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Can you patent the Barbra Streisand effect?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by rtushnet

Lawyer sues EFF over its stupid patent of the month award. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1dcXocP

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Don’t start a competing business using your boss’s equipment

Posted on May 29, 2015 by rtushnet

Nedschroef Detroit Corp. v. Bemas Enterprises LLC, 2015 WL 2453511, No. 14–10095 (E.D. Mich. May 22, 2015)   Defendants Rigole and LePage were Nedschroef employees in Detroit who formed a competing company, Bemas, while still working for Nedschroef. Nedschroef makes … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: visually impaired/ereaders

Posted on May 29, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   In and out: this took 15 minutes.  This exemption will, I predict, be granted.   Proposed Class 9: Literary works distributed electronically … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: medical devices

Posted on May 29, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley John Morris (NTIA)   Proposed Class 27: Software – networked medical devices The proposed class would allow circumvention of TPMs protecting computer programs in medical devices … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: remix

Posted on May 28, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Note that my recap does not reflect all Qs because I was participating.   Proposed Class 7: Audiovisual works – derivative uses … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: 3D printing

Posted on May 28, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Proposed Class 26: Software – 3D printers This proposed class would allow circumvention of TPMs on firmware or software in 3D printers … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: multimedia ebooks

Posted on May 28, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Proposed Class 5: Audiovisual works – derivative uses – multimedia e-books This proposed class would allow circumvention of access controls on lawfully … Continue reading →

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New book chapter on young women and transformative works

Posted on May 28, 2015 by rtushnet

Busy week, part N: I have a new chapter, Transformative Works: Young Women’s Voices on Fandom and Fair Use, with Betsy Rosenblatt in a book edited by Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves from U Ottawa Press, eGirls, eCitizens, available as … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: library etc education

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Proposed Class 4: Audiovisual works – educational uses – educational programs operated by museums, libraries, or nonprofits This proposed class would allow … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: K-12 education

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Proposed Class 2: Audiovisual works – educational uses – primary and secondary schools (K-12) This proposed class would allow kindergarten through twelfth-grade … Continue reading →

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