Stopping the Stop of the Internet: An Alternative ...
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content_distribution piracy dmca infringement copyright sopa internet_access devi urmika | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Monday December 12, 2011 | By Urmika Devi
SOPA, introduced in the House in October as H.R. 3261, is due for a mark-up this week by the 39 member House Judiciary Committee, which oversees revisions to copyright law. The bill, authored by the House Judiciary Committee’s Chairman with the support...
First Mickey Mouse and Now the Beatles
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music public_domain copyright devi content_distribution online_music | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Friday September 16, 2011 | By Urmika Devi
Back in 1998, Congress extended the term of copyright for an additional 20 years, preventing certain works from falling into the public domain. Dubbed the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act," the law raised the term of copyright protection in...
Derivative Works Based on the Public Domain: Not a...
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copyright public_domain content_distribution devi | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Wednesday August 10, 2011 | By Urmika Devi
A recent decision from the Eighth Circuit is a reminder that not everything that you think is in the public domain is actually up for grabs. Given the ease with which we can search the internet for “public domain” images and music to be used in other...
The Copyright Cops Have Arrived
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piracy content_distribution devi internet_access streaming | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Monday July 11, 2011 | By Urmika Devi
Last week, several of the industry’s leading ISPs (including AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner Cable) signed a memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) with the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ), the Motion Picture...