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  • August 2008

    • Northwestern Using Emails to Combat File Sharing

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 28, 08 8:18 CDT

      Northwestern Using Emails to Combat File Sharing

      (Newser) - Northwestern University has a way to decrease peer-to-peer sharing of copyrighted files: send students emails. The system, called Be Aware You’re Uploading, delivers email notifications to active p2p users on the network, Ars Technica reports. BAYU has a successful track record of reducing p2p usage and copyright violations. It’s not a real punishment, but BAYU works by informing users oblivious to illegal uploading. More »

    • Music Biz Can't Dodge Piracy: Study

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 4, 08 12:04 CDT

      Music Biz Can't Dodge Piracy: Study

      (Newser) - Offering fans cheap online access to music doesn't make a dent in illegal downloads, a new study of Radiohead’s latest album shows. Although In Rainbows was released online for whatever fans wanted to pay, it was illegally downloaded millions of times, reports the Financial Times. The study advocates accepting the inevitable. "It’s time to stop swimming against the tide of what people want," said a co-author. More »

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      music industry  • copyright  • piracy  • Radiohead  • P2P  • illegal downloading  • In Rainbows

  • July 2008

    • Hasbro Sues Scrabulous, Warns Facebook

      ABC News  |  Jul 24, 08 9:05 CDT

      Hasbro Sues Scrabulous, Warns Facebook

      (Newser) - The makers of Scrabble say Scrabulous must go. Hasbro today sued the creators of the online knockoff, which is wildly popular on Facebook, and warned the social networking site to dtich the game, ABC News reports. No word yet on whether that will happen. Hasbro recently released its own online version of Scrabble, also available on Facebook, in conjunction with Electronic Arts. More »

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      Facebook  • copyright  • Hasbro  • Scrabble  • Scrabulous

    • Digital Rules Stymie Library of Congress

      Ars Technica  |  Jul 16, 08 8:54 CDT

      Digital Rules Stymie Library of Congress

      (Newser) - Anti-copyright laws are irritating not only casual music listeners or movie watchers who want to back up their digital media—even the Library of Congress is butting heads with the rules that forbid the duplication of copyrighted works, Ars Technica finds. And though the library has pushed for changes in the law, the calls have met deaf ears on Capitol Hill. More »

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      copyright  • Library of Congress  • DRM  • digital media  • Digital Millenium Copyright Act

    • Google Refuses to Hand Over Employee Data

      CNET  |  Jul 13, 08 9:17 AM CDT

      Google Refuses to Hand Over Employee Data

      (Newser) - Google is refusing to turn over records of content its employees at YouTube have uploaded, CNET reports. Two weeks ago, a judge ordered the company to disclose a huge set of user data, along with information on employees, as part of Viacom’s copyright claim. If workers uploaded copyright-protected material, the video-sharing site's protection under federal law could be in jeopardy. More »

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      Google  • lawsuit  • YouTube  • copyright  • Viacom  • copyright infringement

    • Google Must Turn Over YouTube Records: Judge

      Wired  |  Jul 4, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Google Must Turn Over YouTube Records: Judge

      (Newser) - A judge has ordered Google to give Viacom records of all videos ever watched on YouTube, including users’ names and IP addresses, Wired reports. Viacom is seeking the data to bolster its $1 billion lawsuit against Google for allowing copyrighted Viacom clips on YouTube. The media giant believes the data will show that copyrighted clips draw more views than user-created content. More »

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      Google  • lawsuit  • YouTube  • online privacy  • copyright  • Viacom  • copyright infringement

  • June 2008

    • AP Waffles on Blog Policies

      paidContent.org  |  Jun 16, 08 4:00 CDT

      AP Waffles on Blog Policies

      (Newser) - The Associated Press is struggling to hash out its policies toward bloggers who excerpt the organization's coverage, paidContent.org notes. The news agency attacked a liberal blog that posted snippets from its stories, but an AP exec later told the New York Times he regretted such a "heavy-handed" approach. Still, he's not withdrawing any demands that the blog remove the content. More »

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      blog  • copyright  • Associated Press

    • Footprints Poem Leads to Authorship Suit

      Washington Post  |  Jun 1, 08 3:51 CDT

      Footprints Poem Leads to Authorship Suit

      (Newser) - A religious poem that adorns coffee mugs and T-shirts worldwide may now inspire a court battle, the Washington Post reports. A Long Island man has filed suit claiming that his mother wrote the inspirational work, "Footprints in the Sand." At least a dozen others have claimed authorship of the poem, which has raked in millions of dollars in merchandising. More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • copyright  • copyright infringement  • author

