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- Copyright Issues in Digital Media
- This paper reviews current copyright law in the United States and considers the unique aspects of digital technology's challenge to that law. It also examines the prospects for a market-based resolution to copyright disputes over digital content and explores the effect of potential revisions to copyright law on economic efficiency...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- Google Books Would Violate German Copyright Law
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc's plan to digitize millions of books would violate German copyright law and the country's privacy protections for Internet users, the German government said in a U.S. court filing. Germany opposes a proposed settlement, which Google reached with the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers...
- News items 2009-09-02
- How Copyright, Contract, and Technology Shape the Business of Digital Media
- In this Green Paper, the Berkman Center's Digital Media Project has conducted an exploratory case study on Apple's Online Music Store iTunes from a legal and business perspective. The objective of this analysis is twofold: First, it seeks to gain advanced knowledge of the relationships among copyright law, contract law,...
- Case studies
- LIBRARY COMMUNITY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF FAIR USE IN DMCRA.(Digital Media Consumers Rights Act of 2002)(Brief Article)
- In October 2002, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association have announced their endorsement of the "Digital Media Consumers Rights Act of 2002 DMCRA". In recent years, we have...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- It Ain't Over Till It's Over - Company Business and Marketing
- If you think Judge Patel's ruling is the last word on the digital copyright issue, think again. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MARILYN Hall Patel's ruling on Napster last week provided a swift win for the music industry in its battle against online piracy. But the fight over the application of...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- Legal tender. (Fast Forward).(copyright law and cases)
- When people can once again stand to look back on 2001, the horrific events of Sept. 11 notwithstanding, it's likely to be remembered as one of the most significant years in the legal and technological development of the media industry, including the video business. ...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- EC Media Commissioner Backs Google Books Plan
- Given all the controversy, legal action and anti-trust scrutiny surrounding Google’s plans to digitise millions of books, the search giant has been given some welcome backing from European Commissioner Viviane Redding. The outspoken French politician and former journalist, responsible for Europe’s digital media policies, said in a Q&A document...
- External links 2009-08-28
- Germany Opposes Google's Books Settlement In US Court Filing
- Germany has declared itself an enemy of Google’s ambitious and controversial plans to digitise millions of out-of-print books, fearing the creation of an unfavourable “new copyright regime”. In a filing to a New York court on Tuesday, Angela Merkel’s administration urged US authorities not to green light Google’s settlement...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Inside Word: There's No Economic Value In A Copyright
- The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.Blogger: William PatryPosition: Senior copyright counsel, GoogleBlog name: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars Backstory: Patry has practiced copyright law for more than 25 years, and...
- External links 2009-08-14
- Push starts to make 'Digital Britain' law
- The culmination of more than a year's work on boosting a "Digital Britain" was published on Friday as the UK government put forward legislation to tackle illegal file sharing and abuse of internet domain names, protect local news provision and add age ratings to video games. However, completion of the...
- News items 2009-11-20
- A new frontier: in the digital environment, administrators must decide: are faculty members free agents or employees bound by copyright law?
- Arthur Miller, a Harvard University Law Professor, received a crash course in copyright issues when he sold a series of videotaped lectures to an online institution. Harvard objected, suggesting Miller violated a school policy because he didn't ask permission to "teach" at another law school. Miller has contended he...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- Digital Copyright Law Moves Ahead With Fewer Teeth
- A substantially rehashed Digital Millennium Copyright Act passed the US Senate on Thursday with its more draconian provisions clipped. The act implements America's obligations as a signatory to two international treaties passed by the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO in 1996, but in their zeal...
- Research articles 1998-10-12
- Hachette chief warns of digital pricing threat to book publishing
- The pressure from Google's digital library project and Amazon's electronic books is forcing publishers to consider drastic price cuts, the head of the world's second-largest publisher of books by sales has warned. Arnaud Nourry, chief executive of French publishing group Hachette Livre, said unilateral pricing by Google, Amazon and other...
- News items 2009-08-30
- MPAA files 2nd round of US suits against file swappers.(Digital Media Legal Matters)(Motion Picture Association of America)(Brief Article)
- The MPAA this week filed a second round of copyright infringement lawsuits against an undisclosed number of alleged US online movie file-swappers. "We cannot allow people to steal our motion pictures and other products online, and we will use all the options we have available to...
- Research articles 2005-01-29
- Music industry moves to disconnect file sharers in U.S.
- The U.S. recording industry is shifting away from suing file sharers and toward working out deals with internet service providers that could see downloaders have their access cut off, but the issue in Canada is still muddy because of a lack of clear copyright law. The Recording Industry Association of...
- News items 2009-08-07
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