IPTAblog
IPTAblog is a blawg about "the relationship between the law, communications technology and the creative arts." Topics covered include fair use, copyright and Internet law.
Author: Andrew Raff "is a lawyer, musician and geek based in Brooklyn, N.Y." He also contributes to Legislating IP.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Internet Law • Legislation & Lobbying • Media & Communications Law • Science & Technology Law
Recent Posts from IPTAblog
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Community Standards, Sex, Violence and Blogs
The New York Times reports on the use of search engine data to establish community standards for web sites, What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer: "In the trial of a pornographic Web site operator,…
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Value-Added Piracy
NPR reports on the Chinese groups using P2P to distribute subtitled versions of American TV shows: Chinese Fans Follow American TV Online - for Free: "Han says they can download untranslated versions of the American…
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George Carlin
The New York Times reports on the passing of George Carlin, George Carlin, 71, Irreverent Standup Comedian: "Mr. Carlin was hailed for his poignant observations on the absurdities of everyday life in routines like 'Seven…
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Preventing Photography
Bruce Schneier, The War on Photography: "What is it with photographers these days? Are they really all terrorists, or does everyone just think they are? Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don't seem…
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More Little Orphan Works
Here are some more links to pieces discussing the orphan works problem in general along with specific criticisms of the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge, The Orphan Works Act of 2008:…
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Miscellany
Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, George Bush's latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress: "I've now just read a copy of the final 'compromise' bill. It's even worse than expected. When you read it, it's actually hard…
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Challenges in Monitoring Infringement on P2P Networks
Michael Piatek, Tadayoshi Kohno, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Challenges and Directions for Monitoring P2P File Sharing Networks or Why My Printer Received a DMCA Takedown Notice: "The focus of this paper is to examine the tension between…
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Joseph Abboud: person v. trademark
JA Apparel Corp. v. Abboud (SDNY, June 5, 2008) Ron Coleman, Likelihood of Confusion, Mad Abboud you: "It’s worth taking a look at because just reading the bare-bones fact pattern of it above, this doesn’t…
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On the nature of the internet
Here are a couple of articles (and a response) about the history, impact and future of the internet and WWW. Vanity Fair, How the Web Was Won, "Vanity Fair set out to do something that…
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Cultivating Online Personas
In New York Magazine, Rex Sorgatz lays out a few simple steps for finding internet fame, The Microfame Game and The New Rules of Internet Celebrity -- New York Magazine: "It's easy to be cynical…