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- Viacom and YouTube lawyers and others are in violent agreement: intellectual property won't kill social media
- There has been a good deal of violent agreement thus far here at Supernova, but I was pretty surprised at the degree of it we had on the panel I moderated this morning, captioned Will Intellectual Property Kill Social Media? The answer was resoundingly "no," and the converse also...
- Tags: Video, User generated content, Social news, Social networking, MGM v. Grokster, Mashups, Live Web, Licenses, Lawsuits, DMCA, Copyright, Conferences
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Supernova: will intellectual property kill social media?
- Kevin Werbach just posted the draft agenda for the upcoming Supernova conference. Ill be moderating a session at the Challenge Day on June 20 titled "Will Intellectual Property Kill Social Media?," and weve confirmed the following stellar panel to take on this topic:EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von...
- Tags: Video, User generated content, Social news, Social networking, MGM v. Grokster, Mashups, Live Web, Licenses, Lawsuits, DMCA, Copyright, Conferences
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Viacom v. YouTube represents a watershed moment in video policy
- Point 1 about Viacom v. YouTube: There is no calling how this case will come out if/as the parties pursue it through the federal courts — Declan McCullagh: Section 512 says Web site operators must not "receive a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), video, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Podcast on the law of business communities
- The conference call Mike Madison and I recorded earlier this week in anticipation of our session at Community 2.0 more here and here is now available as part of the Bag and Baggage Podcast or from the Future of Communities blog. We talked about: Defining community and loosely-joined...
- Tags: Attention, Blogging, Collaboration, Compliance, Conferences, Copyright, Defamation, DMCA, Free speech, Identity, Licenses, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, Social news, Trademark, User generated content, Virtual worlds, Voice
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Take two: public conference call on the law of business communities
- Our rescheduled conference call in anticipation of Community 2.0 details here takes place today at 1:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST. Call-in details are here, please join us if you are interested.
- Tags: Attention, Blogging, Collaboration, Conferences, Copyright, DMCA, Free speech, Identity, Licenses, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, Social news, User generated content, Virtual worlds, Voice
- Blog posts 2007-03-07
- Join us Monday for a public conference call on the law of business communities
- In connection with our session at the the upcoming Community 2.0 conference, law professor Mike Madison and I will be hosting a public conference call on Monday, February 26 beginning at 1:00 p.m. PST, and wed love your participation to help us hone in on the ownership considerations (IP;...
- Tags: Blogging, Conferences, Copyright, DMCA, Free speech, Identity, Licenses, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, Social news, User generated content, Voice, Collaboration, Compliance, Attention
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- UMG sues MySpace in a no-lose proposition, draws Grokster judge
- Last Friday, Universal Music Group filed copyright infringement claims against MySpace, claiming that MySpace and News Corp. are "liable for the direct infringement of [UMGs] copyrights, and for aiding, facilitating, and inducing the infringement of [UMGs] copyrights by countless MySpace users."Steve OHear provides terrific context in the form of...
- Tags: Copyright, DMCA, Licenses, Live Web, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, User generated content, Video, Mashups
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
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- The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy
- By Bill Kallman This guest blog is penned by Bill Kallman, CEO of Scayl, a direct, unlimited secure email solution, a longtime VC and real estate investor. He was a founding director of Streamcast, one of the defendant's in the landmark MGM v Grokster ruling. He holds...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network, Radio, Library, Digital Library, Library Network, GDPLN, Content Industry, Copyright War, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Joe Biden: Carrying water for Hollywood?
- Is Joe Biden the copyright industry's point man in the Obama Administration? He certainly has an anti-piracy track record. And the Justice Department is now lousy with RIAA lawyers, as Tiny Mix Tapes points out. Thomas Perrelli, nominated as Associate Attorney General on...
- Tags: RIAA, Lawyer, U.S. Department Of Justice, Perrelli, Verrilli, Hauck, Solicitor General, Gershengorn, Piracy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- The RIAA is NOT saying that ripping your CDs is illegal
- The RIAA is NOT saying that ripping your CDs is illegalThis seems to be "news" to some of us!What about the "all copying is illegal" mantra that has beenflying back and forth for the last year or so? What about theSony "root kit" fiasco?I find it hard to ignore...
- Tags: Place-Shifting, RIAA, CD
- Discussion threads 2007-12-11
- YouTube and copyright, etiquette and law
- Columbia law professor Tim Wu has a brilliant essay at Slate entitled Does YouTube Really Have Legal Problems? How the Bell Lobby helped midwife YouTube. I say "brilliant" because Professor Wu goes beyond the hype around YouTube as one of the 'Net's current infringement bogeymen, and emphasizes the fascinating role...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube, Section 512, Tim Wu
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Showdown at the YouTube corral
- And the gunmen are the DMCAs safe harbor provisions and MGM v. Grokster. Context:YouTube and the DMCA Riddle me this copyright gurus...Analysts dont like YouTubes chancesForrester on YouTubeYouTubes Balancing Act: Making Money, Not EnemiesYouTube: News Service Infringement Claim Without MeritGrokster: A Rocky Shoal In The DMCAs...
- Tags: YouTube Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-10-02
- Universal's Grokster is showing
- Reuters and other outlets are reporting that yesterday Universal Music Group Chief Executive Doug Morris had these fighting words for MySpace and YouTube: We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars. . . . How we deal with...
- Tags: MySpace, YouTube Inc., Doug Morris, Grokster Ltd.
- Blog posts 2006-09-14
- De-Groksterizing YouTube In Ten Minutes Or Less
- Mostly anonymous intellectual property lawyer Ron from DC has an entertaining and informative clip on YouTube arguing that Tur v. YouTube should have a different outcome than MGM v. Grokster: From the video: "I do not believe Mr. Tur will...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube
- Blog posts 2006-09-05
- XP and Vista to get new media player
- XP and Vista to get new media playerXP and Vista to get new media playerSweet! All these new features are going to keep media player at the #1 spot again just like the previous versions. I'm not expecting WMP to sync up with the iPod since Apple has...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Digital rights management (DRM), Media players, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, MTV, Apple iPod, new media player, media player, Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- An important concession: MGM says ripping MP3s is OK
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in MGM v. Grokster. The Grokster case, for those who haven't been following it, concerns the liability of distributors of P2P software. As we all know, there are legitimate uses for P2P software (think BitTorrent and distributing Linux ISOs, which are legally free...
- Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Grokster Ltd.
- Blog posts 2005-04-01
- Sharman to challenge court order
- Sharman to challenge court orderREALITY CATCHING UP TO THE PIRATESThey can run and they can hide, but there is no escaping from prosecution for conspiracy to steal copyright protected materials. The walls are crashing down on the Pirates everyday, and reality is gonna be a very unpleasant experience for those...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, pay service, wall, recording industry, RIAA, Aria, Sharman Networks Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2004-02-09
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