>Thread-Topic: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: March 2008 >Thread-Index: AciT9/P7JJjGDwiTTv6CGcqTwMyRxQ== >Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:57:33 -0400 >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: March 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 > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >History Suggests Copyright Crusade is a Lost Cause >by Nate Anderson, ars technica: the art of technology, March 4, 2008 ><<http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/copyright-crusade.ars>http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/copyright-crusade.ars> > >Recently, the Los Angeles Times's Jon Healey >kicked off a new round in the long-running >debate about the moral status of file sharing. >Critics of the practice analogize copyrights to >property rights, suggesting that file sharing is >a form of theft. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Can Someone Give Michael Eisner A History Lesson On Copyright And >Patents? >Techdirt.com, March 11, 2008 ><<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080311/190606504.shtml>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080311/190606504.shtml> > >Michael Eisner gave an interview at SXSW on >Tuesday (with Mark Cuban acting as the >interviewer). While he discussed a variety of >things, at one point he was asked about >copyright issues and he responded with a >strongly pro-copyright statement. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Higher-Education Groups Urge Federal Lawmakers to Oppose File-Sharing Measure >by Andrea Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 12, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/yuad8h>http://tinyurl.com/yuad8h> > >A coalition of 13 higher education groups is urging education leaders in >Congress to reject a provision in the Higher >Education Act approved by the U.S. House of >Representatives last month that would require >college to buy computer tools to detect student >music and video piracy and to offer students >subscription-based music services. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >When Imitation's Unflattering >by Eric Wilson, NYTimes, March 13, 2008 ><<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/fashion/13ROW.html?sq=copyright&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=13&adxnnlx=1206973068-kErmkAGYUs8YhjUbZScIZw>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/fashion/13ROW.html?sq=copyright&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=13&adxnnlx=1206973068-kErmkAGYUs8YhjUbZScIZw> > >The Council of Fashion Designers of America >faced a roadblock this week in its campaign to >extend copyright laws to apply to fashion after >losing the support of an influential trade group. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Congressman May Inject Much Needed Fair Use into PRO_IP Act >by Nate Anderson, ars technica: the art of technology, March 14, 2008 ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080314-congressman-may-inject-much-needed-fair-use-into-pro-ip-act.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080314-congressman-may-inject-much-needed-fair-use-into-pro-ip-act.html > >The PRO-IP Act currently wending its way through >Congress is an attempt to ratchet up copyright >protections, in part by boosting statutory >damages that copyright holders can collect. >Google's top copyright lawyer (and the man who >wrote a seven-volume treatise on the subject of >copyright law), William Patry, called the bill >the most "outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever >introduced in the US," though the most >controversial bit was recently pulled from the >bill by Howard Berman (D-CA). > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Do The Monster Mash >by Charlie Devereux, CNN. March 17, 2008 ><<http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/12/danger.mouse/>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/12/danger.mouse/> > >When Brian Burton, a little known DJ operating >under the name of Danger Mouse, released "The >Grey Album" in 2003, he brought to mainstream >attention a new form of musical genre made >possible by the advance of modern technology and >the Internet. He also inadvertently sparked >debate about record labels' monopoly of music >ownership. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Israel Rebukes US: Our Copyright Laws are Fine, Thanks >by Nate Anderson, ars technica: the art of technology, March 18, 2008 ><<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080318-israel-rebukes-us-our-copyright-laws-are-fine-thanks.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080318-israel-rebukes-us-our-copyright-laws-are-fine-thanks.html> > >Israel wants the US government to know that it >won't implement laws banning the circumvention >of DRM and it won't rewrite its ISP safe harbor >rules; furthermore, neither of these issues >should have any effect on trade relations >between the two countries. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Monetizing File-Sharing: Collective Licensing Good, ISP Tax Bad >by Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 20, 2008 ><<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/monetizing-file-sharing-collective-licensing-good-isp-tax-bad>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/monetizing-file-sharing-collective-licensing-good-isp-tax-bad> > >Last week at SXSW, music industry veteran Jim >Griffin broached the idea that file sharers pay >a small fee through their ISPs in exchange for >unlimited file sharing. There is a great deal to >recommend an idea like this (as we've been >saying since 2004), but there's a right way and >a wrong way to go about it. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Press Release: Myxer Launches PROTECT Copyright >Protection Program for Rights Holders >by EarthTimes/PR Newswire, March 20, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/26wap4>http://tinyurl.com/26wap4> > >Myxer, the leader in ad-supported mobile >content, today announced details of its PROTECT >program, a powerful framework designed to >address the concerns of copyright holders in the >emerging new mobile economy. A one of the mobile >industry's leading service providers, Myxer is >working proactively with content owners, such as >record labels, film and television studios, to >give them unprecedented visibility into and >control over the flow of content through the >Myxer platform. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Press Release: Judge Dismisses Copyright >Infringement Complaint Against iParadigms, >Provider of Turnitin.com. >by EarthTimes/PR Newswire, March 20, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/2yzr3s>http://tinyurl.com/2yzr3s> > >A Virginia judge has issued a summary judgment >regarding his dismissal of a copyright >infringement lawsuit filed by four high school >students against iParadigms over the use of the >students' written works in the Turnitin >plagiarism detection service. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Dead Guys Sound Off On Copyright >by Matt Ransford, PopSci.com, March 20, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/yp9ety>http://tinyurl.com/yp9ety> > >Long before DRM-cracking and Creative Commons, >thinkers like Gutenberg, Kant and Locke started >the freedom of information debate. A new site >archives their really old ideas. