Tag Archives: copyright

CC-licensed or not? you be the judge

Posted on May 7, 2018 by rtushnet

A knitting pattern I’m using comes with a CC license and license terms that seem distinctly un-CC.  For contracts folks out there, what license do I have? It says CC-BY-NC-SA, but then “What does this copyright notice mean?” purports to … Continue reading →

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1201 hearings, LA, streamlined video exemption

Posted on April 24, 2018 by rtushnet

IN SUPPORT Art Neill New Media Rights Elizabeth Rosenblatt Organization for Transformative Works Jack Lerner, Brian Tamsut, and Jovan C. Ardy UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology Clinic Tisha Turk University of Minnesota, Morris  IN OPPOSITION Ben Sheffner Motion Picture Association … Continue reading →

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1201 exemption hearing: filmmaking and ebooks

Posted on April 12, 2018 by rtushnet

PROPOSED CLASS 1: Audiovisual Works—Criticism and Comment—E-Books and Filmmaking Michael C. Donaldson, FilmIndependent, International Documentary Association, Kartemquin Educational Films, Inc., Independent Filmmaker Project, University of Film and Video Association, The Alliance for Media Arts+Culture (“Joint Filmmakers”): Discusses use of film … Continue reading →

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Brief notes on 1201 space-shifting exemption hearings

Posted on April 12, 2018 by rtushnet

PROPOSED CLASS 3: Space-shifting Keith Chatfield SolaByte: Electronic new media solution developers: method for space-shifting based on licensed transactions, not moving the files.  Support OmniQ’s proposal on behalf of consumer—can convert content to more robust security, devices. Future-proof content against … Continue reading →

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When an author’s name isn’t CMI

Posted on February 26, 2018 by rtushnet

Fischer v. Forrest, Nos. 14 Civ. 1304, 1307, 2018 WL 948758 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 16, 2018) This very outdoorsily named and themed litigation arose out of the termination of a longstanding business relationship between plaintiff Fischer and defendants, including Brushy Mountain … Continue reading →

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WIPIP concurrent 3 (most of it)

Posted on February 17, 2018 by rtushnet

Annemarie Bridy, Fearless Girl Meets Charging Bull: Copyright and the Regulation of Intertextuality DiModica (who made Charging Bull) complained that Fearless Girl’s placement created an unauthorized derivative work and violated VARA by being a material alteration that prejudiced his honor—Charging … Continue reading →

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WIPIP Concurrent 2

Posted on February 16, 2018 by rtushnet

Nancy Kim, The License v. Sale Puzzle after Impressions v. Lexmark Sales exhaust the patentee’s rights to any item regardless of what the contract says. But restrictions on licensees are different because a license doesn’t implicate the same concerns about … Continue reading →

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WIPIP panel one: TM tarnishment and (c)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by rtushnet

[title fixed because I can’t keep seasons straight] Suneal Bedi, Bad Brands: Experimental Studies in Trademark Tarnishment What is the reputation of a mark?  Working on PhD in marketing at Penn; marketing is the best discipline to answer this Q.  … Continue reading →

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WIPIP: Opening plenary

Posted on February 16, 2018 by rtushnet

WIPIP Plenary [Standard disclaimer: these are just my notes; I miss stuff or it’s about patents and I don’t necessarily get it; I also have to pick and choose from many attractive panels and this year I’m only at the … Continue reading →

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DMCA exemption survey: for vidders and other remixers

Posted on December 12, 2017 by rtushnet

Take an 8-minute survey and help make the #DMCA decryption exemptions more user-friendly for vidders: bit.ly/2nEfY8j from Blogger http://ift.tt/2nSexmN

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