Facebook Poised to Enter Music Streaming Wars with Spotify
The famous overseas service “Spotify” recently launched a web campaign adding teeth to the rumor that Spotify is coming to the US . . . most likely through the gateway of Facebook. A wildly successful...
View ArticleDerivative Works Based on the Public Domain: Not as Free as You Thought
A recent decision from the Eighth Circuit is a reminder that not everything that you think is in the public domain is actually up for grabs. Given the ease with which we can search the internet for...
View ArticleFirst Mickey Mouse and Now the Beatles
Back in 1998, Congress extended the term of copyright for an additional 20 years, preventing certain works from falling into the public domain. Dubbed the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act," the law raised...
View ArticleStopping the Stop of the Internet: An Alternative to SOPA
SOPA, introduced in the House in October as H.R. 3261, is due for a mark-up this week by the 39 member House Judiciary Committee, which oversees revisions to copyright law. The bill, authored by the...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Addresses DMCA Safeharbor in Landmark Case
A new Second Circuit decision could change the way some service providers conduct business on the internet, imposing a greater burden to assess specific infringing activity. In Viacom v. YouTube,...
View ArticleTwitter Transparency Reveals Government's Social Media Demands
Is the information you post via social media of potential governmental interest? Probably not, but still, it's possible. To bring home the point, Twitter just issued its first Transparency Report. That...
View ArticleWant to “Unlock” That New Mobile Phone? The Rules Have Changed.
It’s a little-known fact that the Librarian of Congress has the power to determine if you can “unlock” your mobile phone/PDA in order to change the telephone/ISP service accessible on the device. You...
View ArticleA Copyright Alert about a Copyright Alert: Internet Service Providers...
It’s good to be an Internet Service Provider. While content owners worry about piracy and erosion of copyright, and thus revenue, ISP's (the companies that provide us with Internet access) do not have...
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