Here’s a sampling of recent copyright decision summaries written by Justia lawyers: Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. v. Warrick May 21, 2013 In a copyright infringement case, Enterprise Management Limited, Inc. and Mary Lippitt appealed a summary judgment in favor of Donald Warrick. Lippitt contended, contrary to the district court’s holding, she demonstrated a prima [...]
As you may know, the U.S. Copyright Office had approved an allowance for consumers to unlock their cellphones, as part of a triennial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) rulemaking process, and consumers rejoiced. Fast forward to the renewal of that exception only to find that the exception was closed up in this year’s rulemaking. Many [...]
Sherwin Sly, over at Public Knowledge, distills the testimony from last week’s Congressional hearing on copyright reform here. Personal note – it could be devastating for libraries if the library copyright provision is repealed. Libraries rely both on the specific exception (Sect. 108) and the general contours of Fair Use. The specific exception allows some measure of [...]
Congressional recording available from the May 16 hearing on the Copyright Principles Project. You may need to move the play button pretty far in to get to it. Here are the details: A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project Thursday 5/16/2013 – 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet [...]
Mary Minow: Good morning. I understand that international treaty discussions concerning libraries, archives and copyright are scheduled in Geneva in November 2011. How did that come to be? Winston Tabb: Really, where we began was at the International Federation of Library Associations and Instititutions (IFLA) World Congress in Oslo in 2005. We didn’t start with [...]