by anickow | Oct 30, 2011 | Commentary, Technology |
How much do streaming services pay artists? The question has been asked with increasing frequency of online services from Spotify to Rhapsody and even iTunes, yet is often met by disparate – and thus unenlightening – figures, or naïveté. Illustrating...
by Suman Tatpudy | Oct 9, 2011 | Cases, Commentary
Last Wednesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments concerning Golan v. Holder, potentially one of the most influential copyright cases in United States history. This case centers around whether Congress has the power to restore copyright protection to works whose...
by wellerbe | Sep 17, 2011 | Cases, Commentary
In its recent ruling in Shropshire v. Canning, the Northern District of California denied defendant Aubrey Canning’s motions to dismiss plaintiff Elmo Shropshire’s claims against him for copyright infringement. Yes, that Elmo Shropshire—also known as Dr. Elmo, the...
by Daniel Prieve | Mar 20, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
On March 15th, the White House announced that it planned to vigorously combat copyright infringement. An interesting part of this announcement was the White House’s proposal to step up efforts to combat so-called “illegal” video and audio streams....
by julzb | Feb 2, 2011 | Cases, Commentary
Since the RIAA ended its campaign against music file sharers, a new group of lawsuits targeting users of p2p networks like BitTorrent have been making headlines. Private law firms representing copyright owners of motion pictures have, to date, served notices on...
