Licensing online quotations – link roundup

by Nancy Sims, MTTLR Blog editorIn early June, news site the Drudge Retort received DMCA takedown notices from the Associated Press, for several pieces containing 39- to 79-word quotations from AP articles . Although the AP quickly backed off on their DMCA threat,...

Big Ten Network Reaches a Big Impasse

by: Colin J. McIntyre, Associate Editor, MTTLRIntroductionIn June of 2006, the Big Ten Conference announced its agreement with the Big Ten Network (“BTN”), in which the network paid for the rights to air a variety of Big Ten events and made a commitment to promote Big...