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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
- A subtle message: the Congressional Budget Office's suggestions could help lawmakers looking to oppose Hollywood.(Headliners)
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * The Congressional Budget Office suggesting that lawmakers think twice before enacting any further revisions to copyright law, much to the chagrin of the studios, record companies and videogame publishers. * While Con ...
- Research articles 2004-08-16
- Enter the Supremes: the Supreme Court could open up new avenues for opponents of strong copyright protection to challenge the status quo. (Observations and Opinions).(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON--The first thing to note about the Supreme Court's decision to hear an appeal challenging the validity of the Copyright Term Extension Act is how unusual it is. Copyright law has never been a favorite subject of the court, and it...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
- Congress re-examines copyright law - House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property discusses proposed legislation on electronically transmitted works - Brief Article
- The question of copyright law in the digital age was the subject of recent hearings before the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. Under discussion: a change in the definition of publication to include works transmitted electronically. The proposed bill--H.R. 2441--would also impose criminal penalties on people who "intentionally...
- Research articles 1996-03-15
- Inducing controversy: the principal enshrined in Betamax has become deeply embedded in U.S. law and business.(Headliners)(Inducing Copyright Infringement Act of 2004)
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Likely to sail through Congress quickly, the Inducing Copyright Infringement Act will fundamentally change current copyright law. * Rather that detail the bill, opponents are working to narrow the scope of its legisla...
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- Sweeting: HE WHO SHOUTS LOUDEST.(digital video disk copyright law)(Brief Article)
- A surprisingly long roster of interest groups has come forward to demand that DVDs be exempt from the anticircumvention provision, in effect to make it legal to hack DVDs. The workings of the U.S. Copyright Office seldom get a lot of ...
- Research articles 2000-10-23
- 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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- Copyright bills crowd U.S. congressional agenda
- Just prior to leaving Washington for summer recess, legislation was introduced in both the House and the Senate that would amend existing U.S. copyright law in order to observe the agreements made during the WIPO diplomatic conference. with a deadline for global ratification of the treaties set for midnight, December...
- Research articles 1997-10-01
- United States Copyright Office: A Brief Introduction and History
- Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States for original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, architectural, cartographic, choreographic, pantomimic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and audiovisual creations. This article focuses on the role and importance of the copyright office of America. The Copyright Office...
- White papers
- Information organizations address copyright law revisions: NCLIS testifies before Congress
- The following copy is taken from the testimony of Jeanne Hurley Simon, chair of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science NCI IS, before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary. Ms. Simon appeared during hearings on H.R. 2441, the NII...
- Research articles 1996-02-01
- Hatch, Leahy seek copyright-law ruling
- WASHINGTON -- Who says Republicans and Democrats can't get along? In a bipartisan display of solidarity -- and in an unusual legal move -- Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to hear...
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- Trade agreements as the New Copyright Law: this trend portends a serious danger: the establishment of copyright policy in private ... and often in a way that circumvents Congress' authority as this country's sole legislative body.
- Susan Schwab, the U.S. trade representative, reached a deal with trade officials from Russia during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Nov. 19, 2006. It calls for the former Soviet country to "significantly upgrade" its intellectual property protections in exchange for membership in...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Protecting Your Work with Copyrights
- Copyright is a form of legal protection for the creators of original works. It covers literature, plays and other written works; music; choreographed dances; paintings, illustrations, graphics and sculptural works; motion pictures; sound recordings; and architectural works. There are no forms to fill in and no fees to pay: Copyright...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post
- As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama won applause from adversaries of the recording industry. Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, the doyen of the "free culture" movement, endorsed the Illinois senator, as did Google CEO Eric Schmidt and even the Pirate Party.That was then. As president-elect, one of Obama's first tech-related...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Yahoo Wins Court Ruling Over Webcasting Fees
- NEW YORK - A federal appeals court in New York ruled that a Yahoo Inc Internet radio service is not required to pay fees to copyright holders of songs it plays, a defeat for Sony Corp's BMG Music. In a case closely watched by the recording industry, the U.S. Second...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Trade talks hone in on Internet abuse, ISP liability
- IDG News Service - ISPs around the world may be forced to snoop on their subscribers and cut them off if they are found to have shared copyright-protected music on the Internet, under an international agreement being promoted by the U.S. Countries including Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia as well...
- News items 2009-11-04
- U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Copyright Extension.
- By Michael Petrocelli, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 20--WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Congress went too far in extending the length of copyrights, delaying when books, music and movies can be published freely on the Internet. ...
- Research articles 2002-02-20
- The territoriality of copyright, trademark
- On the other hand, if the notion of making copies to read is viewed as an aspect of "freedom to speak" and to be heard as proposed by Professor L. Ray Patterson of the University of Georgia School of Law, then the U.S. Constitution, amend. 1, states "Congress shall make...
- Research articles 1998-03-01
- New federal legislation: Copyright terms.
- The "do-nothing" 105th Congress is doing a lot in its final rush, much more than approving billions for teachers, farmers, defense and IMF. Here's a rundown, focusing on bills that will affect business: New copyright terms give a break to small restaurants,...
- Research articles 1998-10-16
- From Baseball to Congress, Everyone Worries About Newspapers
- The crisis sweeping through the U.S. newspaper industry seems to be on everybody's minds these days. The broadcasters of yesterday's A's-Yankees game, for example, were riffing for a while on how few sports reporters travel with their teams any longer, when they turned to the biggest baseball story of the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
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