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2008/02/when_pop_culture_tributes_beco.html>http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2008/02/when_pop_culture_tributes_beco.html > ><<http://tinyurl.com/ysvmmj>http://tinyurl.com/ysvmmj> > >Recently the 71-year-old artist and heir to the Johnson & Johnson >fortune has begun a series that he calls "American Icons," depicting >famous images from Americana, like the sailor kissing the nurse in Times >Square at the end of World War II, or "Forever Marilyn," Johnson's >three-dimensional bronze of Marilyn Monroe standing on the subway grate >from "The Seven-Year Itch." >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Collectanea: Congressman Lessig? >by Georgia Harper, February 18, 2008 ><<http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2008/02/congressman_lessig_1.html>http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2008/02/congressman_lessig_1.html> > >"Lending credibility to the idea that Lessig may run for Congress in a >special election to replace the late Congressman Lantos on April 8 (less >than 2 months from now), he reportedly is "away with my family this >weekend to think things through..." >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Canadian Authors Get Short End of Copyright Collective Stick >by Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, February 18, 2008 ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080218-canadian-authors-get-short-end-of-copyright-collective-stick.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080218-canadian-authors-get-short-end-of-copyright-collective-stick.html > ><<http://tinyurl.com/27dfwm>http://tinyurl.com/27dfwm> > >Copyright collectives are supposed to make it easy to go straight. If a >university wants to make photocopies in most parts of Canada, for >instance, a single license from a nonprofit group called Access >Copyright will take care of the legal issues. Businesses, government, >and universities pay into the group, which then redistributes the money >to publishers and authors. But where does the money go? >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Verizon: Copyright Infringement May Be Good for Business >by Preston Gralla, ComputerWorld, February 18, 2008 ><http://blogs.computerworld.com/verizon_copyright_infringement_may_be_good_for_business>http://blogs.computerworld.com/verizon_copyright_infringement_may_be_good_for_business > ><<http://tinyurl.com/266ywc>http://tinyurl.com/266ywc> > >Has Verizon decided that copyright infringement will help its bottom >line? In a backhanded way, the company seems to be saying that sharing >copyright-infringing video files on its network could, in fact, be good >for its business. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Russia Improves Copyright Law >by Nick Holdsworth, Variety, February 18, 2008 ><http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981057.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117981057.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 > ><<http://tinyurl.com/28k9tn>http://tinyurl.com/28k9tn> > >Russia is making gradual progress on increasing and improving the >protection of intellectual property, a key European audiovisual industry >body said Monday. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >EU Commissioner Wants to Extend Copyright to 95 Years >by Rich Fiscus, Afterdawn.com, February 18, 2008 ><<http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12957.cfm>http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12957.cfm> > >Much like songwriter and Congressman Sonny Bono did in the U.S. several >years ago, EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy is championing an extension >to copyright terms. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Media Giants Harmonize Over Online Copyright >by Guardian Unlimited, Buzzle.com, February 19, 2008 ><<http://www.buzzle.com/articles/179030.html>http://www.buzzle.com/articles/179030.html> > >A coalition of nine of the world's leading media companies today struck >a cooperation pact aimed at cracking down on people who infringe >copyright on the internet - with Google conspicuously absent. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Blog: FP Trading Post: Media Industry to Lobby Against Higher Copyright Fees >by Zena Olijnyk, Finance Post, February 19, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/yp4s8p>http://tinyurl.com/yp4s8p> > >Lobbying efforts are heating up as executives at Canadian radio >companies brace themselves against the prospect of paying a huge >increase in copyright fees. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Blog: Deeplinks: RIAA File-Sharing Complaint Fails to Support Default Judgment >by Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 25, 2008 ><<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/riaa-file-sharing-complaint-fails-support-default-judgment>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/riaa-file-sharing-complaint-fails-support-default-judgment> > >The recording industry's litigation campaign >against individual file-sharers suffered a >setback earlier this month when a federal judge >ruled in Atlantic v. Brennan that the >boilerplate complaint used by the recording >industry in these cases would not support a >default judgment. Ars Technica [below] has an >excellent summary of the legal standards and why >the ruling represents a blow to the >"spam-igation" techniques of the recording >industry. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >RIAA Fails Again to get Default Judgment in Uncontested Case >By Eric Bangeman, February 25, 2008 >Atlantic Records, et al., brought suit against >Christopher Brennan just over a year ago. >Brennan failed to respond to the complaint, >never appearing in court to answer the copyright >infringement charges. After an entry of default >was entered on August 6, 2007, the RIAA moved >the court for a default judgment, which Judge >Janet Bond Arterton denied in a ruling earlier >this month. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Tennessee Eyes Bill to Make Colleges Stop Online File Sharing >by Andrea Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education: >Wired Campus, February 25, 2008 ><<http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2770/tennessee-eyes-bill-to-make-colleges-stop-online-file-sharing>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2770/tennessee-eyes-bill-to-make-colleges-stop-online-file-sharing> > >The U.S. House of Representatives is not the >only legislative group that is trying to force >colleges to be aggressive in stopping students >who swap music and video files illegally online. >A bill introduced last month in the Tennessee >State Senate, SB 3974, would force public >colleges in the state to police their networks >to prevent illegal file sharing. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Chronicle Tech Forum: Campus Rights vs. Copyrights >by Josh Fischman, Chronicle of Higher Education: >The Wired Campus, February 25, 2008 ><<http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2772/chronicle-tech-forum-campus-rights-vs-copyrights>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2772/chronicle-tech-forum-campus-rights-vs-copyrights> > >Campus officials don't want to be cops. They >made that point loud and clear today in Tampa, >Fla., in a panel discussion about the digital >piracy of music and videos by college students. >But a law professor and a representative of the >movie industry told them that, in certain >circumstances, colleges didn't have much choice. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >San Francisco Law School Comes to Aid of >Students Accused of Copyright Infringement >by Andrea Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education: >Wired Campus, February 28, 2008 ><<http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2783/san-francisco-law-school-comes-to-aid-of-students-accused-of-copyright-infringement>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2783/san-francisco-law-school-comes-to-aid-of-students-accused-of-copyright-infringement> > >Another law school clinic is assisting college >students who have been accused of swapping music >files online in violation of copyright law. >Students taking part in an intellectual-property >project of the University of San Francisco >School of Law are counseling some students at >the university and at San Francisco State >University on how to respond to letters they >have received from the Recording Industry >Association of America, accusing them of >copyright infringement. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Intellectual Privilege: The Specter of Copyism v. Blockheaded Authors >by Tom W. Bell, February 26, 2008 ><<http://www.intellectualprivilege.com/blog/>http://www.intellectualprivilege.com/blog/> > >View the abstract for Bell's article titled, >"The Specter of Copyism v. Blockheaded Authors: >How User-Generated Content Affects Copyright >Policy" > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Book Draft: "Intellectual Privilege: Copyright, >Common Law, and the Common Good" >by Professor Tom Bell ><<http://www.intellectualprivilege.com/book.html>http://www.intellectualprivilege.com/book.html> > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Professional Development: Image Rights: Perspectives from Copyright Owners >Visual Resources Association IPR Plenary >Session: VRA Annual Conference, San Diego, CA: >Wednesday, March 12, 2008 ><<http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/sandiego2008/ataglance.html>http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/sandiego2008/ataglance.html> > >While copyright is a frequent and important >topic of discussion for VRA members, we may not >always have the opportunity to hear the >perspective of copyright owners with respect to >these issues. The VRA IP Committee proposes to >sponsor a session in which a panel of >representatives from artists' estates and other >copyright owners express their views on the use >of copyrighted works and images for educational >and scholarly purposes, what fair use means to >them (particularly in the online environment), >and other concerns and thoughts they might have >about the use of images of their works in the >digital environment. The speakers will also >touch on other issues of importance, such as the >integrity and quality of images, and having >proper attributions associated with the works. >One theme that will be explored through this >discussion is the possibility of broader >collaboration between educational users and >copyright owners of images, and whether - in the >aftermath of CONFU - there is any possibility >for thinking afresh about the use of copyrighted >images in the educational context. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Professional Development: Copyright Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game >University of Maryland University College: >Center for Intellectual Property: 8th Annual >Symposium, May 28-30, 2008, Metro Washington, >D.C. > ><<http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/>http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/> > >"Are you stuck on your next move? Join the >Center for Intellectual Property, a trusted >source of accessible professional development >programming, and learn how to create a winning >strategy for managing your creations and the use >of third party copyrighted works. Sit down with >noted scholars and practitioners exploring the >relationship between the U.S. copyright >monopoly, technological innovation and higher >education institutions." > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 jgreen at nhia.edu > > >Jen Green, Assistant Librarian/Interim Director >New Hampshire Institute of Art, Teti Library ><http://www.nhia.edu/>http://www.nhia.edu/
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