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Panelists Outline Strategies On Exceptions And Limitations To Copyright >by Kaitlin Mara, Intellectual Property Watch, March 20, 2008 ><<http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=973>http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=973> > >An event at the World Intellectual Property >Organization (WIPO) last week brought some key >actors in copyright and related rights to >discuss the value of limitations and exceptions >and to present a recently released study >describing an international instrument on >limitations and exceptions. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Students School David Pogue on the New Copyright Morality >by Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired Blog Network, March 21, 2008 ><<http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/students-school.html>http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/students-school.html> > >In his recent speaking engagements, the New York >Times' David Pogue has run a demonstration >involving asking the audience questions about >whether various digital copying activities are >morally wrong. Normally, as he proceeds towards >the examples that are increasingly illegal, more >audience members raise their hands to indicate >their moral objection. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Software Group Lobbied on Copyrights >CNN Money/AP, March 21, 2008 ><<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-23947055.htm>http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-23947055.htm> > >The Business Software Alliance, the principal >global copyright-enforcement watchdog for the >commercial software industry, spent $1.7 million >in 2007 to lobby for greater copyright >enforcement and other issues. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader: Why Your e-books are No Longer Yours >by Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo, March 21, 2008 ><<http://gizmodo.com/369235/amazon-kindle-and-sony-reader-locked-up-why-your-books-are-no-longer-yours>http://gizmodo.com/369235/amazon-kindle-and-sony-reader-locked-up-why-your-books-are-no-longer-yours> > >Four students at Columbia Law School's Science >and Technology Law Review looked at the >particular issue of reselling and copying >e-books downloaded to Amazon's Kindle or the >Sony Reader, and came up with answers to a >fundamental question: Are you buying a crippled >license to intellectual property when you >download, or are you buying an honest-to-God >book? > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Why Your e-Books Are No Longer Yours >by kdawson, Slashdot.com, March 22, 2008 ><http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/22/2150244>http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/22/2150244 > >Predictions Market sends us to Gizmodo for an >interesting take on the question: when you "buy" >"content" for Amazon's Kindle or the Sony >Reader, are you buying a crippled license to >intellectual property when you download, or are >you buying a book? > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Turnitin Wins Important Victory in Fight >to Combat Plagiarism (and the bloat of copyright) >by Georgia Harper, (c)ollectanea, March 23, 2008 ><<http://tinyurl.com/2zn4u2>http://tinyurl.com/2zn4u2> > >To the relief of many a high school, college and >university administrator, Turnitin's system for >helping teachers identify possible cases of >plagiarism got a pass from the judge earlier >this month. AV v. iParadigms (District Court, >Eastern District of Virginia). > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Supreme Court Asked to Weigh RIAA Legal Fee Flap >by David Kravets, Wired Blog Network, March 24, 2008 ><<http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/supreme-court-a.html>http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/supreme-court-a.html> > >The U.S. Supreme Court was asked Monday whether defendants who beat a >Recording Industry Association of America >copyright case are entitled to legal fees. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Blog: Pirates May Face a Flawed Attack >by Simon Tsang, Sydney Morning Herald, March 24, 2008 ><<http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/random_access/017693.html>http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/random_access/017693.html> > >Last week, the Daily Yomiuri Online reported >that four of Japan's largest internet service >providers agreed to do something about pirated >material being distributed across their >networks. However, the twist is the ISPs >themselves won't be doing any of the monitoring. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Congressman: Copyright not made to Pad the Wallets of Creators >by Nate Anderson, ars technica: the art of technology, March 27, 2008 ><<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080327-congressman-copyright-not-made-to-pad-wallets-of-creators.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080327-congressman-copyright-not-made-to-pad-wallets-of-creators.html> > >At a talk given at Tech Policy Summit in >California last night, Berman showed himself a >thoughtful legislator when it comes to IP issues >like patents and copyright. For instance, he >noted that he and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) spend >plenty of time worrying about the danger of >"squeezing fair use" too much with new copyright >legislation, and he also noted his belief that >copyright doesn't exist to "pad the wallets" of >content creators; it's to create public good. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Ruling Gives Heirs a Share of Superman Copyright >by Michael Cieply, New York Times, March 29, 2008 ><<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/business/media/29comics.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=copyright&st=nyt&oref=slogin>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/business/media/29comics.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=copyright&st=nyt&oref=slogin> > >A federal judge here on Wednesday ruled that the >heirs of Jerome Siegel - who 70 years ago sold >the rights to the action hero he created with >Joseph Shuster to Detective Comics for $130 - >were entitled to claim a share of the United >States copyright to the character. The ruling >left intact Time Warner's international rights >to the character, which it has long owned >through its DC Comics unit. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Professional Development: > >(c) Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game -- May 28-30, 2008 >University of Maryland University College, Center for Intellectual Property >Eighth Annual Intellectual Property Symposium >UMUC Inn and Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland (in Metro Washington, D.C.) ><<http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008>http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008> > >Join the Center for Intellectual Property for >its annual symposium 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
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