Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Earlier this month, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York issued an order rejecting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) interpretation of a […]
[Archived Post] Criminal Copyright Infringement is Crime of “Moral Turpitude”
Cross-posted from the Law Theories blog. This past Friday, the Board of Immigration Appeals held that criminal copyright infringement constitutes a “crime involving moral turpitude” under immigration law. The Board […]
[Archived Post] European Union Draws a Line on Infringing Hyperlinks
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, the European Court of Justice—the judicial authority of the European Union—issued an anticipated decision in the Sanoma hyperlinking case, declaring that commercial linking with […]
[Archived Post] Despite What You Hear, Notice and Takedown is Failing Creators and Copyright Owners
By Kevin Madigan In a recent op-ed in the LA Times, Professors Chris Sprigman and Mark Lemley praise the notice and takedown provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) […]
[Archived Post] The European Union Extends Copyright in Design—and Critics Balk (Yet Again)
By Bhamati Viswanathan The European Union recently decided to support the productive labors of designers by extending legal protections of their works in all areas of copyright, design, and patent […]
[Archived Post] Letter on FCC Set-Top Box Regulation Once Again Confuses the Issue
By Kevin Madigan Last week, a group of law professors wrote a letter to the acting Librarian of Congress in which they claim that the current FCC proposal to regulate […]
[Archived Post] The Dangerous Combination of Content Theft and Malware
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Malware, short for malicious software, has been used to infiltrate and contaminate computers since the early 1980s. But what began as relatively benign software […]
[Archived Post] Advertiser Pledge Sets Example of Accountability in the Fight Against Piracy
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. It should come as no surprise that popular websites make money by hosting advertisements. Anyone surfing the web has undoubtedly been bombarded with ads […]
[Archived Post] Capitol Records v. Vimeo: Courts Should Stop Coddling Bad Actors in Copyright Cases
Here’s a brief excerpt of my new post that was published on IPWatchdog: Here’s where we are after Capitol Records v. Vimeo: A service provider can encourage its users to […]
[Archived Post] IP Scholars to FCC: It’s Not About “The Box”
This past April, we joined other IP scholars in explaining how the FCC’s proposed set-top box rules would undermine the property rights of creators and copyright owners. In reply comments […]