Category: copyright
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Some thoughts on Fair use, Transformative Use and Non-Expressive Use
Fair use, Transformative Use and Non-Expressive Use Or, Campbell v. Acuff-Rose and the Future of Digital Technologies, notes on a short presentation at the Fair Use In The Digital Age: The Ongoing Influence…
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New empirical study of IP litigation in US District Courts
IP Litigation in United States District Courts: 1994 to 2014 I have just posted a new empirical study of IP litigation in US District Courts to SSRN. At the moment it has…
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Surreal Testimony on Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually Impaired
I tried to view the statement of Roy S. Kaufman, Copyright Clearance Center, in relation to the “Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually Impaired” Hearing Before the House Committee on the…
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#Aereo was always doomed to fail
and today it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I have added some final thoughts on fair use to my review of the Aereo decision. You can download the Article from ssrn at…
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Comments on Joseph Fishman, “Creating Around Copyright” Harvard Law Review, Vol. 128, Forthcoming.
Joseph Fishman presented his forthcoming paper, Creating Around Copyright at the UCLA Entertainment, Media, and Intellectual Property Colloquium Workshop this weekend. The paper argues that rather than seeing copyright as a system…
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Professor Matthew Sag, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law. November 18, 2014 This post is based on a summary I wrote for the ABA IP Litigation Roundtable Summary The Supreme Court’s recent majority…
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Tyler Ochoa on Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio
Professor Tyler Ochoa has written a great post explaining the implications of Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio. Follow this link to Eric Goldman’s blog: A Seismic Ruling On Pre-1972 Sound…
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Authors Guild v. Google will be argued in the Second Circuit on December 3rd
This means we could get a decision before the case’s 10 year anniversary! Docket Number: 13-04829 in United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Title: The Authors Guild v. Google,…
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Chicago Kent Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property
I am presenting some new research at the Chicago Kent Roundtable on Empirical Methods in Intellectual Property tomorrow morning. I will present some initial data from my work in progress, IP Litigation…