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InternetNews June 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Bitter IP Fights Ahead Over Piracy, Compensation Battle lines drawn as congressional efforts on intellectual property laws pick up. |
InternetNews December 6, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
New Bill Stiffens File-Sharing Penalties The U.S. House of Representatives is edging closer to laying out harsher penalties and stepping up enforcement for the illegal sharing of music and movies. |
InternetNews September 10, 2009 |
Lawmakers Probe Google Book Search Google's controversial digital book project saw another wave of public scrutiny this morning, this time in the form of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the competitive implications of its landmark settlement with authors and publishers. |
Home Theater October 11, 2007 |
Music Royalty Rhetoric Rises The recording, broadcasting, music publishing and live performance industries are currently waging a rhetorical free-for-all over what musicians get paid. |
InternetNews October 3, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
iTunes Scare Fades as Royalties Hold Steady Striking a compromise, copyright tribunal locks in royalty rates for digital downloads at a level that pleases retailers and songwriters. |
InternetNews May 11, 2007 Roy Mark |
Senate Bill Would Repeal 'Net Radio Rate Hikes Companion bill to pending House legislation would vacate royalty rates webcasters say will sink them. |
InternetNews July 8, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Internet Radio Saved by Royalty Resolution Pandora will start charging fees for some, but both sides claim the deal is a winner. |
InternetNews January 15, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
New Clashes Await Over Digital Copyright Does government need to do more to curtail piracy, or are media industries threatening the freedom of the Internet? |
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
A Rocky Road to Patent Reform A member of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the Patent Reform Act of 2007, said he was optimistic "we'll finally pass patent reform this year." |
Information Today December 31, 2007 George H. Pike |
Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement. |
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves Patent Reform Bill Patent reform wobbled out of a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday afternoon with even those voting for it demanding changes before a full House Judiciary Committee vote. |
InternetNews October 1, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
11th Hour Save for Internet Radio Bill that would spare Internet radio stations a 70 percent royalty rate is headed for the President's desk. |
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Third Time the Charm for Patent Reform? Bipartisan group of lawmakers trying again on patent reform, but opposition remains strong. |
Salon.com March 26, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Web radio's last stand A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations... |
Information Today September 22, 2008 Robin Peek |
Fair Copyright in Research Works Act Challenges Federal Funding Some publishers are fighting the national Institutes of Health legislation that requires federally funded research to be made available through PubMed Central. |
Salon.com August 28, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
Four little words How the record industry used a tiny legislative amendment to try to steal recording copyrights from artists -- forever. |
InternetNews October 1, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
The End of iTunes? With a major decision looming about the royalty rates that music publishers receive from online sales, the digital-music arena could be headed for a meltdown. |
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Dan Muse |
Lawmaker Calls for Rethinking Piracy Fight Rep. Robert Wexler admits shortcomings of efforts to defend intellectual property in what has become a generational struggle. |
InternetNews December 13, 2007 Sean Gallagher |
Consumer, Industry Groups Spar Over Piracy Bill PRO IP's supporters testify in Washington that the act will curb counterfeit bags and DVDs. Critics fear it will hurt fair use and new media models. |
Home Theater April 30, 2007 |
Congress May Rescue Net Radio A bill surfaced last week that would reverse the recent royalty rate hike that net radio outfits say would have doomed them to extinction. |
InternetNews February 3, 2011 |
Senate Judiciary Clears Patent Reform Bill Panel renews longstanding push to overhaul nation's patent system, with a litany of amendments to appear should the measure receive consideration of the full Senate. |
Reason February 2009 David Weigel |
Czar Wars Don't expect an Obama administration to eliminate the new post of intellectual property watchdog |
InternetNews September 28, 2004 Roy Mark |
New Induce Act Prompts Old Complaints Critics claim the bill will open digital music player makers to copyright infringement liability. |
InternetNews March 12, 2008 |
Lawmaker May Use Antitrust For Net Neutrality Rep. Conyers is telling people he may use antitrust laws to put net neutrality rules on the books. |
