Writing
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The awesome program notes for the 4th Internet Law Scholars Work-in-Progress Symposium.
The fourth annual work-in-progress symposium for internet law scholarship will be held at the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School on Saturday March 8, 2014 at .…
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Some illustrations to elucidate the #Aereo #copyright case
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in the case of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. (13-461) on the issue of whether a company “publicly performs” a copyrighted television…
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The Supreme Court is addressing the wrong question in #Aereo.
I will be speaking about the ongoing Aereo litigation tomorrow at the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property’s Annual Symposium. On April 22nd the Supreme Court will hear arguments as to whether a company…
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Amici warn Supreme Court of the dangers of abstract software patents. #CLSbank
Jason Schultz, Brian Love, Jim Bessen and Mike Meurer have put together an excellent “Brief of Amici Curiae Law, Business, and Economics Scholars” in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, a case about…
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Dish Network v. ABC Amicus Brief argues No #fairuse difference btw VCR & DVR
The Brief Amicus Curiae Of Intellectual Property Scholars in Dish Network L.L.C., v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Et. Al has just been filed. The case is on appeal from the U.S. District Court…
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Pornography and copyright trolling, some data.
“the Northern District of Illinois can be proud to be the pornography copyright trolling capital of the United States” Background Compared to patent trolls, copyright trolls have received comparatively little attention. Admittedly,…
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United States Is versus United States Are
When Matthew Jockers, Jason Shultz and I were writing the Digital Humanities Amicus Briefs relating to the Google Books and HathiTrust cases, we searched for an illustration that would concisely explain why…
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Google Books held to be fair use
Authors Guild v. Google: library digitization as fair use vindicated, again. After more than eight years of litigation, the legality of the Google Books Search engine has finally been vindicated. Authors Guild v…
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University of Iowa presentation on copyright, mass digitization and the digital humanities
I am giving a talk today on copyright, mass digitization and the digital humanities at the University of Iowa law school. My talk will focus on the ongoing litigation between the Authors…
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Some thoughts on the use of bio photos
I have noticed over the years that whenever someone puts together a bio page for me in relation to a talk or a conference presentation that they tend to grab just any…