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- Evolution of Copyright Law
- This paper discusses the evolution of copyright law in order to meet the challenges of the digital age. It provides background on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's ("DMCA") anti-circumvention measures, constitutional challenges against the statute, judicial interpretations of key terms in the DMCA, and the difficulty in preserving certain "fair...
- White papers 2004-08-24
- White Paper?Copyright and the Internet: An Introduction to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Related Issues
- This publication provides an introductory survey of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 ("DMCA") and recent case-law developments affecting the application of copyright to the Internet. The copyright law aims to benefit society by fostering the creation and dissemination of works of authorship. It achieves this goal by providing...
- White papers 2002-07-18
- EFF Counsels New Zealand on Copyright Law Revamp
- In this news release Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF urges New Zealand to avoid adopting copyright laws similar to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA. In the U.S. the DMCA has proven dangerous to free speech, scientific research, and technical innovation. The EFF filing in New Zealand is part of...
- White papers
- From Broadcast to Webcast: Copyright Law and Streaming Media
- This paper examines the copyright issues facing streaming media. The paper details the arcane requirements for digital performances, the controversy over how ephemeral RAM copies should be treated, and the current rulemaking on the statutory digital performance license. Streaming media face complex requirements detailing what constitutes a non-interactive transmission eligible...
- White papers 2002-09-15
- Copyright Law: Digital Rights Management Legislation
- Digital Rights Management DRM refers to the technology that copyright owners use to protect digital media. This report surveys several of the DRM bills that were introduced in the 107th Congress and those that are pending in the 108th Congress. Generally, the bills are directed at two separate goals. One...
- White papers 2004-05-28
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- Ban on Family-Friendly DVDs Favors Copyright Owners Over Consumers; CEA's Shapiro Calls on Congress to Stop the Expansion of Copyright Law Until Consumer Rights are Protected
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- Last week's federal court ruling in the CleanFlicks case proved how copyright law has tilted toward content owners at the expense of the public, according to Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) President and CEO Gary Shapiro. A federal court in Denver found that CleanFlicks, a business that bought...
- Research articles 2006-07-11
- CEA Tells Court That Copyright Law Should Not Bar Google Search Feature; MPAA and RIAA Say Copyright Law Protects Pornographer
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- In an ongoing effort to defend fair use rights, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) Friday filed an amicus brief defending Google in its current U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case. The brief argues that the Court should uphold the principal that fair use allows Google to...
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- Congress Ponders Broadband Copyright Protection Bill
- Congress this past week took up legislation that would require electronics manufacturers and software developers to add copyright protection features to their products. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Fritz Hollings (D-SC) and four co- sponsors introduced the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act of 2002 (S.2048)....
- Research articles 2002-03-25
- CEA and HRRC Caution Congress Against Government Design Mandates That Could Constrain Technology, Competition and Consumers; Analog Hole Legislation is a Bad Solution in Search of a Problem, Says Shapiro
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- The most recent request by content companies to expand copyright law and dictate how consumer electronics products can be designed and used is a bad solution in search of a problem, said Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) President and CEO Gary Shapiro in testimony delivered today before a...
- Research articles 2006-06-21
- RealNetworks Loses DVD Copying Decision
- A preliminary injunction barring RealDVD from store shelves will remain in place, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said, and the DVD CCA will also be entitled to injunctive relief. "The RealDVD products, by their very nature, open a veritable Pandora's box of liability for Real," the judge wrote. The decision marks...
- News items 2009-08-12
- A bill that would protect copyrighted material in the digital world took a step closer to becoming law last week.
- A bill that would protect copyrighted material in the digital world took a step closer to becoming law last week. The House Telecommunications Subcommittee passed the bill on voice vote, adding amendments meant to ease consumer electronics manufacturers' worries that the legislation would make it illegal...
- Research articles 1998-06-22
- Discord Blurs the Digital-TV Picture.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Digital television might make for sharp sound and pristine pictures, but it's making a mess of copyright law and splintering the cable, broadcast and consumer-electronics industries. In the midst of it all is Congress, which has ...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- Electrolux AB Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Unidentified Company Representative The questions here in Stockholm, and also those who are on the telephone conference. So I will start here with a couple of questions in Stockholm. Michael please, microphone here please. Michael Andersson - Danske Securities Michael Andersson, Danske Bank....
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
- What did he say!? (Frontline: DCD News).
- Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro gave attendees an earful as he keynoted the recent Optical Storage Symposium in South San Francisco, California. The gist? Shapiro believes Congress has been essentially duped into supporting the entertainment community on a witchhunt for online file sharers...
- Research articles 2002-11-15
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