Fairly Useful
A blawg about fair use and copyright law.
Author: Matthew Sag is an assistant law professor at DePaul University, and Mark Schultz is an assistant law professor at Southern Illinois University.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • DePaul University • Southern Illinois University-Carbondale • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Fairly Useful
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Harry Potter vs. Lexicon, In Search of a Golden Ratio
The Harry Potter Fair Use Case is actually a little bit boring. As everyone who is ever likely to read this blog already knows, British author J.K. Rowling and her film producer, Warner Brothers Entertainment,…
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Copyright in State Laws
Ars Technia reports that the State of Oregon is claiming copyright over that state's Revised Statutes. The statutes are available on the website Justia. Oregon's Legislative Counsel, Dexter Johnson, claims that this amounts to infringement…
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The Phony International Case Against Fair Use
Just in case you missed it, Bill Patry's recent post, "Fair Use, the Three-Step Test, and the Counter-Reformation" on the international dimension in the fair use debate is a must read. Patry argues that there…
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U.S. News & World Report IP Rankings
For whatever it's worth, the US News 2008 IP Rankings are as follows (overall US News ranking) 1. University of California, Berkeley (6) 2. Stanford University (2) 3. George Washington University (20) 4. Columbia University…
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Israel's fair use law
Johnathon Band, a copyright lawyer in Washington, D.C., and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center has written an article for the Jerusalem Post in praise of Isreal's adoption of an american style…
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Rowling v. RDR Books Trial Set For April 14
This is slightly old news, but just in case you missed it, the Rowling v. RDR Books trial has been set for April 14, 2008. The trial will be open to the public, and will…
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Don't Cite Me Bro - Update
Deven Desai's forthcoming article Property, Persona, and Preservation is now available without the "do not cite..." footer. The footer was not intended and was merely a remnant of an earlier version. My thanks to Deven…
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"Don't Cite Me Bro!"
Something strange is happening in the legal academy. Literally hundreds of law professors are posting their papers on the ssrn website where they can be accessed by the public, but at the same time publicly…
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Michael Savage lawsuit update
According to the San Francisco Chronical: "A federal judge said Friday she's inclined to dismiss a lawsuit by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against a Muslim rights group that reprinted his attacks against…
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Turnitin is fair use
According to a press release I just was on PR Newswire, a United States District Court judge in Virginia has granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant iParadigms in relation to their Turnitin(R) Plagiarism…