A Supreme Court Showdown for File Sharing
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Court mulls file sharing Hollywood and
Silicon Valley square off before Supreme
Court in case that could limit
Court mulls file sharing Hollywood and
Silicon Valley square off before Supreme
Court in case that could limit
03/30/2005 08:56 PMCBS MarketWatch Mar 31 2005 12:31AM GMT
File sharing goes to the Supreme Court
File sharing goes to the Supreme Court
03/29/2005 06:49 AMPersonal Computer World Mar 29 2005 10:51AM GMT
Supreme Court to Weigh in on
File-Sharing (AP)
Supreme Court to Weigh in on
File-Sharing (AP)
03/29/2005 09:22 AMAP - The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday on
file-sharing technology. How the justices rule could redefine how
consumers can watch television shows and films and listen to songs
that increasingly are delivered in digital formats.
Supreme Court Weighs in on File-Sharing
Supreme Court Weighs in on File-Sharing
03/30/2005 05:27 PMTechzonez Mar 30 2005 9:37PM GMT
Supreme Court Weighs in on File-Sharing
(AP)
Supreme Court Weighs in on File-Sharing
(AP)
03/29/2005 02:57 PMAP - The Supreme Court expressed concerns Tuesday over allowing
entertainment companies to sue makers of software that allows Internet
users to illegally download music and movies, questioning whether the
threat of such legal action might stifle Web innovation.
Supreme Court Hears File-Sharing Case
(AP)
Supreme Court Hears File-Sharing Case
(AP)
03/29/2005 11:03 PMAP - The mostly silver-haired Supreme Court debated the file-swapping,
instant-messaging world of the justices' grandchildren Tuesday, openly
worrying that allowing lawsuits to protect Internet movie and music
rights could stunt development of the next iPod or other cool
high-tech gadget.
Supreme Court Hears File-Sharing Case
Supreme Court Hears File-Sharing Case
03/30/2005 03:45 AMRed Nova Mar 30 2005 8:12AM GMT
Grokster File-Sharing Case Hits The
Supreme Court
Grokster File-Sharing Case Hits The
Supreme Court
03/31/2005 12:35 PMThe Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday from representatives of
major film studios and the recording industry who are seeking to shut
down peer-to-peer services they say are costing them billions of
dollars. One of the questions the court kept coming back to was this:
What's more important — preventing potential copyright violations or
allowing the market to come up with innovative new products?
The case began when MGM and several record labels filed suit against
StreamCast Networks and file-sharing network Grokster, arguing that
they were intentionally created to allow people to illegally trade
copyrighted material. That case was thrown out by a circuit court in
August, paving the way for it to be argued in front of the Supreme
Court. "The scale of the whole thing is mind-boggling,"
argued recording industry lawyer Donald Verrilli. "They
intentionally built a network of infringing users."
News source:
mtv.comRead full story...Supreme Court To Hear Internet File
Sharing Case Today
Supreme Court To Hear Internet File
Sharing Case Today
03/29/2005 09:08 AMKomoradio.com - Tue Mar 29, 10:43 am GMT
Supreme Court Weighs Internet
File-Sharing Case (Reuters)
Supreme Court Weighs Internet
File-Sharing Case (Reuters)
03/29/2005 02:57 PMReuters - Supreme Court justices questioned on
Tuesday whether the recording industry's attempts to shut down
online file-sharing networks would deter inventors from
developing new products like Apple's iPod music player.
Showdown at the Supreme Court
Showdown at the Supreme Court
03/17/2005 03:27 AM“On March 29, the entertainment and technology industries will
descend upon Washington, D.C. to argue their respective sides before
the Supreme Court in the landmark case of MGM v Grokster. At stake:
the future of peer-to-peer technology, consumer electronics, software
design, and consumer rights in the United States. In April 2003, a
federal judge ruled that Streamcast Networks — the developer and
distributor of the Morpheus file-sharing software, and Grokster
— the developer and distributor…
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Intel, AMD In Supreme Court Showdown
Intel, AMD In Supreme Court Showdown
04/20/2004 06:00 AMForbes Apr 20 2004 10:16AM GMT
Intel, top rival AMD set for Supreme
Court showdown
Intel, top rival AMD set for Supreme
Court showdown
04/20/2004 04:51 PMExperts said a ruling in favor of AMD could add new evidence to a
European Commission investigation into complaints that Intel
threatened to retaliate against computer makers that use AMD chips.
