More good stuff from the Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
Please consider the environment before printing this email > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Blog: US copyright official loves DMCA but admits she's not tech savvy. > AfterDawn.com, September 18, 2007. > http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11154.cfm > > After reading statements made by U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth > Peters it shouldn't surprise anyone to find out that she's a self > described luddite who doesn't even have a computer at home. Short of > being in a coma since the law went into effect in 1998, that's the only > explanation for saying "I think it did what it was supposed to do," > which is what she recently told an audience at the Future of Music > Policy Summit. > > ----- > Blog: Values of Fair Use. By Carlos Ovalle, Collectanea Blog, September > 18, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/2a7pms > > Georgia earlier reported on the CCIA study describing the economic value > of fair use. That study and responses to that study have shed light on a > few areas. > > ----- > Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site. By Richard Perez-Pena, > New York Times, September 18, 2007. > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html > > The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web > site, effective at midnight tonight. In addition to opening the entire > site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives > from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to > 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some > material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free. > > ----- > Blog: Debating the Future of Music. By Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, > September 18, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/29lu6q > > I spent most of Monday in an auditorium at George Washington University, > attending the Future of Music Coalition's annual policy summit. This > gathering is meant to give musicians--as opposed to the recording > industry at large--a chance to mull over the state of the business. > > ----- > Nintendo Sues Korean Web Sites Over Copyright. The Korea Times, > September 17, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/3xx8mt > > The Korean unit of Japan's game console maker Nintendo Co. said Monday > that it has taken a legal action against those who allegedly violated > its copyright for game software through Internet Web sites in South > Korea. Nintendo Korea said that it filed a suit with the Supreme > Prosecutors' Office in Seoul against an unidentified number of users who > it claims uploaded copied Nintendo software on peer-to-peer file-sharing > or Webhard sites. > > ----- > Blog: This just in... Libraries and library organizations ask Copyright > Office to free the registration database. By Georgia Harper, Collectanea > Blog, September 17, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/27a452 > > Peter Brantley and Carl Malamud have just asked the Copyright Office to > make its retrospective database of registrations of copyright freely > available to the public. > > ----- > A call for Net neutrality debate in U.K. By David Meyer, CNET News.com, > September 17, 2007. > http://www.news.com/2100-1028_3-6208405.html > > The time has come for the United Kingdom to join the growing debate > surrounding Net neutrality, the president of the British Computer > Society told ZDNet UK. Professor Nigel Shadbolt said late last week > that, because so much of the Internet's content is derived from the > U.S., the U.K. and Europe would be affected by any Net > neutrality-related decisions made across the Atlantic. > > ----- > Ad-supported music site SpiralFrog launches Monday, offers free music > and video downloads. SiliconValley.com/Associated Press, September 17, > 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/yqwkpm > > SpiralFrog.com, an ad-supported Web site that allows visitors to > download music and videos free of charge, was scheduled to launch Monday > in the U.S. and Canada after months of "beta" testing. The music > service, which has arranged to pay record companies a cut of its > advertising revenue, aims to lure music fans who normally flock to > online file-swapping networks to share and download music for free. The > recording industry has sued thousands of computer users for doing so in > recent years. > > ----- > VW 'Nazi' Subpoena Points Up YouTube Privacy Risks. By David Kravets, > Wired.com, September 17, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/2uw9vm > > A legal spat between YouTube and Volkswagen is throwing light on the > increasing copyright surveillance of social networking sites. Volkswagen > has filed a subpoena seeking the identity of a YouTube user who posted a > Nazi-themed parody of a recent VW Golf commercial. Volkswagen's move > underscores the privacy risks to a blossoming community of users on > sites like YouTube and Yahoo Video, and social-networking sites like > Facebook and MySpace. > > ----- > CRIA about-face on iPod levies tied to concerns over legitimizing > downloads. By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, September 17, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/2zrpuo > > CRIA, Canada's version of the RIAA, has long been a fan of levies. The > Canadian government imposed these levies on blank media like CD-Rs and > audio tapes back in the late 1990s, with the idea being that the money > would go to artists whose work was being copied privately. CRIA, which > has pushed for the levies for years, is suddenly objecting to their > extension to portable music players like the iPod. The organization has > just filed papers in a Canadian federal appeals court that announce its > intention to object to the proposed new levies. > > ----- > Tokyo court clarifies copyright law. By Mark Schilling, Variety.com, > September 16, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/2fsqym > > In two separate cases, Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered a DVD > maker to cease production and sales of DVDs of 10 pics by Akira > Kurosawa. > > ----- > Prince takes YouTube to court for Copyright Infringement. By Shubha > Krishnappa, The Money Times, September 15, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/ynmyb4 > > Prince, an influential star of the 1980s and known for being highly > protective of his copyright, is planning to drag YouTube, eBay, and The > Pirate Bay to the court for copyright infringement, claiming the > Internet sites are allegedly encouraging users to post unauthorized > content and violate copyright laws. > > ----- > Copyright will soon see its name in lights. Deirdre McMurdy, The Ottawa > Citizen, September 14, 2007. > http://tinyurl.com/2b9h2l > > Pirates. Counterfeiters. Movie moguls. Gamers. Hackers. Bureaucrats. > Diplomats. And don't forget the money. Lots and lots of money. These are > ingredients worthy of any political thriller shown at the Toronto > International Film Festival. Except that the latest instalment of this > serial drama is playing out in Ottawa. > > ----- > News Corp. won't pull videos from iTunes. CNET News.com/Reuters, > September 11, 2007. > http://www.news.com/2040-1096_3-0.html?tag=byline > > News Corp. will not pull its television shows from Apple's iTunes as > rival media group NBC Universal has done over a pricing dispute, > President Peter Chernin said in an interview Tuesday. > President Peter Chernin says the media giant has no dispute with Apple, > though it would like a bigger voice in pricing its shows. > > ----- > Blog: Playing Craps With Copyright? By Brock Read, Chronicle of Highe > Education, September 11, 2007. > http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2372 > > Folks following Google's ambitious book-scanning project might want to > check out First Monday's interview with Siva Vaidhyanathan, a strong > critic of the "Googlization" of libraries and copyright law. (The > interview is available as a podcast and as a written transcript.) > > ========== > (C)ollectanea Blog. Collected perspectives on copyright. > http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ > Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC
