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LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL ARAB CONGRESS ON COPYRIGHT PROTECTION.(Brief Article)
A press conference in the Ministry of Economics and Trade was held by the Third International Arab Congress on Copyright Protection organizers, at which the Minister for Industry and Trade Dr. ... A press conference in the Ministry of Economics and Trade was held by the...
Tags: Arab, copyright protection, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1999-12-13
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Congress' Extension of Copyright Protection.
By Jan Crawford Greenburg, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jan Crawford Greenburg, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Tags: copyright protection, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2003-01-16
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...
Tags: copyright law, copyright protection, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-02-25

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RIAA's Berman testifies at copyright hearings. (Jay Berman of the Recording Industry Association of America, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration)
Digital audio's impact on consumer recordings, started by the controversy with DAT seven years ago, is once again in the focus as Congress looks at tightening copyright protection on U.S. intellectual properties domestically and internationally. Reco Digital audio's impact on consumer recordings, started by the ...
Tags: intellectual property, RIAA
Research articles 1993-05-01
Sensenbrenner/Conyers Statement on Supreme Court Upholding 1998 Copyright Protection Extension Act
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and John Conyers, Jr. on 1998 Copyright Protection Extension Act: Today in a 7-2 ruling, the United States Supreme Court upheld the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act passed by Congress. The Act extends the...
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Research articles 2003-01-15
Editorial: Know the Facts about the Facts.(draft bills on database copyright)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
There is legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress that may impact the availability of what you'll be able to search online. Intensive lobbying by large information providers and publishers may result in an increase in the amount of copyright protection now afforded to creators...
Tags: Databases, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, Storage, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2000-10-01
New IPI Study: A Bad Trade; Will Congress Unwittingly Repeal the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Violate Our Trade Treaties?
WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to a new study released today by the Institute for Policy Innovation IPI, international trade agreements will require renegotiation or complete dissolution if intellectual property protections granted by WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- According to a new study released today by the...
Tags: DMCA, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-06-26
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...
Tags: U.S., U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Congress, Copyright Office, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations
White papers
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
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...
Tags: commission, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1996-02-01
Understanding the Importance of Intellectual Property
Intellectual property IP comprises the creativity and innovation that people develop and own, much as they own physical property such as land, a building, or a business. Intellectual property is also a legal concept that enables persons to control and benefit from their creativity and innovation. There are four main...
Tags: copyright, patent, intellectual property
Articles 2007-03-27
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...
Tags: copyright, intellectual property
Articles 2007-03-27
Respecting the Copyrights of Others
Copyrighting is the process of legally protecting the creative products of yourself or others. If your business uses articles, literature, music, or other published work in producing goods or providing services, it may be at risk of violating the copyright of that work. This article outlines the types of published...
Tags: copyright, intellectual property, permissions
Articles 2007-03-27
General Dynamics Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. And our first question comes from the line of George Shapiro from Citigroup. Please proceed. George Shapiro - Citigroup Good morning Nick. Nicholas D. Chabraja - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Good morning George. George Shapiro - Citigroup ...
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Earnings calls 2007-10-25
Intellectual Property Legal Alert
Co-authored by Jennifer ElginSupreme Court Upholds Copyright Term Extension Act Today the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 ("CTEA"). In Eldred v. Ashcroft, 573 U.S. ___ (Jan. 15, 2003), the Court held that Congress acted within its authority when it...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2003-02-04
Freeing Mickey Mouse. (Owning the Future).
Congress has passed plenty of Mickey Mouse legislation over the years. But a few years ago, lawmakers sneaked through the actual article: a Mickey Mouse bailout bill. Now the U.S. Supreme Court can redress Congress's ill-considered public ripoff. Formally known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-11-01
With Lawyers Like These, Newspapers Are Goners
Sometimes I stumble upon a proposal for how to save the newspaper industry that is so preposterously and horrifically wrong-headed, it leaves me speechless, or in this case, WordPressless. Such has been the case since reading a piece called "Laws That Could Save Journalism" in the Washington Post Saturday by...
Tags: Newspaper, Lawyer, Newspaper Industry, Internet, Search, David Weir
Blog posts 2009-05-18
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