Reasonable Balance
Intellectual property issues as they relate to art and music, legal news of all kinds, and takes on popular music.
Author: Nancy Prager is a solo attorney based in Washington, D.C.
Blawg Related Categories: Entertainment & Sports Law • Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Reasonable Balance
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Creative Commons, contracts and copyright…
How many of you use a Creative Commons branded document to license your songs, text, art or photograph? <Nancy scans the crowd, sees many hands go up.> How many of you read anything other than…
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Stop the Presses: Io Groups v. Veoh might not be a home run for YouTube
A purveyor of pornography, Io Groups, filed a copyright infringement action against Veoh Networks over the performance of clips from ten (10) of its movies on veoh.com. Similar to YouTube in many ways, users may…
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A supplement to the New York Times article on YouTube and its VideoID initiative
In “Some Media Companies Choose to Profit from Pirated YouTube Clips” the New York Times reports that content companies from Universal Music to Lionsgate Film have opted to participate in a program that allows user…
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You Asked, I’ll Tell: Does YouTube pay ASCAP a license fee?
A Reasonable Balance reader recently asked whether or not YouTube pays ASCAP for a license to perform music on its site. No, YouTube is not currently paying ASCAP, BMI or SESAC for the performance of…
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Isaac Hayes… a great Memphis Soul
An amazing voice, writer and spirit was lost last night when Isaac Hayes passed away. Not only did he write amazing songs, from the theme of Shaft to Soul Man, he was dedicated to educating…
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Cablevision: a limited victory for the storage of content in the clouds….
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week, in Cartoon Network v. Cablevision, held that the “Remote Storage Digital Video Recorder” (RS-DVR) service Cablevision offered did not infringe on the plaintiff content owner’s copyrights.…
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Google Book Search: Let There Be Light, free the public domain
I am constantly researching, either for client related projects or for my writing projects, including this blog. As a researcher I love being able to access most information I need on the Internet through public…
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On the occassion of William Patry’s retirement from the blogosphere
William Patry has retired his incredibly useful blog about copyright. Unfortunately, not only has he retired the blog he has removed all of its posts. His final post provides that the reason for the retirement…
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Who knew? Not 14, but 5 years is the ideal copyright term.
In a move that one ups Larry Lessig’s call for a 14 year copyright term, Andrew Dubber, a professor in England, has announced to the world that the ideal copyright term for creative content is…
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YouTube on TiVo: The future of broadcasting?
In the ongoing litigation between Viacom and YouTube, one of the significant factors that the court may have to consider is whether or not YouTube knew or should have known about the infringement occurring on…