Hear Rick's Mellifluous Voice on Planet Money Episode on Digital Economy
No, really, he sounds pretty good: Planet Money Episode 449: The Hidden Digital Wealth in Your Pocket. (If you have no patience at all and can't wait to hear Rick's mellifluous voice, his on-air quote starts around the 4:40 mark. But you really should listen the whole...
Copyright Holders Eat ReDigi’s Cake and Have it, Too
But is the Cake a Lie? As many of you know, the trial court in Capitol Records v. ReDigi ruled over the weekend that ReDigi's business model of re-selling digital music files infringed the copyright. Here's the opinion. I've written about ReDigi quite a lot because...
Copyright Holders Eat ReDigi's Cake and Have it, Too
But is the Cake a Lie? As many of you know, the trial court in Capitol Records v. ReDigi ruled over the weekend that ReDigi's business model of re-selling digital music files infringed the copyright. Here's the opinion. I've written about ReDigi quite a lot because...
You’re No Fung Anymore: There Really Is Such Thing as Red Flag Knowledge in Copyright Law
Also, There Really Is Such Thing as Copyright Inducement Hot on the heels of the new and improved opinion in the Veoh case (discussed last time), we also have Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al. v. Gary Fung & IsoHunt Web Technologies, Inc., another...
You're No Fung Anymore: There Really Is Such Thing as Red Flag Knowledge in Copyright Law
Also, There Really Is Such Thing as Copyright Inducement Hot on the heels of the new and improved opinion in the Veoh case (discussed last time), we also have Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al. v. Gary Fung & IsoHunt Web Technologies, Inc., another...
DMCA Circuit Split Averted: New Rule but the Holding Remains the Same
Also, UMG's Home-Run Stroke Still Need Work Last year* there were two much-anticipated, important decisions about the scope of the major DMCA safe-harbor defenses: the Ninth Circuit in UMG Recordings v. Shelter Capital (better known as the "Veoh case"), which was...
Is it Fair Use? Four Seasons of Fair/Foul Use
Ed Sullivan vs. the Jersey Boys A long time ago, about 50 years ago, in the 1960's, there was a band from New Jersey called the Four Lovers. When they failed at a 1960 audition to be the lounge singers at a New Jersey bowling alley called the Four Seasons, they...
Barbecued Copyright Part 1 of 2 – International Flavors
One of my favorite conferences of the year is the Copyright Society of the USA’s Mid-Winter meeting. CSUSA is an excellent organization all around, but the Mid-Winter meeting is always a treat because it’s a smaller crowd, and we’re always in great...
Rick’s Copyright Final Exam: The Final Part
Part III, No. 2: Larry Gardner & the Missing 25% Copyright Ownership Interest This really is the last part of my annotated final exam that I gave to my Vanderbilt Law copyright class last term. I decided to split the long essays into two parts because of: length...
Rick's Copyright Final Exam: The Final Part
Part III, No. 2: Larry Gardner & the Missing 25% Copyright Ownership Interest This really is the last part of my annotated final exam that I gave to my Vanderbilt Law copyright class last term. I decided to split the long essays into two parts because of: length...
Rick’s Copyright Course Final Exam: Part 2.5 of 3
Part III, No. 1: Tattoos, Video Games and the Quasi-Fallacy of "Innocent Infringement" Thanks for reading so far. If you’re just joining the discussion, I’m posting the final exam I gave to my Vanderbilt Copyright Law class last term, with annotations about what I was...
Rick's Copyright Course Final Exam: Part 2.5 of 3
Part III, No. 1: Tattoos, Video Games and the Quasi-Fallacy of "Innocent Infringement" Thanks for reading so far. If you’re just joining the discussion, I’m posting the final exam I gave to my Vanderbilt Copyright Law class last term, with annotations about what I was...
