Via TechCrunch, a mention of EYEALIKE:
” . . . a proprietary, patent-pending, visual search platform that is valuable for companies who need to effectively index, filter, manage and monetize large image collections. Eyealike functionality is targeted towards companies that have rich image based content. Our visual search solutions can be white-labeled to fit
Slashdot: “Recording Music Without The Recording Industry”
The 2008 RPM Challenge — to write and record an original album in February, just because you can — is about to begin. Hundreds of musicians from around the world have already signed up. Last year, more than 850 albums were recorded as part of the
Via E!Online, Jay Leno and other comedy writers settle with compiler of allegely infringing joke book.
Foxworthy v. Custom Tees, Inc. (1995 case in which ‘redneck’ comic Jeff Foxworthy proves unique expression in jokes.
Prof Patry on the Foxworthy case and the protection of humor.
Via TheSmokingGun, text of complaint in Lapine and Sneaky Chef v. Jessica Seinfeld and Jerry Seinfeld (alleging copyright and trademark infringement, and defamation).
News.com: Washington Post Sticks By RIAA Story Despite Evidence It Goofed:
Marc Fisher, a Post columnist, wrote on Sunday that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) asserted in a legal brief that anyone who copies music from a CD onto their computer is a thief.
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Quoting from the brief, Fisher wrote
WaPo: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use:
Whether customers may copy their CDs onto their computers — an act at the very heart of the digital revolution — has a murky legal foundation, the RIAA argues. The industry’s own Web site says that making a personal copy of a CD that you bought legitimately
Prof Patry: “The Global Garrotting of the Public Domain”
“But for U.S. content owners, the EU reciprocity provision for term extension was merely a stalking horse for the greater prize: extending the term 20 years for U.S. works., and not just any U.S. works, but pre-existing ones, whose term would go from 75
I have actually met and had a lengthy conversation with someone who practices dressage. So any way, the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association has sued the National Walking Horse Association on copyright and trademark grounds. Plaintiff issues pedigree ‘registry certificates’ to horse owners. Defendant has assembled a pedigree database in part by
Slashdot: “U.S. to Get New IP Czar”
We have this pillow and this sofa, in microfiber (because of the dogs) at home. Anyway, Galbraith & Paul owns the copyright in this donut design and someone, allegedly, produced lamp shades that allegedly infringe the fabric, and Ruby Tuesday has such lamps in its restaurants. It then ran photos of its restaurants with the