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From the press release: “…Google Inc. today announced that it is working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the University of Oxford as well as The New York Public Library to digitally scan books from their collections so that users worldwide can search them in Google…Today’s announcement is an expansion …
Go to www.llrx.com for abstracts of, and links to, all 11 new articles in the current issue: The Wacky World of Gadgets: the 70s and Beyond! Bloggers Beware: Debunking Eight Copyright Myths of the Online World Using a Wiki for Documentation and Collaborative Authoring Macromedia’s Contribute 3.0 — Sophisticated Web Editing Made Simple Law Firm …
“A national survey of self-described artists and an online survey of 2,755 musicians find: Artists and musicians on all points of the spectrum from superstars to starving singers have embraced the internet as a tool to improve how they make, market, and sell their creative works…Artists and musicians believe that unauthorized peer-to-peer file-sharing of copyrighted …
As a follow-up to my May 7, 2004 posting, Copyright Regulation and Access to Web Document Archives, a link via LISNews.com to a copy of the United States District Court For the Northern District of California decision (26 pages, PDF), November 19, 2004, BREWSTER KAHLE, et al., Plaintiffs, JOHN ASHCROFT, in his official capacity as …
Internetnews.com reports on Best Practices for Online Service Providers recommended by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for ISPs who are increasingly confronting DMCA complaints.
From the FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and Competition Issues, to explore consumer protection and competition issues associated with the distribution and use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing. The workshop will be held December 15 and 16, 2004. It is free and open to …
Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) capped its historic victory in a copyright abuse case against electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold today. The corporation agreed to pay $125,000 in damages and fees…Diebold is the first company to be held liable for violating section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which makes it …
Report of the Department of Justice’s Task Force on Intellectual Property (October 2004, 96 pages, PDF): “This final report of recommendations..outline[s] both substantive and tangible methods for the Department of Justice to expand and enhance its efforts in protecting the nation’s creative and intellectual resources.” Commentary: Justice Dept. wants new antipiracy powers
The controversial Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (Induce Act), S. 2560, is stopped in its tracks, at least for this session. But via Corante and Ernest Miller, see this posting, with details on H.R. 4077 the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004, “To enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, to educate …
From AP: “The Supreme Court was asked Friday to hold two Internet file-sharing services responsible for their customers’ online swapping of copyrighted songs and movies.” MGM v. Grokster: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (46 pages, PDF), via EFF. For reference, Ninth Circuit Rules Distributors of P2P File Sharing Networks Not Liable For Copyright Infringement
EFF press release: “In a landmark case, a California district court has determined that Diebold, Inc., a manufacturer of electronic voting machines, knowingly misrepresented that online commentators, including IndyMedia and two Swarthmore college students, had infringed the company’s copyrights. This makes the company the first to be held liable for violating section 512(f) of the …
No-Guilt Downloads: Free Books, Music, and Movies – Where to find public-domain and other free works on the Web. See also Free and Legal Music Downloading Resources on the Web