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark |
Patent Reform Bill Moves Forward in U.S. House In a unanimous voice vote, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week endorsed patent-reform legislation, which the tech industry has been pushing for decades. |
InternetNews February 11, 2009 Judy Mottl |
New Kindle's 'Read to Me' Spurs Copyright Review Amazon's new Kindle2 'read-to-me' feature that turns text to voice is under review by an author's advocacy group in relation to potential copyright issues. |
InternetNews September 7, 2004 Roy Mark |
Copyright Office Jumps Into P2P Fray Negotiations continuing over Sen. Orrin Hatch's controversial proposal to allow copyright owners to sue P2P networks. |
InternetNews May 18, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Will Copyright Alliance's Wax Trigger YouTube's Wane? YouTubes of the world be warned. This coalition vows to uphold and enforce copyright laws under the First Amendment. |
InternetNews January 12, 2010 |
All Eyes on U.S. Intellectual Property Deal Concerns among some in tech surface as the U.S. negotiates with other countries on copyright infringement policy. |
Salon.com April 23, 2002 Damien Cave |
Musician to Napster judge: Let my music go A 1960s-era recording artist says he can't get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free... |
InternetNews July 20, 2007 |
Big Steps For Patent Reform Strongly favored by the technology sector and equally opposed by the biotechnology and manufacturing industries, The Patent Reform Bill of 2007 would represent the first significant changes in patent law in several decades. |
Home Theater July 16, 2007 |
Net Radio Wins Temporary Reprieve Webcasters and the music industry worked out a deal on Thursday of last week that will temporarily delay draconian new royalties that many predict would kill many net radio broadcasters. |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Lorraine Woellert |
Look Who's Fighting Patent Reform VCs, trade groups, and universities have taken up the fight against Big Tech's efforts to rewrite U.S. patent law. |
InternetNews September 7, 2007 Caron Carlson |
House Passes Major Patent Reform The U.S. House approved legislation today that seeks to overhaul and modernize over 55 years of patent law and address a patent-award system that bi-partisan groups have long argued is broken. |
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Roy Mark |
Senate Panel Delays Induce Act Vote Again Controversial legislation directed at P2P copyright infringement stalls for third consecutive week. |
Salon.com April 15, 2002 Damien Cave |
In defense of copyright A top intellectual property lawyer argues that the Supreme Court's decision to review the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act is plain wrong... |
InternetNews November 19, 2007 |
New Push to Roll Back Online Gambling Ban? Lawmakers press U.S. Trade Rep for a second look at online gambling bans. |
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton |
Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation. |
AskMen.com Craig Mazin |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling. |
InternetNews April 17, 2007 Roy Mark |
Internet Radio Loses Rate Hike Appeal Copyright Office stands behind decision to nearly triple royalty rates for webcasters. |
Reason November 2004 David G. Post |
Free Culture vs. Big Media In the book Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, author Lawrence Lessig leads the charge to retake the public domain. |
Reason July 2001 Mike Godwin |
Copywrong Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hurts the public interest... |
Home Theater October 14, 2008 |
Another Bad Copyright Law Passes The newly signed Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act escalates penalties for copyright infringement. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Recording Industry Gets It? Not Industries that don't present themselves as particularly friendly to customers and suppliers are tasty candidates for disruption, and that's been abundantly clear regarding the recording industry for years now. |
Information Today January 5, 2016 George H. Pike |
The Year in Congress: Accomplishments in 2015 A review is offered of new laws that affect the library community and the information industry. |
Salon.com June 14, 2000 Courtney Love |
Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." |
IEEE Spectrum August 2005 Ben Klemens |
New Legal Code Copyrights should replace software patents. |
AskMen.com Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Copyright Copyright constitutes one aspect of intellectual property law; here are five things you may not know about it. |
HBS Working Knowledge June 9, 2008 Sean Silverthorne |
Monetizing IP: The Executive's Challenge In this Q&A, Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner discusses current trends in Intellectual property, including the rise of patent pools. |
CIO August 1, 2003 Radcliffe & Rosen |
Patent, Copyright and Trade Secret -- What's the Difference? - The intellectual property in software can be protected three ways: patents, copyrights and trade secrets. |