Intel, rival set for Supreme Court
showdown
Intel, rival set for Supreme Court
showdown
04/20/2004 03:09 AMHouston Chronicle Apr 20 2004 7:09AM GMT
Intel, Top Rival Set for Supreme Court
Showdown
Intel, Top Rival Set for Supreme Court
Showdown
04/20/2004 12:18 AMBoston Globe Apr 20 2004 4:13AM GMT
Aimster calls for Supreme Court showdown
Aimster calls for Supreme Court showdown
11/10/2003 11:09 PMDeep goes to Washington
Intel, Top Rival Set for Supreme Court
Showdown (Reuters)
Intel, Top Rival Set for Supreme Court
Showdown (Reuters)
04/21/2004 03:37 AMReuters - The bitter rivalry between the
two biggest makers of computer microprocessors is set to reach
the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a case that could
determine the fate of a European antitrust probe.
File Sharing Has Supreme Moment
File Sharing Has Supreme Moment
03/30/2005 06:49 AMThe debate over file sharing reaches the Supreme Court, where the
justices worry about finding a test to measure the infringement
potential of new tech and ponder the effects on future inventions.
Katie Dean reports from Washington.
News briefs: Supreme Court to rule on
sharing
News briefs: Supreme Court to rule on
sharing
03/28/2005 06:16 AMAlso: Nortel, Alcatel announce new WLAN partners; IT budgets on the
rise; BMC to buy OpenNetworks; IBM settles with Compuware; new hope
for .eu
Supreme Court may redefine file swapping
Supreme Court may redefine file swapping
03/29/2005 08:51 PMJustices voice concern for future innovation, while showing interest
in holding file-swap companies responsible for piracy.
FAQ:
Betamax--tech's favorite ruling
Photos: Making noise at P2P hearings
Supreme Court mulls file-swap 'pushers'
Supreme Court mulls file-swap 'pushers'
04/06/2005 12:24 PMMiddle-ground ruling in P2P case could focus on companies that
actively encouraged copyright infringement.
U.S. Supreme Court mulls file-swap
'pushers'
U.S. Supreme Court mulls file-swap
'pushers'
04/07/2005 07:10 AMCNET Asia Apr 7 2005 11:33AM GMT
High Court Looks At File Sharing
High Court Looks At File Sharing
03/28/2005 11:33 PMCBS Now Mar 29 2005 4:22AM GMT
File sharing networks win in court
File sharing networks win in court
08/19/2004 08:36 PMUSA Today Aug 20 2004 0:31AM GMT
The Court of Online Opinion Has Its Say
on File Sharing
The Court of Online Opinion Has Its Say
on File Sharing
06/22/2005 02:03 AMThe Supreme Court agreed to hear the entertainment industry's case
against the file-sharing software companies last December. People have
been debating it online ever since.
High Court Eyes Web File Sharing
High Court Eyes Web File Sharing
03/29/2005 11:45 PMCBS Now Mar 30 2005 3:54AM GMT
File sharing goes to high court
(USATODAY.com)
File sharing goes to high court
(USATODAY.com)
03/30/2005 07:17 AMUSATODAY.com - Supreme Court justices voiced concerns Tuesday that a
ruling against file-sharing services that allow millions of Americans
to freely download music and movies could impede novel products such
as the iPod music player.
Court mulls file-sharing future
Court mulls file-sharing future
03/30/2005 11:24 AMThe dispute between P2P networks and the entertainment industry is
being heard in the Supreme Court.
High court weighs Internet file sharing
High court weighs Internet file sharing
03/30/2005 11:39 AMSeattle Times Mar 30 2005 2:49PM GMT
Court Rules Some File-Sharing Companies
Are Not Liable
Court Rules Some File-Sharing Companies
Are Not Liable
08/19/2004 05:02 PMNew York Times Aug 19 2004 9:49PM GMT
High Court Hear Arguments on
File-Sharing Technology
High Court Hear Arguments on
File-Sharing Technology
03/29/2005 02:03 PMNew York Times Mar 29 2005 6:33PM GMT
As File Sharing Nears High Court, Net
Specialists Worry
As File Sharing Nears High Court, Net
Specialists Worry
03/17/2005 03:53 AMThe pro-technology camp is growing increasingly anxious as the bitter
debate over computer file sharing heads toward the Supreme Court.
Kazaa wins in European file-sharing
court battle
Kazaa wins in European file-sharing
court battle
12/19/2003 05:13 PMThe Dutch Supreme Court found for the makers of Kazaa in a battle over
the legality of the file-sharing software.
Music Industry Returns to Court,
Altering Tactics on File Sharing
Music Industry Returns to Court,
Altering Tactics on File Sharing
01/22/2004 02:12 AMThe music industry returned to the courthouse Wednesday to sue 532
people it accuses of large-scale copyright infringement.
Supreme Showdown for P2P's Future
Supreme Showdown for P2P's Future
03/28/2005 06:14 AMThe entertainment industry goes head-to-head against file-sharing
services at the Supreme Court this week. Some fear the Grokster case
could have a devastating effect on development of new technologies. By
Katie Dean.
Sharing Ideas Just Got Easier: Blogging,
Keyword Tagging, File Sharing, Social
Networking … And That’s Just For
Starters!
Sharing Ideas Just Got Easier: Blogging,
Keyword Tagging, File Sharing, Social
Networking … And That’s Just For
Starters!
03/23/2005 04:46 AMLaunched this month, Apcala is a web system that allows you to share
photographs, audio, video, documents and personalised profiles with
friends, family, other Apcala users and the Internet at large. It’s
advertising free and free to use. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2005]
The Supreme Court says no
The Supreme Court says no
03/24/2005 11:52 AMThe justices deny a request for an order to re-insert Terri Schiavo's
feeding tube. Is this the end?
What is going on at the Supreme Court?
What is going on at the Supreme Court?
06/29/2004 11:59 AMThomas and Scalia are the most conservative conservative Justices.
Breyer is on of the liberal Justices. (Admittedly the least
liberal,…
Dems on the Supreme Court
Dems on the Supreme Court
01/11/2004 07:56 AMSo an underplayed aspect of this campaign has been how the Democratic
candidates would differently select the Supreme Court. On NPR's
debate
, Senator Lieberman pointed to Justice Souter as a model. Congressman
Kucinich plugged Justice Ginsburg. I've gotten a couple pings asking
what the right answer is.
Hard question for me. Of course neither Ginsburg nor Souter were on
the correct side (or the right side) of Eldred, but I certainly think
Justice Souter is a model justice -- serious, hard working, unburdened
by ideology, prepared. I never quite get the principle that guides
Justice Ginsburg's choice between activism and not, or principle and
not, so I'm waiting to see the genius in that selection by President
Clinton.
Justice Breyer of course wrote a brilliant dissent in Eldred --
brilliant, though not effective. He was
proud of the decision's embrace of economics as the standard by which the
Sonny Bono Act was judged. But while I'm a fan of the result, I've
been too deeply affected (scarred?) by the
originalism/textaulism/fidelity theories of Scalia to be enamored of
that method.
In my view, perhaps the best sitting justice is a Republican appointee
-- Stevens. And if candidates are looking for what makes the best the
best, then it is certainly his judges' judge-like character. There's
no simple line that predicts Justice Stevens' result -- certainly not
a political line. And if there is any quality this Court needs, it is
that -- following a line that does not seem a political line.
The most impressive judges not sitting on the Supreme Court are also,
um, Republicans. (What party am I again?) Judge
Kozin
ski is a great judge -- too young when appointed, but someone who
has matured brilliantly in the job. And while his views about how to
the interpret the constitution make me cringe, history will record the
greatest judge of our time as Judge
Posner. But I
doubt that this is the time that a President from either party will
pick greatness as the reason to select a Justice.
Grok Description matches for A Supreme Court Showdown for File Sharing
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MPAA Funds School Programs In Copyright
Dogma
MPAA Funds School Programs In Copyright
Dogma
04/25/2004 02:01 PMCanadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies
Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies
12/14/2003 12:27 PM
The
Copyright Board of Canada
issued a ruling on
" private
copying ", largely via peer-to-peer computing, with several
components. First, downloading is acceptable, but uploading is not
(presumably to target hyperpirates). Second, new mechanisms for
levies were described, freezing current ones, allowing new
charges.
the Copyright Board said uploading or distributing
copyrighted works online appeared to be prohibited under current
Canadian law.
However, the country's copyright law does allow making a copy for
personal use and does not address the source of that copy or whether
the original has to be an authorized or noninfringing version, the
board said.
Ads and Copyright
Ads and Copyright
02/10/2004 02:41 AMNever thought I'd say this, but the Super Bowl got me thinking.
Why shouldn't every advertiser release every print, audio, or
multimedia ad they create under a Creative Commons license? Choose
BY-NC-ND, and make clear you're protecting your trademark. Forget the
cultural effect -- I'm talking pure business: What principle drives
someone to enforce the full copyright in a work they'd normally pay
millions to get in front of people's faces? Isn't it irrational NOT to
free up distribution completely? Or am I missing something?
The FCC wants out of copyright
The FCC wants out of copyright
08/06/2004 06:18 PMThe Broadcast Flag regime is, I think, something of an embarassment
for the FCC. Many of the commissioners came to the FCC to deregulate
telecommunications law, not to regulate the electronics industry. Yet
they find themselves in mission creep mode, issuing
command-and-control rules for the design of consumer products,
surely...
Copyright - what right?
Copyright - what right?
10/29/2003 12:09 AMThis slashdot posting was really interesting. its brief look at the
history of copyright, and the misuse of it. Slashdot: Copyright The
scary stuff for...
The Copyright Gap
The Copyright Gap
08/01/2004 03:20 PMHere's the hypothesis: Today's telecom and copyright laws often
regulate similar subjects, but with a big difference. The telecom laws
slightly favor market entrants, while the copyright laws favor the
incumbent disseminators. The result is a "copyright gap" that grows
larger every day....
Wagner on copyright
Wagner on copyright
02/13/2004 03:58 PMMitch Wagner's written a very lucid essay about DRM and file-sharing
that strikes me as one of the better formulations of the problem that
I've seen to date.
It's rather appropriate that the logo for Disney is a mouse, because
The Walt Disney Company this week announced its intention to throw
money down a rathole. Disney became the latest company to license
Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. DRM doesn't work and
consumers don't want it, so of course it's very appealing to big
business, who are also in a big rush to sell other, equally practical
products, such as anchovy flavored ice cream and bicycles with square
wheels.
LinkHow not to be a copyright putz
How not to be a copyright putz
08/11/2004 05:14 PMDan Gillmor lists the ways his book is making its way into our
intellectual bloodstream. Go Dan! Go We the Media! Here's an interview
of Dan by Xeni Jardin....
Are you a Copyright Criminal?
Are you a Copyright Criminal?
09/20/2004 09:08 PM
Xeni Jardin:
BoingBoing reader
Robert
Daeley says, "Came across this picture on the wall just behind a
copy machine. All the hackers I know wear ski masks when they commit
their crimes. Oh, and big thick leather gloves are great for typing."
Link<
/a> to blog post with pointer to full size image. Mwuhuhahahahaaaaaaa.
Copyright Basics
Copyright Basics
07/01/2004 07:02 AM
a good introductory reference
Copyright in Eight Years
Copyright in Eight Years
08/05/2004 01:50 AMSo today copyright scholar Joe Liu at Boston College asked a room full
of law professors an interesting question. What did we think copyright
would look like in 8 years? Here were some of the main categories of
predictions (some contradict):...
Can you copyright a typeface under US
law?
Can you copyright a typeface under US
law?
12/26/2004 06:33 PM
Xeni Jardin:
[
NSFNLG warning: Not Safe For Non-LawGeeks.] A
recent post on BoingBoing sparked debate among some readers about
whether or not U.S. copyright law makes it possible to protect
typefaces. Digital music guru
Jim Griffin maintains that
the answer is no. He points to Volume 37 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (
Link) as one
of several portions of US law that back his assertion. Snip from the
text of the law, with his comments:
"The following are examples of works not subject to copyright and
applications for registration of such works cannot be entertained:
(...) typeface as typeface" 37 CFR 202.1(e).
House of Representatives report accompanied the new copyright law when
passed in 1976:
"The Committee has considered, but chosen to defer, the possibility of
protecting the design of typefaces. A 'typeface' can be defined as a
set of letters, numbers, or other symbolic characters, whose forms are
related by repeating design elements consistently applied in a
notational system and are intended to be embodied in articles whose
intrinsic utilitarian function is for use in composing text or other
cognizable combinations of characters. The Committee does not regard
the design of typeface, as thus defined, to be a copyrightable
'pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work' within the meaning of this
bill and the application of the dividing line in section 101." H.R.
Rep. No. 94-1476, 94th Congress, 2d Session at 55 (1976), reprinted
in1978 U.S. Cong. and Admin. News 5659, 5668.
It's also in accordance with a court case that has considered the
matter: Eltra Corp. V. Ringer, 579 F.2d 294, 208 USPQ 1 (1978, C.A. 4,
Va.).
The U.S. Copyright Office holds that a bitmapped font is nothing more
than a computerized representation of a typeface, and as such is not
copyrightable:
"The [September 29, 1988] Policy Decision [published at 53 FR 38110]
based on the [October 10,] 1986 Notice of Inquiry [published at 51 FR
36410] reiterated a number of previous registration decisions made by
the [Copyright] Office. First, under existing law, typeface as such is
not registerable. The Policy Decision then went on to state the
Office's position that 'data that merely represents an electronic
depiction of a particular typeface or individual letterform' [that is,
a bitmapped font] is also not registerable." 57 FR 6201.
Link to previous BB post.
Copyright and attribution
Copyright and attribution
12/17/2004 06:33 PMCrooked Timber has a post today on
copyright and
attribution that cites Creative Commons:
In short, the informal economy of academic attribution is
much more like the kind of alternative economy that, say, Creative Commons
is trying to create than it is like the copyright industry. Academics
are usually happy when others rip, remix or even parody their work -
as
long as the remix artists acknowledge them by name. Similarly, the Creative
Commons licenses now include a requirement for attribution as standard
(it used to be optional, but 97-98% of Creative Commons users wanted
it
in their licenses, so that the CC crowd decided that it was easier to
make it the default). The requirement that people not plagiarize (i.e.
that they not use others’ work without attribution) presents no
problems whatsoever for ‘free culture.’
Moving and Copyright
Moving and Copyright
07/16/2004 01:53 AMWe're moving our offices to San Francisco tomorrow. I'm packing
boxes. Just noticed that our Fellowes brand cardboard file boxes carry
a copyright notice: (c) Copyright 2001 Fellowes, Inc. Sure am glad
they included that. Was about to pirate.
I Piss On Your Copyright
I Piss On Your Copyright
05/06/2004 12:57 PMA joke that never gets old here in the Deep South: Putting a sticker
of Calvin or someone else peeing on something as a gesture of
disrespect. (05-06)
Copyright Out of Balance
Copyright Out of Balance
02/01/2005 09:12 PMCory Doctorow on the disappearance of important documentary films
because filmmakers can't come up with continuing payments for rights
to archival footage. Case in point: The legendary Civil Rights Era
documentary "Eyes on the Prize". Footnote: When I was the CEO of Lotus
in the mid-1980's, the company provided critical...
