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Music Downloading, File-sharing and Copyright: A Pew Internet Project Data Memo [Link] “The struggle to enforce copyright laws in the digital age continues to be an uphill battle for content owners. Data gathered from Pew Internet & American Life Project surveys fielded during March – May of 2003 show that a striking 67% of Internet …
“Pacific Bell Internet Services, a unit of SBC Communications Inc., claims subpoenas filed by the Recording Industry Association of America and Titan Media Inc. threaten the privacy rights of its subscribers, most of whom live in California.” [Link] Thanks to Ella V. Delaney, who also provided the following information: Pacific Bell Internet Services v. RIAA …
“Copying is Theft …” And other legal myths in the looming battle over peer-to-peer, by Mark D. Rasch, J.D., former head of the Justice Department’s computer crime unit, and now Senior Vice President and Chief Security Counsel at Solutionary Inc. “The RIAA, MPAA and copyright holders describe P2P users as “pirates” – invoking images of …
Interesting article discussing online book piracy from “South India’s Leading News Site.” With so much focus generated by the RIAA’s increasingly aggressive pursuit of individuals who download and “share” or “pirate” music files, the burgeoning enterprise of downloading books, from the latest best sellers to older but no less popular works, has not been the …
File Sharers: See If the Recording Industry Is After You: “EFF is assisting Internet users by offering a mechanism for people to check the username they use on a file sharing service against a database of those usernames specified in hundreds of subpoenas the RIAA issued this month to Internet Service Providers (ISPs).” Concerned that …
From MIT News (via The Register): “MIT recently received a subpoena from the Recording Industry Association of America that was issued under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The subpoena requests the name and address of the individual whose computer was, according to the RIAA, sending out copyrighted songs on the Internet…MIT of …
A new article by Mary Minow, How I Learned to Love FAIR USE or how to bring a $300,000 lawsuit down to $0 if you’re a library, archive, or nonprofit educational institution. See also my posting on Mary’s book, The Library’s Legal Answer Book
The Stanford University Libraries’ Copyright & Fair Use website has been relaunched with a new design, enhanced navigation and content in areas which include: Primary Materials Copyright & Fair Use Guide Copyright & Fair Use Overview Resources for Librarians Current Issues & Legislation
SLA Annual Meeting 2003: Programming for SLA Legal Division. Links to resources that include: Librarians’ Role in Corporate Responsibility The Challenge of Offering Services Globally, links here and here. Copyright: Managing and Licensing Your Collection
Music Industry Wins 871 Subpoenas Against Internet Users: “The music industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day, court officials say.” See also this RIAA press release, Recording Industry To Begin Collecting Evidence And …
Legislative hearing on H.R. 2517, the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003, to enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet, and clarify the authority to seize unauthorized copyrighted works. Witness List, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Jana Monroe (FBI), David Trust (Professional Photographers of …
The Author, Consumer and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act of 2003 (H.R. 2752), introduced on July 16. “The bill carries penalties of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for uploading a copyrighted file to a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, ” according to dcinternet.com. Section-by Section Anaylsis Floor statement of bill sponsor, …
