Reuters: “SL Business Sues For Copyright Infringement”
“Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on Tuesday against Second Life resident Volkov Catteneo, and Alderman’s lawyer said he plans to subpoena Linden Lab to force it to disclose Catteneo’s real-world identity.”
Video Song Comparison in Avril Lavigne Suit
Billboard: Seventies Band Sues Lavigne Over ‘Girlfriend.‘
Admire My Stolen BMW; Maybe You’ll Buy One
News.com: “Hollywood Hates Pirates, But Can It Use Them?”
This article, discussing the alleged distribution of infringing copies of a move, asks:
“whether those who downloaded the movie could have helped ticket sales by spurring word-of-mouth sales.”
Is the article asking:
1. If ticket sales are spurred, is that a defense to infringement?
NFL Restricts Use of Video On Media Web Sites
WaPo: “Under NFL Rules, Media Web Sites Are Given Just 45 Seconds to Score“:
“In a move designed to protect the Internet operations of its 32 teams, the pro football league has told news organizations that it will no longer permit them to carry unlimited online video clips of players, coaches or other
Men Posing As Women Held To Be Not So Original
NY Lawyer: “Wayans Brothers Win “White Chicks” Suit” (Wayams prevails in copyright suit).
Strong Sentiments
Dave Winer’s take on AT&T’s cooperation with the RIAA and MPAA” “I Don’t Believe in the Death Penalty . . . for People”.
Backgrounds Move To The Foreground
As Thomas Pynchon once wrote: Some people can’t see the a great work of architecture without thinking “chase scene.”
Such people will be troubled by this BBC Report that the Church of England is planning legal action against Sony, for use of Manchester Cathedral as a background for a video game scene.
Info/Law
Conley v Gibson Overruled, Effects On Copyright Claims
Prof Patry discusses possible ramifications of Bell Atlantic v Tombly (setting forth what is required to state a claim under FRCP 8(a)(2), on ‘meritless’ copyright claims.
If You Were Harry Potter’s Publisher’s Lawyer . . .
. . . what would you do to protect against people using the Internet to maliciously disseminate spoilers?
Inferring Plagiarism
This Jason Calacanis post is interesting as to how he (correctly) guessed that a health-related WikiPedia article had been copied from a prior NIH document (it was good and it had very few edits).