“Edison was adamant that Edison recordings would be played only on Edison phonographs. His competitors, Victor and Columbia, shared the same playback technique, etching a laterally cut groove that sent the needle moving horizontally as the record played. Their recordings could be played on one another’s machines. Edison, however, adopted his own design, a groove
Network Solutions Purchased By Private Equity Frim
Biz.Yahoo.com: “Network Solutions Annonces Ownership Change” (General Atlantic Partners purchase NetSol from Pivotal Private Equity).
And I’m Sitting Here On Capitol Hill
Let me anticipate two questions.
C-Span is not a government entity, but a not-for-profit consortium backed by the cable industry, and, all other things being equal, can own and assert copyright.
Second, a congressperson showing a bit of C-Span footage of a congressional hearing on the congressperson’s website, would seem to be fair use.
OK,
Par Value of One Thousand Words Per Picture
Getty Images Inc. is one of the largest vendors of still and moving images to the media industry. It is also a publicly traded company, which means that there is interesting stock coverage, commentary and SEC filings, relating to the marketing and valuation of images in the digital era.
NY Times On Branding
NFL Copyright Warning Put Back On YouTube
Wendy Seltzer recovers from her first DMCA takedown and get her video of NFL’s copyright warning put back up on YouTube.
ROTOWIPER Brand Weed Wiper Triumphant
ArkansasBusiness.com: “New Zealand Manufacturer Gets Injunction Against Northwest Arkansas Group“:
Rotoworks International Ltd., a New Zealand farm implement manufacturer, received a preliminary injunction Monday in a trademark infringement case involving a bait-and-switch scheme by a northwest Arkansas group.
In the lawsuit filed by the Henry Law Firm of Fayetteville, Rotoworks claimed the defendants
Not Necessarily Stoned, But Infringing
NME: ‘Hendrx Family Sues Vodka Brand“:
“The family of Jimi Hendrix have filed a lawsuit over the use of his name in association with a brand of vodka.
Seattle businessman Craig Dieffenbach is marketing the brand, called Hendrix Electric Vodka, which is packaged in a purple bottle and features Jimi Hendrix’ face and
Bizarre. Maybe It Was In A Lookalike Best Buy Store
WaPo: “Best Buy Web Site Pricing Probed“:
“Best Buy is under investigation by Connecticut’s attorney general after consumers complained they were denied deals found at the electronic retailer’s Web site by store employees who pulled up a lookalike site that listed higher prices on some merchandise.”
Update: Engadget comments, quoting Best Buy that