COPYCENSE

Copycense social media posts on copyright, communications, intellectual property and the media industries from December 18 through December 24, 2011.

• “Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA” is.gd/IwPRNN #copyright
• Why does Bill Patry’s old book (2009) is.gd/de7EJ8 cost more than his new book (2011) is.gd/W1frTG on the Kindle?
• Paper: Orphan Works: Definitional Issues is.gd/cUNbwO #copyright
• Singer Cesaria Evora died last Saturday. She was 70. #music m.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec…
• Cornell, Technion (Israel) win NYC science campus bid is.gd/PuYLfE
• Wolverine uploader: 1 year federal prison; “strong message of deterrence to pirates” is.gd/N1VzAz #copyright
• The Economist explores progeny, history of seminal “Amen, Brother” break beat is.gd/TFZL2i #music /HT @wayneandwax
• RE bit.ly/rWu2tm Veoh wins #DMCA battle, still dead as a door nail is.gd/Va1jH5 #copyright
• Hollywood exec: “Our mistake was allowing this romantic word — piracy — to take hold” is.gd/0EQmRw #copyright
• USA: Federal appeals court affirms #DMCA safe harbor protection in UMG v. Veoh is.gd/ONY5zb [pdf] #copyright
• Judge in YMCA #copyright termination lawsuit allows Songwriters Guild amici briefs is.gd/IxVzal
• Adobe’s no-choice embrace of HTML5 is.gd/fxwYGC #media #Web
• How the “jobs” frame failed to work magic in the AT&T/T-Mobile deal is.gd/9rlD7K #mobile
• Framing T-Mobile/AT&T: Low prices, choice & consumer benefit = harm to stock prices? is.gd/EQM4Jg /HT @artbrodsky
• RT @copyrightclear: Open-Textbook Idea Is Gaining Steam ow.ly/85p3a
• Harry Potter U.S. publisher releases YA time travel series with gaming tie-in is.gd/dv6piF
• USA: Intl Trade Commission rules Android smartphone features protected by Apple #patent is.gd/VQ0vU8 #mobile
• AT&T Ends $39 Billion Bid for T-Mobile is.gd/tttnTn #mobile
• Lemley, Levine, Post: Don’t Break the Internet is.gd/URfRDR #SOPA #copyright
• RT @LawandLit: Who gets custody of Twitter when an employee quits? j.mp/uMIBj3
• Artist without registered Nielsen SoundScan sale gets Grammy nomination is.gd/yDjmRy #music
• Microsoft: We Can Remotely Delete Windows 8 Apps is.gd/53B6cL
• Research Note: #Copyright Infringement & Enforcement in the US: is.gd/KlpgbT [pdf]
• “[W]hen Napster blew a hole in the paradigm, everybody was sacrificed but the top guy” is.gd/yTJUmo #copyright #music

Copycense social media posts on copyright, communications, intellectual property and the media industries from December 11 through December 17, 2011.

• As family battles over her assets, singer Etta James is terminally ill & fighting for her life tinyurl.com/7e8onn5 #music
• Beyonce 2010 tour: Tells story of record label execs telling her first solo album had no hits. Result tinyurl.com/323xqx
• All 10 hours of House #SOPA Day 1 debate, and then some is.gd/QXuVa5 #copyright
• RT @juditrius: Take action: Ask Johnson & Johnson to join the medicines patent pool for hiv/aids bit.ly/u5B1O2
• Dec. 13, 2011: 300th anniversary of New York’s first slave market. Located on Wall St. tinyurl.com/3svpgam
• Per @whitehouse: “Happy Bill of Rights Day” (Thursday) | Fast forward to utter imbecility at #SOPA hearing, Day 1. How the mighty has fallen
• RT @loricnet: Cats could do a better job governing. #SOPA is a giant hairball, anyway.
• Catching up on #SOPA timeline coverage. At point where folks are talking about this fiasco tinyurl.com/7qc8a5c | Are they serious?
• “Droit de suite” bill introduced in US congress. This is provided for in Berne Convention but not required. nyti.ms/sQE4me
• 15 Dec /HT @howardknopf
• DNS expert Paul Vixie on #SOPA harms bit.ly/uHad7g #copyright /HT @mmasnick @normative
• RT @primusluta: “I’m not arguing with you about technology here” Rep. Watt …. uh yeah this is about technology #SOPA
• RT @onthemedia @NYTimes says it should have credited @Techdirt for breaking news about music website and domain seizure bit.ly/w5cu0l
• Hearing, debates sounds nice, but I stand by Nov. 28 prediction — esp. with “too fast” meme: is.gd/mTdvv1 #copyright #sopa
• 15 Dec
• RT @nancyprager: [Clerk’s] got a cup of water. Bright side for all tech geeks watching is she is cute. Bet a meme develops around her. #sopa
• House Judiciary Committee markup hearing on #SOPA: is.gd/FdfmbX (audio) OR is.gd/H2fRkp (video) #copyright
• Someone *please* be humane: throw the clerk a bottle of water, at the least #SOPA
• Berman tried to save the clerk, but alas, she must continue reading. Good for citizenship; sucks to be the clerk #SOPA #copyright
• Watching House #SOPA hearing. I feel for the woman assigned to read all this text into the record. She’s just on the definitions section.
• What person or organization is behind KeeptheWebOpen.com? Rep. Issa’s name is on the Web site, but not really clear #sopa #copyright
• The anti free software movement: pay developers flpbd.it/TV1v
• The pro & con advertising campaigns behind SOPA/PIPA is.gd/0EQmRw #copyright
• Jared Polis (D-CO), former Web entrepreneur, on #SOPA is.gd/ltvjzV #copyright
• Hachette: “Self-publishing is a misnomer” is.gd/CgZZqm | @jakonrath: “giant bowl of steaming fail” is.gd/9GWLfK
• Scholars decline to act as reviewers, even as tenure depends on peer-reviewed publications is.gd/2AvqZR
• Authors Guild Files for Class Certification in Google Case http://bit.ly/unhpkI /HT @LloydJassin
• Indie bookseller on Amazon.com’s price comparison offer (which, BTW, excludes books) is.gd/1ogRr6 /HT @LawandLit
• Life Cycle of a Book j.mp/rVROdx HT @LawandLit
• Library Wars: Amazon, publishers vie for control of e-Book rentals is.gd/erGE0b /HT @DrRimmer #books #copyright
• Comedian Louis C.K. posts numbers on his direct-to-consumer comedy tour is.gd/0s7ZSV
• USA: Court denies software company’s attempt to censor consumer complaints on the Web is.gd/I8jXFQ /HT @RonColeman
• The Facebook resisters is.gd/ganyeN #social
• Amazon’s decent treatment of authors doesn’t seem to extend to app developers is.gd/g55lTI /HT @CraigGrannell #mobile
• Secret terms & conditions every #music subscription service must agree to is.gd/pMzynl HT @airvpn #copyright
• Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane Oscar up for auction is.gd/O65aNC
• LoC: Digital preservation and the online video revolution is.gd/ZpRcnc
• Editorial: Rent-seeking leads to executive “atrophy” is.gd/NtvLGe /HT @AdamThierer #copyright
• Corporate use of Google’s ContentID to claim ownership of public domain works is.gd/CAbhay
• In the so-called year of the e-book, retail bookshops are reporting brisk sales for high-priced titles is.gd/CgoRqa
• #Copyright & “remix culture”: The new Prohibition? bit.ly/sDo3Vj /HT @howardknopf | Oy.
• “There is a legitimate policy dispute about how disruptive government enforcement powers should be” is.gd/3G9Qeh /HT @howardknopf #SOPA #copyright
• RT @BerinSzoka: Is #SOPA markup still on for Thursday? Not on House Judiciary page … rules require 36 hours’ notice #OPEN #copyright
• Visual Resources Assn.: Fair use of images for teaching, research & study is.gd/WhgONl [pdf] #copyright
• William Patry, “How to Fix Copyright” out now is.gd/HuddpU #copyright
• HathiTrust response to Authors Guild claims of #copyright infringement is.gd/AiwwlG [pdf]
• William Patry (2005) on Bikram Yoga’s #copyright claim is.gd/RDiQaZ & why Bikram press release is wrong is.gd/unhCKh
• RE is.gd/OcI4jd @CopyrightOffice says Bikram Yoga is exercise, not protectible choreography is.gd/okhXZp #copyright
• 75 years in, Consumer Reports makes money in print and online is.gd/qdTjPu
• USA: Even without #SOPA, court OKs private #domain seizure based upon counterfeit sales allegation is.gd/XwrkDu

