COPYCENSE

Copycense social media posts on copyright, communications, intellectual property and the media industries from November 27 through December 3, 2011.

• Complaint in Bikram’s #copyright infringement lawsuit vs. competing Yoga studio http://t.co/WQUkCW21 [pdf]
• Bikram’s at it again: sues former student for allegedly violating #copyright in hot yoga poses http://t.co/EZ9kwsIA
• Filmmakers seek to renew #DMCA anti-circumvention exemption for DVDs http://t.co/ML7U0XCT http://t.co/y4bkg8VM [pdf] #copyright
• @CopyrightOffice digitizing 70 million+ images /HT @Clancco_ArtLaw http://t.co/d6kIYiiR
• EU: E-book sales hampered by 25% tax http://t.co/chBta8uu
• Workers use labor law to dispute disciplinary actions related to social media use http://t.co/mOfRtgQ7 /HT @sunil_abraham @PRC_Amber
• RT @ARLpolicy: Library #Copyright Alliance comments on 1201 DRM exceptions: http://t.co/PCRxkivc Blog summary to come!
• Read this @jakonrath post http://t.co/HuN3dipG | 6,200 miles on a 2006 book tour. If he’s making money now, don’t knock the hustle
• Minority Media & Telecom Council supports SOPA/PIPA passage http://t.co/GNw4aSto [pdf] /HT @MPAA | Response stuck between chuckling & “Oy!”
• If your business is access to digital information, and you don’t fight for every penny and access provision, stop whining about #copyright http://is.gd/yCNAPZ
• Tired of reading about #copyright hindering access to digital collections, when institutions don’t aggressively negotiate license contacts http://is.gd/kBXWTq
• “What would happen if all movie-downloading BitTorrent users made the switch to Netflix?” http://t.co/GGzEHYEL #copyright
• RT @pranesh_prakash: European firms building their own #cloud services to avoid lax US data #privacy laws: http://t.co/pUtihFDX
• @primusluta RE http://t.co/kC66SpQE Yeah, I looked twice at it; concluded “benefit of the doubt”
• Kojo Nnamdi Show: Stopping Online #Piracy http://t.co/hfeBaJ4Z #copyright
• McGruff the Crime Dog on “piracy” & knock-offs http://t.co/G1aCxlmF /HT @MPAA
• How SOPA/PIPA Affects Your Small Business http://t.co/qlUN9K7v /HT @DanaNewman #copyright
• BBC Click interview with Neelie Kroes spokeman on #copyright http://t.co/mCP4Hb2q /HT @ArtistsRights
• Scholarly press rents articles http://t.co/RAjhZLfn | No print, no download; straight cash, homie /HT @copyrightgirl
• A +1 for @IDEALAW series interpreting common contract/ToS clauses http://t.co/3OhphZ0o
• Why Uncle Sam wants to save T-Mobile from AT&T http://t.co/bf4NTfNj #mobile
• USAG on “piracy”: “The public’s proactive attention … can help us to disrupt the sale of illegal goods” http://t.co/5aCSGj1H
• @mmasnick interview with author (and former IP lawyer) Barry Eisler on #copyright, #SOPA http://t.co/3K4V4Qis
• The tautolgy of #copyright law’s “irreparable harm” injunction standard http://t.co/X6pNShGX
• Cable companies seeking to charge extra for Netflix, Hulu streaming http://t.co/MKkZpxEh
• RT @howardknopf: Samsung Defeats Apple-Sought Ban in Australia http://t.co/oSW3H6uj
• Sci-fi author: Big 6 publishers cutting their own throats with e-book #DRM http://t.co/oTHw7Kpz #amwriting #copyright
• Lipitor loses #patent, goes generic http://t.co/04mFB5mb /HT @BoothSweet
• Net Neutrality Is Too Regulatory, but Stop Online Piracy Isn’t? http://t.co/PEIPp9jl #copyright #sopa
• Economist: Redraft #SOPA more tightly http://t.co/1AGAXugl #copyright
• New @CopyrightOffice proposal http://t.co/Wd2AUycw [pdf] could put DMCA safe harbor at risk http://t.co/PLPmSbjI #copyright
• Tom Moulton, the inventor of the remix, turns 71 today http://t.co/cWjzvnho /HT @primusluta
• Ray Bradbury relents, allows ‘Fahrenheit 451’ to become e-book http://t.co/NssNENM7 /HT @LawandLit
• Bronx tattoo artists say Fiat had no clearance for mural appearance in J-Lo ad http://t.co/I6YnhITJ /HT @howardknopf #copyright
• Prediction: The #SOPA fallback will omit most egregious provisions, then pass in election year budget bill. Standard procedure #copyright http://is.gd/Vur5zR