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.”

PERFECT 10, INC., v. VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION; FIRST DATA CORPORATION; CARDSERVICE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; HUMBOLDT OPINION BANK; MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. No. 05-15170 (9th Cir. July 3, 2007)
“Perfect 10, Inc. (Perfect 10) sued Visa International Service Association, MasterCard International Inc., and several affiliated banks and data processing services (collectively, the Defendants), alleging secondary liability under federal copyright and trademark law and liability under California statutory and common law. It sued because Defendants continue to process credit card payments to websites that infringe Perfect 10’s intellectual property rights after being notified by Perfect 10 of infringement by those websites. The district court dismissed all causes of action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm the decision of the district court.”

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?
2. if ticket sales are spurred, should copyright holders not prosecute?
3. if ticket sales are spurred, should copyright holders re-evaluate how they distribute their content?

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 officials, including video that the news organizations gather themselves on a team’s premises. News organizations can post no more than 45 seconds per day of video shot at a team’s facilities, including news conferences, interviews and practice-field reports.”