Copycense social media posts on copyright, communications, intellectual property and the media industries from December 4 through December 10, 2011.

• Dec. 10 is Human Rights Day. Sec. Clinton on Internet freedom http://t.co/uqwQScr7 vs ICE seizures http://t.co/XiDgTQh6 #copyright
• Dec. 10 is Human Rights Day. Re: human rights & IP: UNESCO http://t.co/76DQJKgW UNDHR, Art. 27 http://t.co/97WQ3nhx #copyright
• Audio Drylongso: Former slaves tell their stories (via LoC): http://t.co/1Q9aSbS9 | Coverage: http://t.co/M6L1nNbt /HT @LawandLit
• “For Chinese netizens, #SOPA is another great firewall” http://t.co/rUALNWRb /HT @onthemedia #copyright
• Ice Cube draws parallels between sampling and … Eames architecture?!?!? http://t.co/39zS2utj /HT @NewBlackMan | Straight boulevois
• LOC: Digitizing & making pre-1978 @CopyrightOffice records more accessible http://t.co/2yGrLzFp
• “Viacom’s lawsuit vs. Google showed studio reps surreptitiously uploaded clips … for promotional purposes” http://t.co/jm07uKA3 #copyright
• RE http://t.co/lPOIlImI UNESCO? http://t.co/76DQJKgW UNDHR, Art. 27? http://t.co/97WQ3nhx #copyright
• “This truth should be self-evident: Human rights should never be subjugated to #copyright” http://t.co/Fsp6FiqA
• Does red herring of tech vs. Hollywood move so-called #copyright “wars” to Defcon 2? http://is.gd/lQzd7C
• MPAA chairman slams Google over its PIPA/SOPA opposition http://t.co/nhgmyWAE /HT @robinhoover #copyright
• RE http://t.co/CagJtoeE … Is another salvo in the “Tech is killing #copyright” meme in the air lately
• RE http://t.co/CagJtoeE Industry verification the “culture industries” sell units, not culture #copyright
• Music publishers’ association president: #SOPA needed to protect digital marketplace http://t.co/EbdQsWZX #copyright
• “Watering down” #SOPA begins http://t.co/LrZQPatP | I’m all in as of Nov. 28 http://t.co/zJhVyKdk #copyright
• Outstanding reporting by @mmasnick on the Dajaz1 #domain seizure & due process problems http://t.co/XiDgTQh6 #copyright
• ESPN’s ® for its SportsCenter theme http://t.co/rKVHjpbm | Sound http://t.co/rtZFA0rz /HT @tm4smallbiz #trademark
• Electronic Arts banning users from games for alleged forum comment violations http://t.co/edgsrd4Z #games
• USA: Ad network not liable for #copyright Infringement in “For Dummies” e-book case http://t.co/oHEQDlDU
• USA: Federal court rules pro-se blogger isn’t journalist; judgment is $2.5 million http://t.co/qQbvuFJw /HT @LloydJassin
• Verizon to take on Netflix with video streaming service http://t.co/IKeRWyTJ
• Netflix chief: HBO Go is rival ‘we fear most’ http://t.co/abO4p1Qt
• ESPN reporter sues hotel, stalker for $10 million http://t.co/wI46zeh0 /HT @BizMediaLaw:#privacy
• RE http://t.co/dFIxtHkU Official announcement http://t.co/l0UoSoXq UK coverage http://t.co/huUm2Rjm
• RT @James_Gannon: Since when is the test for #copyright infringement “lost sales” and not “copying”? http://is.gd/43P73A
• “Cluetrain” author officially on the “Internet is ruining everything” bandwagon http://t.co/CvtiIJXz /HT @Shocklee