Hallowe'en and copyright
Hallowe'en and copyright
10/31/2003 09:37 PMErnie sez, "On Halloween, what is more scary than copyright law? For
example, did you know that the famous vampire movie 'Nosferatu' was
almost lost forever due to copyright? On the other hand the makers of
a Michael Myers Halloween mask won a lawsuit by proving they took the
idea from the movie. Maybe someone can figure out how to get around
pumpkin carving DRM. If not, some ghost pirates (or is that pirate
ghosts?) have a solution for the file sharing problem."
Link
(
Thanks, Ernie!)
RSS feeds and copyright
RSS feeds and copyright
02/01/2005 08:40 PMThis dumb ass (also known as Martin Schwimmer of Trademark Blog, has a
problem with Bloglines picking up his public RSS-feed and
redistributing it. Because they might at some stage serve ads together
with the content. For those of you...
U.K. copyright law goes into effect
U.K. copyright law goes into effect
10/31/2003 11:41 AMZDNet Oct 31 2003 11:05AM ET
Iraq's copyright law
Iraq's copyright law
05/21/2004 02:14 PMJamie Knox sent along Iraq's newly amended copyright law (as if THIS
was where we needed to worry about rule of law in Iraq). I've just
begun going through
it, but there are favorite tidbits so
far: collections of data can be protected; readings of the Koran are
protected; and collections of government documents can be protected.
But significantly, the term is life plus 50! More disharmony...
Facing the Copyright Rap
Facing the Copyright Rap
09/09/2004 05:18 AMIncluding snippets of another artist's song in your work -- a popular
rapper technique known as 'sampling' -- may violate copyright law, an
appeals court rules.
The Tyranny of Copyright?
The Tyranny of Copyright?
01/24/2004 02:49 PMThe Copyright WebQuest
The Copyright WebQuest
09/07/2004 05:15 AMThe Copyright WebQuesthttp://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/artifacts/consulting/copyright/To develop an understanding of copyright law and how it
applies to you, you need to develop a thorough understanding of what
you are allowed to do under copyright, and, what you are not allowed
to do. One way for you to get there is to critically analyze a number
of copyright scenarios and discuss them from multiple perspectives.
That's your task in this exercise. If you're short on time, patience,
or want to try a different way, you may want to review the
presentation and then take the online
quiz. This has been added to
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Copyright messages
Copyright messages
12/02/2002 01:17 PM"US Copyright Office"
"US Copyright Office"
06/03/2004 12:21 PMCopyright chill
Copyright chill
12/25/2003 11:20 PMCNET Asia Dec 25 2003 10:35PM ET
How Copyright Stifles New Art
How Copyright Stifles New Art
04/12/2004 07:32 PMJD Lasica: The Killing
Fields. In the film, artists, writers, musicians, scientists,
and others parade across his lens. Many of them have been threatened,
sued, fined, and put out of work in the name of copyright. Horowitz
captures it all in a video vérité style popularized by
Michael Moore in Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine. At various
points, the iconoclastic Horowitz appears on camera, appearing
dumbfounded at the tales of a preschool director who said she received
letters warning that the school could not show videos to her young
charges without a license or hang protected cartoon characters on the
walls without permission. He also interviews members of a Rolling
Stones tribute band who perform under a legal cloud and
husband-and-wife party clowns in Anaheim, California, who were warned
not to create balloon animals for kids that looked too much like
Tigger, Barney, or the Aladdin genie.
"The Tyranny of Copyright?"
"The Tyranny of Copyright?"
01/26/2004 10:21 AM3G Copyright Heavyweights
3G Copyright Heavyweights
02/10/2004 06:56 AM3G Feb 10 2004 9:46AM GMT
on a 95 year copyright
on a 95 year copyright
03/06/2004 01:51 AMDouglas Keenan has a
nice short
piece about "limited times" and a 95 year copyright.
A Supreme Court Showdown for File Sharing
