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Judge Admits Error in RIAA Case


Last October a Minnesota jury found Jammie Thomas liable for copyright infringement for KaZaa downloads of 24 copyrighted songs and awarded damages of $9,250 per infringement, a total of $222,000. Last week Michael Davis, the federal judge who presided over Thomas’s trial, said that he erred when instructing the jury that ““the act of [...]

Brits Nix Term Fix


I’ve posted about this before: Britain to Reject Copyright Extension and Like Coals to Newcastle. Now it’s official. Unlike the U.S., which in 1998 the added 20 years to the term of copyright protection (it’s now the life of the creator plus 70 years or, for a work made for hire, between [...]

Like Coals to Newcastle


“Fair play for musicians” sounds like something all fair-minded people should endorse. Like any marketing slogan one, it deserves critical examination. As used in a full-page advertisement in the Financial Times reported on by the Associated Press that I viewed here, “fair play” means extending British copyright protection for sound recordings beyond its current [...]