Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due (or Demanded) Last week1I only read to the story today because I read The Tennesseean. Is it normal for a newspaper to sit on an AP feature for over a week? Also, the story was about songwriting, and there are lots of songwriters in...
I’m going to post this and then go hide out in a bunker somewhere. I’m not even sure I can get through the introductory paragraph before needing to take cover. SOPA. (Crawling back out from her hiding space under her desk…..) You...
New DMCA Registration Regime Starts Today. Don’t Delay! Today is the first day to take advantage of the U.S. Copyright Office’s new electronic registration system for DMCA agents1“DMCA agent” is short-hand for designated agent to receive notification of claimed...
Abbott and Costello Meet the Copyright Lawyer (1 1/2 Stars) It’s time for another round of “Is it Fair Use?”, the fast-paced, heart-racing game that’s sweeping the nation.1If said nation were experiencing some serious time-dilation. This episode of “Is it Fair Use?”...
Intellectual Property and Personal Property: Two Great Tastes That Might Not Taste Great Together When everything runs on software, then everything will be subject to copyright protection, and you might not like the consequences.1OK, this is an overgeneralization, but...
Of course, Buck Rogers would be the one to teach us about trademark rights that exist only in the future. In a case that spans almost as much time as Buck’s leap across the centuries, the heirs of Philip Francis Nowlan (the character’s creator) and...
