Category Archives: copyright

Next Great Copyright Act Conference, libraries

Posted on April 4, 2014 by rtushnet

Reforms Affecting Schools, Libraries, Archives, and Museums Moderator: Tom Hemnes, GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School Schools don’t play a central role in the last Copyright Act; the next shouldn’t take the same … Continue reading →

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The Next Great Copyright Act Conference, exceptions and limitations

Posted on April 4, 2014 by rtushnet

Exception & Limitation Reforms Moderator: Andrew Gass, Latham & Watkins Jessica Litman, University of Michigan Law School Saying that the most important reason for copyright is to encourage readers etc. to experience works of authorship might suggest that readers etc. … Continue reading →

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The Next Great Copyright Act Conference, music

Posted on April 3, 2014 by rtushnet

Music Industry Specific Reforms Moderator: Lydia Loren, Lewis & Clark Law School Rube Goldberg-like design of rules, antitrust degrees, licenses, etc.: reform is hardest to contemplate, but most desperately needed.  So we need some ideas. Gary Greenstein, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich … Continue reading →

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The Next Great Copyright Act Conference, part 3

Posted on April 3, 2014 by rtushnet

Secondary Liability and Safe Harbors Moderator: Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West LLP Shira Perlmutter, USPTO §512 was intensively negotiated and complex; intended to be a very careful balancing act, so carefully balanced that the participants would’ve told you that every … Continue reading →

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The Next Great Copyright Act Conference, part 2

Posted on April 3, 2014 by rtushnet

Exclusive Rights and Infringement Moderator: Kristen McCallion, Fish & Richardson Gerard Lewis, Comcast Courts have enshrined various business models—is that a good model going forward?  Public performance: relatively new right. History of figuring out whether communication to the public was … Continue reading →

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The Next Great Copyright Act Conference, Berkeley: part 1

Posted on April 3, 2014 by rtushnet

Copyright Subject Matter and Formalities Moderator: Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri Tony Reese, UC Irvine Law School Revising the © Act will require defining the scope of subject matter; not recently controversial but important threshold question—hard to evaluate rights and remedies … Continue reading →

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Consumer law and copyright conferences in April

Posted on March 24, 2014 by rtushnet

Making the Fine Print Fair, Georgetown Law symposium, April 4 The Georgetown Consumer Law Society and Citizen Works are hosting a symposium, Making the Fine Print Fair, at Georgetown on April 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.  From the … Continue reading →

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Today’s inducement question

Posted on March 18, 2014 by rtushnet

#McConnelling: The Daily Show invites users to score footage of Mitch McConnell to as many songs as possible.  The idea is that it’s funny no matter what music you use.  So, inducement?  If it’s transformative (which I think it is), … Continue reading →

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Competitor that operates review website not protected by 230

Posted on March 14, 2014 by rtushnet

Moving & Storage, Inc. v. Panayotov, No. 12–12262, 2014 WL 949830 (D. Mass. Mar. 12, 2014) Here’s one of the §230 situations that fascinates me.  Defendants operate a moving company review website, MyMovingReviews.com … and their own moving company.  The … Continue reading →

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Transformative work of the day, Frozen edition

Posted on March 12, 2014 by rtushnet

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/2bVAoVlFYf0&source=uds What happens when you run the lyrics of “Let It Go” through several Google Translate languages, then back to English?  (My favorite part is the singer visibly preventing herself from singing the signature line correctly.) http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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