Archive for October 27th, 2005
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Blackberry Appeal
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to consider an emergency appeal by Research In Motion to review a long-running patent suit that could shut down RIM’s BlackBerry service in the United States.
“U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, who handles last-minute appeals, did not comment on the rejection of RIM’s emergency application. The company asked the high court on Monday to halt a decision by a lower court that could enforce a 2-year old injunction.”
Michael Singer. Supreme Court Won’t Hear RIM Suit. News.com. Oct. 26, 2005.
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Conference Session Discusses IP Issues in Search
“A panel of experts debated a number of hot legal issues during the Copyrights & Trademarks panel at SES.
“How can web site owners get links to material infringing their copyrighted materials out of search engine results? What recourse do web site owners have if their sites were removed unfairly from search engine results due to an unfair or unfounded accusation of copyright infringement?
“Do web site owners have trademark protection rights and responsibilities in search engine advertisements? This session explored these and many other issues, in particular looking at some recent rulings and existing search engine policies.
Grant Crowell. Copyrights, Trademarks and Search Engines. SearchEngineWatch. Oct. 20, 2005.
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Report on Digitization Copyright Issues
“What are the stumbling blocks to digitization? Is copyright law a major barrier? Is it easier to negotiate with some types of publishers than with others? To what extent does the age of the material influence permission decisions?
“This report, by Denise Troll Covey, principal librarian for special projects at Carnegie Mellon University, responds to many of these questions. It begins with a brief, cogent overview of U.S. copyright laws, licensing practices, and technological developments in publishing that serve as the backdrop for the current environment. It then recounts in detail three efforts undertaken at Carnegie-Mellon University to secure copyright permission to digitize and provide open access to books with scholarly content.”
Denise T. Covey. Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books. (.pdf, 6.8 MB) Council on Library and Information Resources. November 2005.
See also:
Denise Troll Covey. Copyright Permission: Turning to Dust or Digital. International Journal of the Book. 2003
(Attribution: This information was bought to our attention by Jill Hurst-Wahl, a digitization expert and the author of Digitization 101.)
CopyCense™: K. Matthew Dames on the intersection of business, law and technology. A business venture of Seso Digital LLC.
“Legal” MP3 Site Shuttered by FTC
“A U.S. court has ordered a Web site that bills itself as ‘Napster’s Number One Replacement Software’ to stop promising customers that they won’t face copyright lawsuits when they download songs for free, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
“A U.S. court in California ordered MP3DownloadCity.com to temporarily remove its claims as it considers the FTC’s request for a permanent ban.”
Reuters. Music Web Site Ordered to Change Tune. CNN.com. Oct. 19, 2005.
See also:
Federal Trade Commission. FTC Clamps Down on File-sharing Service Site. (Press release) Oct. 19, 2005.
United States District Court, Central District of California. Federal Trade Commission vs. Cashier Myricks Jr. d/b/a MP3DOWNLOADCITY.COM.
Updates:
Eric J. Sinrod. Perspective: Nothing But the Online Truth–Or Else. News.com. Oct. 26, 2005.
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