2011
Board Games
From here.
Bieber’s Goin’ Down (Or Why I May Be Against SOPA).
In which I appear on “This Week In Law” not so much defending SOPA but defending the attempt for creating remedies for the sort of ills (specifically, online counterfeiting by non-US entities) that SOPA is supposed to address. My bit starts at about the 3:00 point. As an aside, we could view a SMS crawl…
MegaUpload v UMG 512(f) Complaint
The story so far. MegaUpload is a file transfer site. Various music artists got together and filmed a video of a song in support of MegaUpload. UMG brought a DMCA notice. MegaUopload filed a 512(f) action alleging bad faith use of the DMCA notice-and-takedown procedure.
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Developing Story re MegaUpload and UMG
Here’s what seems to be the story. A bunch of recording artists (such as P Diddy and Will.I.Am) recorded a song in support of MegaUpload, a file transfer site that had run afoul of the labels. UMG brought a DMCA to take down the video It’s still down on YouTube, I’m embedding the Vimeo version. …
Prof. Tribe: SOPA Violates The First Amendment
The crux of his argument appears in the first sentence, sub (a), on the page 8.
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Text of Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (Alternative to SOPA)
OPEN, an alternative to SOPA. Introduced by Reps. Issa and Sen. Wyden:
- A BILL to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to address unfair trade practices relating to infringement of copyrights and trademarks by certain Internet sites, and for other purposes.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
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Ollie On Trademarks Follow-up: Cipla Settles
The lawsuit reported by my dog Ollie here is said to be settled here.
What Happened Here?
The US government has effectively admitted that it totally screwed up and falsely seized & censored a non-infringing domain of a popular blog, having falsely claimed that it was taking part in criminal copyright infringement. Then,
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