Author of EAT RIGHT 4 FOR YOUR TYPE books sues author of EAT RIGHT 4 YOUR METABOLIC TYPE.
COMPLAINT Right 4 for Your Type
Anything Other Than File-Sharing To Blame For Music Industry Woes?
TorrentFreak: How To Kill The Music Industry:
According to Per Sundin, CEO of Universal Music, the decline in music revenues in the past 8 years can be fully attributed to (read: blamed on) illegal file sharing. If this were actually true, many of us might even respect his decision to go after pirates as
ToysRUs Buys TOYS.COM For $5.1M
TechCrunc: ToysRUs Buys TOYS.COM
School Spirit: Motion Flex v Motion-Stretch (Cheerleader Uniforms)
Manufacturer of cheerleader uniforms sues competitor on copyright and trademark.
Complaint Motion Flex
Shameless Self-Promotion re Personal Name UDRP Cases
I’m quoted in today’s BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report: “Celebrity Names Disputes Under UDRP: Challenges, Contours, Likely Outcomes,” 14 ECLR 256, 2/25/09 (no link, walled garden).
While we’re talking about celebrity name disputes, I was once copied on an email that Catherine Zeta-Jones was copied on as well. I’m not lying.
Round-Up of Reaction to Jones Day/Blockshopper Settlement
Citizen Media Law Project: Thoughts on the Jones Day-Block Shopper Settlement
Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook Content Brouhaha
Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook): Update on Terms
Our next version will be a substantial revision from where we are now. It will reflect the principles I described yesterday around how people share and control their information, and it will be written clearly in language everyone can understand. Since this will be the governing document
This Just In: SDNY Affirms Hot New Doctrine in AP Case
Spot the irony in AP’s own report of the decision regarding a decision allowing its ‘hot news’ doctrine action to proceed:
A federal judge has reaffirmed that a 1918 legal doctrine applies in the Internet age by allowing The Associated Press to proceed with a copyright-infringement lawsuit against a company accused of redistributing the news
Jones Day / BlockShopper Case Settles
Time To Test My ToS Outrage Theory, This Time WIth Facebook
I’ve written previously on the stages of “ToS Outrage” syndrome. Now we’ll see how my theory plays out with Facebook, which is reportedly making overbroad claims to user-generated conteny. Even if my theory holds, that’s not to say they’re not thieving bastids. Taking a quick look at the ToS, I note that FB