>Thread-Topic: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: October 2008 >Thread-Index: Ack9t+P9s6b5jqHVRw6hWuW1qe8tFA== >Accept-Language: en-US >acceptlanguage: en-US >Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:29:09 -0500 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >From: Jennifer Green <Jennifer.Green at MASSART.EDU> >Subject: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: October 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, Massachusetts College of Art + Design >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Senate Passes Orphan Works Bill; "PRO IP" Bill Headed to President's Desk >by Andrew Albanese, Library Journal, September 30, 2008 ><http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6600674.html>http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6600674.html > >As Congress headed into overtime last weekend to consider a bill >meant to address the troubled financial markets, two major copyright >bills passed in the Senate, including one that addresses orphan >works, a measure long fought for and supported by libraries. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Blog: Recording Industry to Webcasters: Don't Get Too Excited >by Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post, October 1, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/3p3lmr>http://tinyurl.com/3p3lmr > >The copyright negotiations between Webcasters and the recording >industry may continue under a bill approved by Congress over the >weekend. But the trouble for Webcasters may be far from over. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Copyright Judges Force Ruling on Digital Music Royalties >by Clint DeBoer, Audioholics, October 6, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/3s8jvc>http://tinyurl.com/3s8jvc > >The revolution will not be televised after all... Last week, three >copyright judges forced an end to debate between songwriters, labels >and online digital music services by maintaining current royalty >rates on CDs, downloads, online streaming services and ringtones... >for the most part. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Radiohead Lead Featured Artists Coalition, Seek Greater Rights >Rolling Stone, October 6, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/3opyt7>http://tinyurl.com/3opyt7 > >Radiohead, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, the Pretenders' Chrissie >Hynde, and Iron Maiden are among the initial artists to sign up for >and usher in the launch of the new Featured Artists Coalition. As >the music industry continues to shift into the digital age, the >Coalition seeks to protect the artist's rights over their own music. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Apple Asks Computer-Training School in Canada to Stop Using an Apple >as Its Logo >by Jeffrey Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus, >October 7, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5mbube>http://tinyurl.com/5mbube > >Apple Inc. sent a threatening legal letter to the Victoria School of >Business and Technology in August demanding that the school stop >using an apple as its logo. But the school isn't budging, and its >president has posted a letter online calling Apple a bully. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Web Firms' Bid for Copyright Clarity Left Hanging >by John Letzing, MarketWatch, October 7, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/4qwc8j>http://tinyurl.com/4qwc8j > >When Lawrence Lessig mounted a high-profile challenge to existing >copyright protections years ago, the Stanford University law >professor was hoping to prod a broader examination of how to make >better uses of authors' work. Now Lessig says he's horrified at one >of the results: a bill that sailed through the Senate last month and >has become mired in the House Judiciary Committee. "It's just about >the most ineffective solution one can imagine," Lessig complained of >the legislation. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >'Napster Judge' Thumps RealDVD, but Will She Ban It? >by Greg Sandoval, CNet News, October 8, 2008 ><http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10061548-93.html>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10061548-93.html > >Inside Marilyn Patel's courtroom on Tuesday, it was obvious the >federal judge was concerned by some of the things she heard about >RealDVD. The $30 software enables people to copy DVDs and store >their contents on a computer's hard drive. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >News Release: Broad Divisions Between Political Parties on Copyright >Issues Impacting Canadian Musicians >by Canadian Private Copying Collective, CNW Group, October 8, 2008 ><http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2008/08/c4462.html>http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2008/08/c4462.html > >The Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) today released the >results of a survey sent to all five major federal political >parties, asking each party for its views on issues related to >Canada's private copying regime. These results will be of interest >to all copyright owners, including the approximately 97,000 rights >holders who have received private copying levies, in order to inform >their decision-making as to how they vote in the October 14th >federal general election. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >United Kingdom: Consultation on Copyright Exemptions for Public >Performance of Music >UK Intellectual Property Office, Internet Business and Law Services, >October 12, 2008 ><http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1422>http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=sa&id=1422 > >A consultation on exemptions to copyright law for certain charitable >and not-for-profit organizations was launched today by the UK >Intellectual Property Office. The Music Licensing Review >consultation will seek views from music rights holders, >representative bodies of users and rights holders and users on two >exemptions, which allow charitable organizations to pay for only one >of two licenses normally required for playing music. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Blog: Collectanea: It's Official; There's now a Position of Federal >Copyright Czar >by Georgia Harper, October 13, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/3jmxvq>http://tinyurl.com/3jmxvq > >As Wired reports (Bush Signs Law Creating Copyright Czar), it's >official: we've got a cabinet level position vested with fighting a >war on copyright infringement. I guess as far as the digital realm >goes, the publishers, music execs, recording associations and movie >moguls got tired of fighting it on their own. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >German Court: Google Image Thumbnails Infringe on Copyright >by John Timmer, ars technica, October 13, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/4kcokl>http://tinyurl.com/4kcokl > >As much as people complain about the challenges of balancing >copyrights and fair use in the US, overseas courts have been happy >to provide examples that remind us that some aspects of US copyright >law are actually fairly liberal. The latest such reminder comes >courtesy of a case in Germany that revisits an issue that appears >settled in the US: the right of image search services to create >thumbnails from copyrighted works to display with the search >results. The German courts have now determined that this is not OK >in Germany, where Google has just lost two copyright suits over >image thumbnails. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Press Release: How Fair Use Prevailed in the Harry Potter Case >ARL & ALA Release Copyright Analysis, October 13, 2008 ><http://www.arl.org/news/pr/harry-potter-13oct08.shtml>http://www.arl.org/news/pr/harry-potter-13oct08.shtml > >The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library >Association (ALA) have released "How Fair Use Prevailed in the Harry >Potter Case," by Jonathan Band, JD. Band contends that, despite US >District Court Judge Robert Patterson's September 8 ruling that the >print version of Steven Vander Ark's Harry Potter Lexicon infringed >J. K. Rowling's copyright, "the big winner actually was fair use." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >McCain Campaign Feels DMCA Sting >legal Analysis by Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation, >October 14, 2008 ><http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/mccain-campaign-feels-dmca-sting>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/mccain-campaign-feels-dmca-sting > >Yesterday, the McCain-Palin campaign sent a letter to YouTube >describing the troubles it has been having with bogus DMCA takedowns >targeting its videos. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Blog: Angry Canadian Poets Target Access Copyright >P2pnet News, October 16, 2008 ><http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17329>http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17329 > >Access Copyright revenues will top $30 million in 2008 with 75% >going to publishers, the largest receiving $4 million, states League >of Canadian Poets. But the average writer receives only $496, it >says, going on: "In a [sic] historic meeting September 12, 2008 >writers and other artists came from across Canada to voice their >concerns with Access Copyright (AC)." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Blog: Digital Natives May Force Rethinking on Copyright, Privacy and Broadband >by Drew Bennett, BroadbandCensus.com, October 16, 2008 ><http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=889>http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=889 > >As a part of its burgeoning lecture and discussion series, "DC >Talks", Google's Washington office on Wednesday featured Berkman >Center Director and Harvard Law Professor John Palfrey and his new >book, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital >Natives. Accompanying Palfrey were Sarah Zhang and Diana Kimball, >two Harvard students and digital natives who served as both research >assistants and research subjects for the book. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >News week in review: Copyright, Copyright, Copyright Edition >by John Timmer, Ars Technica, October 18, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6pd3kz>http://tinyurl.com/6pd3kz > >The ease with which digital media can be copied and spread has >completely changed the game as far as copyright issues are >concerned, and it's rare that a week goes by without a story that >focuses on who has the right to distribute what. But this past week, >tussles over intellectual property erupted both domestically and >overseas, and even dragged in the US Presidential campaign. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Where Have All the Legal Downloading Services Gone? >by Brock Read, Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus, October 20, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5zvrwc>http://tinyurl.com/5zvrwc > >In its new report, "The Campus Costs of P2P Compliance," the Campus >Computing Project makes clear that many colleges are spending a lot >of money - more than they'd like - to keep students from downloading >pirated music and movies. But one of the report's most interesting >findings concerns what colleges aren't paying for: legal >alternatives to peer-to-peer piracy. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >German Artists Defend Copyright in Google Era >by Trinity Hartman, DW World, October 21, 2008 ><http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3726906,00.html>http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3726906,00.html > >Google might reign as the unchallenged king of German search >engines, but a lawsuit over the company's popular image search >feature brings into question the rights of German artists in the >Internet age. > >See related articles below. