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Supreme Court Rejects Tenenbaum Appeal
Categorize this as dog-bites-man news but since I’ve posted about the Tenenbaum case many times ($675k, More on Tenenbaum, More on the Tenenbaum Judgment, Tenenbaum Postscript, $.70 a Song, and Court Reinstates Tenenbaum Damage Award), and discuss it in class … Continue reading
Posted in copyright law
Tagged copyright infringement, file sharing, piracy, Tenenbaum
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I Want My Megaupload Files*
Among the interesting legal issues raised by the U.S. Justice Department’s shutdown of Megaupload.com and criminal prosecution of its managers is whether those who used the site to store non copyright-infringing works will be able to retrieve their data. The … Continue reading
Posted in copyright law, Internet Law
Tagged copyright infringement, EFF, file sharing, Megaupload, piracy
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SOPA Explained
For analysis of SOPA that focuses on its legal requirements critically but without hyperbole see “A Close Look at SOPA” by Jonathan Zittrain, Kendra Albert and Alicia Solow-Niederman.
EU Rules ISP Not Required to Monitor for Copyright Enforcement
While Congress considers passing legislation that imposes duties on ISP’s to monitor for and take affirmative steps to counter copyright infringement the European Court of Justice–the EU’s high court–held this week “that Internet service providers could not be required to … Continue reading
Court Reinstates Tenenbaum Damage Award
The First Circuit reinstated the jury’s $675,000 damage award to Sony BMG in its copyright infringement case against music-sharer Joel Tenenbaum, but the decision did not reach the merits of District Court Judge Nancy Gertner’s holding that the original award was … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property
Tagged copyright infringement, due process, file sharing, music industry
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File-Sharing Litigation Groundhog Day
RIAA file-sharing punching bag Jammie Thomas-Rasset lost for the third time, a Minnesota jury finding her liable on Wednesday for copyright infringement and ordering that she pay damages of $1.5 million. A 2007 jury trial resulted in a $222,000 RIAA … Continue reading
LimeWire Shut Down
“If file-sharing copyrighted songs is against the law, why is LimeWire still operating?” Students have asked this question countless times, and countless times I’ve answered it. There are no copyright police; copyright holders must pursue civil lawsuits to remedy claims … Continue reading
Posted in copyright law, Internet Law
Tagged copyright infringement, file sharing, Limewire, napster, RIAA
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