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DMCA hearings: MOOCs

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   10:45am-12:15pm: Proposed Class 3: Audiovisual works – educational uses – massive open online courses (“MOOCs”) This proposed class would allow students and … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearing: university exemption

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 1: Audiovisual works – educational uses – colleges and universities This proposed class would allow college and university faculty and … Continue reading →

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UK ASA thinks “sponsored by” isn’t sufficient disclosure for pure ad

Posted on May 27, 2015 by rtushnet

ASA Adjudication on Procter & Gamble (Health & Beauty Care) Ltd   A video entitled “Easy Lip Makeup Tutorials for Winter Time” viewed on the “Beauty Recommended” You Tube channel [owned and run by P&G], featured a model vlogger. It … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings, phone/tablet unlocking

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Choe Regan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Proposed Class 11-12: Unlocking – wireless telephone handsets and tablets Proposed class 11 would allow the unlocking of wireless telephone handsets. “Wireless … Continue reading →

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I intervene in SanMedica v. Amazon to disclose clickthroughs

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Kind of a busy day.  With the invaluable help of Public Citizen, I filed a motion to intervene and unseal in the SanMedica case, in which the court redacted the number of clickthroughs received by Amazon as a result of its … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings, security research, opponents

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Security research continued, opponents   Copyright Office: Jacqueline Charlesworth Michelle Cho Reagan Smith Cy Donnelly Steve Ruhe John Riley Stacy Cheney (NTIA)   Opponents: Christian Troncoso, BSA | The Software Alliance: we support good faith security testing. We are surrounded … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings: security research proponents

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Library of Congress DMCA exemption hearings   Proposed Class 25: Software – security research This proposed class would allow researchers to circumvent access controls in relation to computer programs, databases, and devices for purposes of good-faith testing, identifying, disclosing, and … Continue reading →

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“Commercial advertising and promotion” can’t be conclusorily alleged

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Jus Punjabi, LLC v. Get Punjabi Inc., 2015 WL 2400182, No. 1:14–cv–3318 (S.D.N.Y. May 20, 2015)   Jus Punjabi, a cable and satellite television network serving the U.S. Punjabi community, sued Get Punjabi, a rival television network.  Jus Punjabi allegedly … Continue reading →

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DMCA hearings, LA: Guest post by Betsy Rosenblatt

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Guest post from Betsy Rosenblatt   The triennial Copyright Office DMCA exemption hearings began on May 19 for three days in Los Angeles before moving next week to Washington, D.C. for four more days.  I attended the first two days, … Continue reading →

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False claims of FDA approval actionable under Lanham Act and state law

Posted on May 22, 2015 by rtushnet

Innovative Health Solutions, Inc. v. DyAnsys, Inc., 2015 WL 2398931, No. 14-cv-05207 (N.D. Cal. May 19, 2015)   IHS sells a medical device called P–STIM.  DyAnsys used to be the distributor of P-STIM in the US, but after it lost … Continue reading →

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