  • May 2008

    • Prof Copyrights Notes, Sues Web Cheats

      Ars Technica  |  May 21, 08 7:25 CDT

      Prof Copyrights Notes, Sues Web Cheats

      (Newser) - A professor at the University of Florida who has regularly copyrighted his lectures is suing a service that offers online course notes to lazy students. Dr. Michael Moulton of the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department says it's not about money, reports the Ars Technica blog. "It used to be that students had to find the answers themselves, the old-fashioned way," says Moulton. More »

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      copyright  • University of Florida  • cheating

    • Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

      CNET  |  May 21, 08 3:50 CDT

      Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

      (Newser) - Three of the big networks are trying to get a handle on video syndication website RedLasso, cNet reports. The site records and indexes clips from TV and radio shows, making it easy for bloggers to share and embed them. NBC, CBS and Fox News have issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering the site to stop using their material without permission. More »

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      television  • NBC  • Fox  • copyright  • blogging  • online videos  • copyright infringement  • TV networks  • web video

  • April 2008

    • Yoko Goes to Court Over Lennon Footage

      Reuters  |  Apr 23, 08 12:22 CDT

      Yoko Goes to Court Over Lennon Footage

      (Newser) - Yoko Ono is headed to court to fight for the copyright to 9 hours of raw footage of her late husband shot before the Beatles broke up in 1970. In the videos, John Lennon smokes pot, writes songs— Remember and Mind Games —blow-dries Yoko's hair and contemplates slipping LSD into Richard Nixon’s tea. Yoko is battling a Massachusetts-based company over rights to the footage, Reuters reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • music  • copyright  • Beatles  • John Lennon  • Yoko Ono

    • Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 17, 08 7:59 CDT

      Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

      (Newser) - The judge in the Harry Potter copyright case gave the man who compiled The Harry Potter Lexicon a one-up against JK Rowling today when he announced that her books were full of gibberish, the Telegraph reports. He said he tried reading one to his grandkids and found it "extremely complex" and suggested that a guidebook would be handy. He won't issue his ruling for several weeks and urged both sides to settle out of court. More »

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      trial  • Harry Potter  • copyright  • JK Rowling  • copyright infringement  • plagiarism  • Harry Potter Lexicon

  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Pirate Bay Prepares for P2P Legal Battle

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 11, 08 8:09 CST

      Pirate Bay Prepares for P2P Legal Battle

      (Newser) - Wildly popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay will soon defend itself in court, after years of eluding international copyright interests, the Wall Street Journal reports. Swedish prosecutors will charge the site with “conspiracy to breach copyrights,” a technically-nuanced accusation that is heatedly disputed. The site itself hosts no actual copyrighted material, but instead provides an index of such files. More »

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      copyright  • file sharing  • Sweden  • peer to peer  • The Pirate Bay

    • RIAA Boss Clarifies Lawsuit

      Engadget  |  Jan 5, 08 9:06 AM CST

      RIAA Boss Clarifies Lawsuit

      (Newser) - RIAA chief Cary Sherman says the recording industry has never prosecuted anyone for  ripping or copying CDs for personal use, Engadget reports. Sherman appeared on NPR and characterized media reports about a recent high-profile suit as inaccurate. The legal action, he said, is against a man who ripped CDs not just for himself but to give others access as well through file sharing. More »

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      music industry  • copyright  • file sharing  • copyright law  • RIAA  • MP3s  • Cary Sherman

    • EU Proposes Digital Media Plan

      Reuters  |  Jan 4, 08 12:46 CST

      EU Proposes Digital Media Plan

      (Newser) - The European Commission wants to create a unified European online market for music, films and games. Goal is to streamline the patchwork of regulations across member nations, to make multi-territory copyright licenses easier, and to combat illegal downloads it says are discouraging content providers from  offering their products on the internet.  The effort will begin with non-binding policy recommendations by mid-2008, Reuters reports. More »

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      copyright  • European Commission  • online media

  • December 2007

    • Record Industry Changes Tune on Copying CDs

      Washington Post  |  Dec 30, 07 6:25 AM CST

      Record Industry Changes Tune on Copying CDs

      (Newser) - The recording industry has argued in a court brief that individuals who copy music from CDs for personal use are breaking the law, the Washington Post reports. The claim by the Recording Industry Association of America is a dramatic rejection of what had long been considered a Fair Use right for consumers—and has driven the massive popularity of portable MP3 players. More »

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      music  • copyright  • CDs  • RIAA  • download

    • Video Caught in Copyright Claim

      Wired  |  Dec 13, 07 1:18 AM CST

      Video Caught in Copyright Claim

      (Newser) - A parody video about the return of an Internet bubble by Bay Area group Richter Scales has been taken down from YouTube for copyright reasons, after a photographer complained about one of her images being used, Wired reports. The group claimed that it since it was satire, it was fair use, but Lane Hartwell said she was sick of her images being stolen. More »

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      YouTube  • copyright  • photography  • Flickr  • photographers

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