Republicans release groundbreaking copyright reform memo; withdraw it 24 hours later
After the SOPA and CISPA debacles of the last year, no one expected that it would be the Republicans who came up with a decent proposal for much needed copyright… Read more »
Looking at publishing through the eyes of the law
Many issues were raised by the recent In Re Book conference, dealing with the law and books. Mike Shatzkin of The Idea Logical Company also attended and raised some complicated… Read more »
Supreme Court hears landmark copyright case despite Frankenstorm
Even a perfect storm won’t stop the Supreme Court from making a decision that could profoundly change our understanding of copyright law and the First Sale doctrine. As MobyLives reported… Read more »
Pearson DMCA takedown notice shoves 1.5 million blogs offline
A copyright dispute over a questionnaire called the Beck Hopelessness Scale caused the Edublogs site and its millions of linked education blogs to go offline for more than an hour. The incident,… Read more »
Copyright concerns, the new way to make something disappear
The Vancouver Province newspaper took down a cartoonist’s parody video from their website, after the oil company depicted in the cartoon allegedly threatened to pull funding, says Leigh Beadon on Tech Dirt.… Read more »
Supreme Court revisits First Sale doctrine
The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a case that may revise the law’s understanding of the First Sale doctrine, with significant consequences for publishers. The court will hear an appeal… 2 / Read more »