• #SCOTUS cert petition in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng http://t.co/Mfrg2sRn /HT @IPInBrief #copyright
• Why the $2.99 e-book may signal “cheap” http://t.co/lApYTaIT (Hint: Starbucks) #amwriting #books
• @MPAA says SOPA/PIPA will have “changes” http://t.co/SDTxU1gQ | Doubling down http://t.co/zJhVyKdk #copyright
• EU investigating possible collusion between Apple, publishers in e-book market http://t.co/30FPEKO9 #amwriting
• RT @CathyGellis: USA is barely more than 200 years old and already libraries and the post office are dying. Ben Franklin would be pissed. http://is.gd/iGKDXA
• @AmericanPublish joins @RIAA seek to file amicus brief in 9th Cir. RIghthaven case http://t.co/tzok1MUU #copyright
• Norweigan press boycotts Janet Jackson after singer’s photo ownership demands http://t.co/ixzSwEXC /HT @ArtistsRights #copyright
• Paper: “Predicting Fair Use” http://t.co/jXsRybXm #copyright
• RT @rachaelvaughn: Matthew Sag speak about empirical fair use analysis; ~ 40% of district court cases find fair use #copyright http://is.gd/HU0qe6
• 10,000 tweets equals more than 450, 500-word blog posts http://t.co/5JAzrk8e | Reallocating writing time in 2012
• RE http://t.co/MczspGmI Likely SOPA/PIPA related, then reframe convo to make well-funded tech cos. (instead of poor consumers) the devil
• Per @robinhoover, anyone else in #copyright space notice preponderance of Hollywood v. Tech reporting in last 7-10 days? Fishy. http://is.gd/RgWICU
• @robinhoover RE http://t.co/k6tiBQZI May have a point. Add Levine’s Free Ride book review http://t.co/X4o07cnC Seems a coordinated effort
• Napster closed Nov. 30; co-founder says Spotify follows Napster’s “original dream” http://t.co/NA3gssaQ (video) /HT @Shocklee #music
• “Traditional media has historically done well by selling inefficiency.” http://t.co/ioMrfqDp
• Economic “piracy” losses questioned, @MPAA subtly reframing to jobs lost, i.e. http://t.co/LROOzCuJ #copyright
• RE http://t.co/nxzYBYzs Hollywood v. Tech is a sexy news story line, but there’s more synergy than difference #copyright
• Piracy legislation pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley http://t.co/acsmavgF /HT @Cal_Lawyer
• “There are indications that an exquisitely designed hardcover book can keep print sales high & cut into e-book sales” http://t.co/9m6SZTqK
• Selling a book by its (intricately gilded) cover http://t.co/9m6SZTqK | Reminds me of past excitement over LP album covers #books
• Chik-Fil-A sends C&D to Vermont who wants folks to “Eat More Kale” http://t.co/JailJKV6 #trademark
• Extra | USPS to close half of its mail processing centers; slower first class mail delivery times http://t.co/9NoxvY7T
• RE http://t.co/HhkqPK0i No coincidence movie studios’ Ultraviolet move concurrent with SOPA/PIPA proposals #copyright
• Will Hollywood’s ‘UltraViolet’ plan replace the DVD? http://t.co/Muox2qDL | More format shift monetization #copyright #DRM
• RT @lawgeeknz: Killing Michael Jackson gets max 4 years in prison; uploading MJ song under #SOPA gets max 5 years #copyright http://is.gd/yg2Ebd

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