Copyrights & Campaigns
"News and analysis of copyright, First Amendment, and related issues from a pro-copyright-owner perspective, with emphasis on the interaction of these issues with campaigns and the political process." The blog has coverage of the Recording Industry Association of America v. Joel Tenenbaum copyright infringement case and trial in Boston.
Author: Ben Sheffner is a solo practitioner based in Los Angeles currently working as a production attorney in the NBC Universal Television Group.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • First Amendment • Entertainment & Sports Law • Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Media & Communications Law • In-house Lawyer
Recent Posts from Copyrights & Campaigns
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BlueBeat.com CEO explains 'psycho-acoustic simulation' to LA Times
Hank Risan, CEO of BlueBeat.com, whose 25-cent downloads and free streams of Beatles and other EMI tunes were shut down Thursday by a federal court, has given an interview to the LA Times in which…
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Scribd moves to strike class allegations from copyright suit; warns of potential for 'horrendous, possibly annihilating punishment'
Scribd.com, the document storage site sued for copyright infringement by an author who alleged that her book was uploaded and displayed without her permission, has responded to the complaint, filing an answer and moving to…
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Why legal blogs are better than law reviews
Because you can write sentences like this:Indeed, since the en banc decision was handed down, it seems that every conference and informal gathering in the field eventually morphs into trying to figure out what the…
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Court issues TRO against BlueBeat; rejects "psycho-acoustic simulation" defense
A federal court in Los Angeles today issued a temporary restraining order enjoining BlueBeat.com from selling and streaming tunes by The Beatles and other EMI artists, rejecting BlueBeat's argument that it created "new" recordings through…
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Introducing the 'psycho-acoustic simulation' defense to copyright infringement
The works of virtually every major recording artist are now available, through legitimate channels, for digital download. Except, of course, for The Beatles. Rumors surface from time to time that the Fab Four will make…
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Law Professor dismisses suit vs. Above the Law; no settlement; avoids sanctions and attorneys' fees
Just eight days after filing his pro se suit over postings on the Above the Law legal blog, University of Miami Law School professor D. Marvin Jones has voluntarily dismissed his complaint, without a settlement.Jones…
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Sydnor on IP Czar nomiee Espinel: 'widely respected...hard-working, substantive, pragmatic and sensible'
Tom Sydnor of the Progress & Freedom Foundation has one of the most substantive takes I've read on IP Czar nominee Victoria Espinel, and the position she will assume if confirmed. Sydnor is a big…
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Law Professor sues 'Above the Law' blog; time to go back to complaint-drafting school
Above the Law is one of the nation's foremost chroniclers of the wackiness of the American legal system. And now Above the Law is an involuntary participant in a lawsuit that demonstrates the wackiness of…
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IP Czar confirmation hearings set for November 4
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled the confirmation hearings for Victoria Espinel's nomination as the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator -- aka "IP Czar" -- for this Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Espinel's nomination received…
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House Ethics Committee staffer used peer-to-peer software; 'shared' confidential document
The Washington Post just published a great scoop, getting its hands on a confidential internal memo compiled by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (aka the Ethics Committee) that summarizes ongoing investigations into…