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Today the New York Times reports on two students MIT students who, with the backing of their university, have devised a music sharing system called the Libraries Access to Music Project (LAMP), which they contend will eliminate the contentious copyright issues currently associated with file sharing on campuses nationwide. Their work is financed by Microsoft, …
PBS.org Online NewsHour published an article yesterday with details on the statements made in letters the RIAA sent to 204 individuals last week notifiying them of impending lawsuits as a result of illegal music downloads in excess of 1,000 songs. “The letter begins with the warning that recording companies intend to file a lawsuit against …
From the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Bonneville International Corporation et al v. MaryBeth Peters (United States Register of Copyrights), No. 01-3720, October 17, 2003: the court affirmed the Copyright Office ruling that broadcasters who stream music on the web must pay royalty fees to recording companies, composers and musicians. Industry reacts to …
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This article from OpenP2P.com, by Preston Gralla, offers advice to those who continue to download music files: “But if you do decide to continue sharing files despite the potential legal problems, there are some things you can do to make it unlikely that the RIAA will target you. In this article, we’ll look at ways …
In a change of tactics, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has contacted 204 alleged file swappers by letter in an effort to negotiate settlements prior to filing lawsuits. See also this EFF press release which comments on the RIAA “litigation crusade” and provides a link to an EFF video which addresses the file …
This afternoon the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Committee on the Judiciary approved the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003, (H.R. 3261). See my previous postings on this legislation here and here. The Chair of the Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, stated: “Databases …
The premier issue of the first free journal from the Public Library of Science, PLoS Biology, is now available online, although traffic to the site since the announcement has resulted in intermittent access. From the editorial statement: “PLoS Biology, and every PLoS journal to follow, will be an open-access publicationeverything we publish will immediately be …
Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (Introduced in House, October 8, 2003) [H.R.3261.IH] Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Praises Introduction of Bill to Prevent Database Piracy Critics Fear Database Bill Will Hinder Research NetCoalition Letter on Database Draft American Library Association (ALA) website on Database Protection Legislation
As a follow-up to my August 14 posting, Publisher Sues Financial Services Firm for Copyright Violation, this news from Reuters, Legg Mason told to pay $20 mln in copyright suit. “Lowry’s, which is based in North Palm Beach, Florida, said it brought the lawsuit because Legg Mason permitted wide distribution (via the company’s intranet) of …
Copyright and authors, by John Ewing: “This article provides a (very!) brief history of copyright and its philosophy in order to show that the publishers simple view is inaccurate, and suggests that understanding copyrights nature is the first step to solve the problems of copyright in the modern world.”
Analysis of the MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System, by John A. Halderman: “MediaMax CD3 is a new copy-prevention technique from SunnComm Technologies that is designed to prevent unauthorized copying of audio CDs using personal computers. SunnComm claims its product facilitates “a verifiable and commendable level of security,” but in tests on a newly-released album, I find …
