WSJ (no free online version available): The estate of Samuel Beckett does not allow any departure, not only from the text of his plays but from the extensive specific stage directions left by Beckett. It recently sought to enjoin an Italian production of ‘Waiting For Godot’ that cast women in the roles of Vladimir and…

Deep Links on the Consumer Electronics Association ad campaign documenting a century’s worth of content providers worrying about the effect of technology on copyrighted works.

James Boyle, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke, writes on the WIPO Treaty on Broadcasting.

News.com: “Service Let’s People Rip Videos From YouTube, Other Sites.” According to this article, PeekVid and KeepVid are services emanating from Australia, which aggregate, index and copy copyighted content from YouTube, Google Video, and other sites.

Freakonomics notes that:
“Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt solve a big problem-the illicit distribution of photos of their new baby-by distributing the pictures themselves and donating the proceeds to charity, thereby thwarting the paparazzi free market and potentially setting a new model for future celebrity photo ops.”
However:
There is still illicit distribution. CNN reports…

MercuryNews.com: “Eminem settles lawsuit over use of songs as ring tones.’

Tech Law Advisor worries about a demand letter his son will receive in 2014.

Between Lawyers: Baker and McKenzie represents an entity that owns the rights to stream the World Cup over the Internet. B&M has sent out preemptive letters on its behalf, one to an American website, Boing Boing, and one to a Canadian ISP. American and Canadian commentators found the letter to be embarrassing, and abusive,…