I’m thinking that negotiating a secret treaty that will strip rights from internet users to pacify movie studios is a pretty good way to make sure that it’s eventually rejected by the American people.
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If the law is a secret, do you have to obey it?
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, media, politics, technology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
is it legal to make backup copies of your DVDs?
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, fair use, first sale doctrine, free (or not) software, media, property, technology on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of those questions that has bothered me ever since the DeCSS thing went down way back in 2001. The crux of the problem is this: the movie industry wants to sell you a DVD like it’s a physical object, and then use technology to restrict your use as though you have [...]
One Copy For The House, One Copy For The Car, Another Copy For The Other Car…
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, first sale doctrine, internet, media, property on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(updated 10:17 pm- slashdot says that the WaPo story I quote below is, um, misleading. Or maybe it’s just wrong. Hooray for traditional journalism.)
The RIAA is breaking out a new legal tactic:
In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on [...]
I Wish This Story Was About UO
Posted in copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, first sale doctrine, internet, property on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From Ray Beckerman’s place:
In a fascinating interview with Jon Newton of p2pnet, Prof. Deirdre Smith of the University of Maine Law School’s Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, which is the first law school legal clinic in the U.S. to have taken on the RIAA, says that “our students are enthusiastic about being directly connected to a [...]
The Future Of Public Interest Law
Posted in advertising, copyright, dissent, economics, fair use, first sale doctrine, free (or not) software, internet, technology, tagged discovery, evidence, groklaw, riaa on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Expert testimony is expensive. Putting a post up on a website is cheap. When your opponents have insufficient evidence and their experts are a bunch of charlatains, it can be very helpful to have an active community of highly intelligent people who share a personal interest in seeing you win your case.
If you were representing [...]
Travel Day
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, ethics, fair use, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, politics, property on September 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So light posting. But first a couple of quick links:
Fair use in the news for contributing to the US economy.
eBay seller asserts first sale doctrine.
RIAA loses a motion for a default judgment- the other guy didn’t show up and the record company STILL lost. This is big news- it means that federal judges in district [...]
