Warner v. Hotfile Case to Determine Future of Cyberlockers
The courts are used to seeing cases dealing with peer-to-peer filesharing sites, however cyberlockers are the new favorite targets in the legal realm. The …
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Legitmix: Legal Sampling?
Diplo’s record label Mad Decent and mashup label, Bstrd Boots have recently partnered with Legitmix.com, a platform that claims to help artists legally sample …
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Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson Believes a Key to Our Economic Growth is Blocking the Protect IP Act
Is Google Next to Come Out Against the Protect IP Act?
“It is imperative that copyright enforcement is smart, tailored and proportionate so that it does not undermine legitimate uses of the web. Large scale …
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Who’s Behind the PROTECT IP Act Anyway?
The world’s largest lobbying organization, the US Chamber of Commerce, along with the biggest lobbyists representing the recording and movie industry, have ramped up …
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100+ Prominent Law Professors Denounce the PROTECT IP Act
The Volokh Conspiracy announced that more than 90 “law professors who teach and write about intellectual property and Internet law” signed a letter opposing …
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Universal Music’s War on Digital Music Reaches Deeper Than Rap
On June 20th, Universal Music Group, home to some of the biggest names in the music industry, issued an official blacklist of Internet destinations …
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Filesharing Music in a Web 2.0 World: Is The PROTECT IP Act Missing the Message?
In the late 1960s, Marshall McLuhan wrote extensively on the importance of understanding the “messages” of technology as we look to understand ourselves in …
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The Filesharing Bill of Rights
Just as the empowered citizens of the United States sought to protect their newly acquired rights and entitlements by amending the Constitution in …
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The Center for Public Knowledge Points Out Issues With the Protect IP Act
The Center For Public Knowledge has recently released their stance on the the new Protect IP Act. They point out key issues that they …
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