tl;dr Summary The DMCA’s procedure for taking down allegedly infringing material is (ahem) nearly universally disliked. Rights holders can’t figure out why it’s so hard to take infringing material down, and consumers and service providers can’t figure out why it’s so...
Is Turntable.fm Too Cool for the Webcasting Tribe? In our last two posts in this series, we saw how Pandora had to jump through about twelve hoops to come under the statutory webcaster license (just for the right to pay statutory royalties!), and even then, its...
When “Unique” Doesn’t Mean “Special” (and Why that Actually Makes Sense) Last time, we looked at how venerable Pandora fits into the legal ecosystem of online music services. It’s a webcaster, which means that, if it plays its cards...
When “Unique” Doesn’t Mean “Special” (and Why that Actually Makes Sense) Last time, we looked at how venerable Pandora fits into the legal ecosystem of online music services. It’s a webcaster, which means that, if it plays its cards...
When “Unique” Doesn’t Mean “Special” (and Why that Actually Makes Sense) Last time, we looked at how venerable Pandora fits into the legal ecosystem of online music services. It’s a webcaster, which means that, if it plays its cards...