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >EFF Gets Involved in Election Video Takedown Spat >by Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, October 21, 2008 ><http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2332981,00.asp>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2332981,00.asp > >The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is going after several >television networks for issuing YouTube takedown notices on campaign >videos. EFF on Monday penned a letter to CBS, Fox, NBC Universal, >and the Christian Broadcasting Network, and asked that they stop >issuing >Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices on campaign >videos posted to YouTube. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Blog: G4TV: EA Faces Copyright Infringement Suit >by John Manalang, October 22, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6dghwp>http://tinyurl.com/6dghwp > >"Third-party megapublisher Electronic Arts was sued for copyright >infringement involving the company's NCAA sports games series. The >publisher allegedly used an official University of Las Vegas team >anthem without composer Gerald Willis's permission. Willis, who >works as a high school music teacher, now demands $1.5 million USD >from EA." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Will Record Labels Control Digital-music Lockers? >by Greg Sandoval, CNET News, October 22, 2008 ><http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10072496-93.html>http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10072496-93.html > >A fitting anthem for Michael Robertson these days would be The >Rolling Stones' hit, Get Off of My Cloud. For nearly a decade, >Robertson, the often controversial cofounder of MP3.com and >Linspire, has toiled to store music in the cloud, the term used to >describe the seemingly limitless amount of data and services >accessible with a Web browser. But in the past, Robertson's efforts >have led him into epic legal battles with the music industry. That's >where he finds himself once again. In November, EMI filed a >copyright suit against him and his music service, MP3tunes.com. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Dr Michael Geist: Why Copyright? The Fight for Canada's Digital Future >by Scott Harris, VUE Weekly, October 23, 2008 ><http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=9995>http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=9995 > >Late last year, rumors began to swirl that federal Minister of >Industry Jim Prentice was about to introduce legislation to make >sweeping changes to Canada's copyright laws. In response, University >of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist created a Facebook group to >provide a forum for discussion on the expected bill. The reaction >was incredible. In less than a week the group had grown to more than >10 000 members, and within a month to 35 000. Fair Copyright for >Canada chapters began appearing in cities across Canada, many >holding demonstrations at the offices of their local MPs. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Google Reaches $125 Million Settlement in Book Copyright Lawsuits >by Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek, October 28, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6f2o77>http://tinyurl.com/6f2o77 > >The deal with book publishers and authors would clear the way for >Google Book Search to show digitized images of millions of >in-copyright books and other library materials. Google on Tuesday >said it has agreed to pay $125 million to settle lawsuits from book >publishers and authors who objected to the company publishing in >search results snippets of in-copyright books and other written >materials taken from libraries without permission of copyright >holders. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Ex-Kazaaer Wants to Turn Pirates into Paying Customers >by Joel Hruska, Ars Technica, October 28, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6kjfdk>http://tinyurl.com/6kjfdk > >Kevin Bermeister and Michael Speck, former courtroom adversaries in >the file-sharing wars, have since formed an alliance and are >preparing to launch a new application that they claim will turn >would-be pirates into customers (reluctant or otherwise). >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Search Engine Cache Does Not Infringe Copyright, Rules US Court >by OUT-LAW News, October 29, 2008 > <http://www.out-law.com/page-9541>http://www.out-law.com/page-9541 > >A court has ruled that Yahoo! and Microsoft had an implied license >to copy and display pages from a website because the operator of >that site knew how the search engines' opt-out procedures worked but >chose to ignore them. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Copyright Term Gets Brussels Hearing >by Robert Ashton, MusicWeek, October 29, 2008 ><http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1035991&c=1>http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1035991&c=1 > >The legal affairs committee of the European Parliament is opening >its public hearing on copyright term next Tuesday. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Press Release: The Future of Google Book Search: Our groundbreaking >agreement with authors and publishers >Google.com, October 2008 > >"Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American >Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class >action lawsuit against Google Book Search. Today we're delighted to >announce that we've settled that lawsuit and will be working closely >with these industry partners to bring even more of the world's books >online. Together we'll accomplish far more than any of us could have >individually, to the enduring benefit of authors, publishers, >researchers and readers alike." >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >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 >
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