Just before the closing bell on Friday, Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Grooveshark’s parent company, Escape Media Group
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Grooveshark and the Copyright Pirates
November 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Copyright, Internet, Popular
Tags:Copyright·copyrighted·Escape Media·Grooveshark·infringement·internet streaming·music·piracy·pirate·Pirate Bay·songs·UMG·Universal
Live Nude Copyrights
August 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Arcana, Copyright, Internet, Patent, Popular, Technology, Trade Secret, Trademark
For those of you who hate to subscribe to things but still have sufficient neurological juice left in your big big brains to remember short phrases, just open up your browser and type “Who Is Your Lawyer” in one of its myriad forms
Tags:Copyright·IP·Robert Scott Lawrence·Trademark·Who Is Your Lawyer
Tweet, Twit, What?
May 16th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Copyright, Internet, Popular
So I rounded up all the Kardashians, Kobe, Charlie Sheen, that Claudio Whatshisname from Barcelona, and together we had at least 50 million fans
Marketing Madness
March 9th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Arcana, Internet, Popular, Trademark
Turn on your television and, if you are one of the unfortunates who forgot to TiVo your favorite shows, you will be subjected to the most aggressive advertising in the history of mankind.
Tags:ad·advertisement·commercial·market·television·Trademark
Your Second Life Is Virtually Here
November 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Internet, Trademark
This bit of trivia seems rather odd until you accept that proposition that counterfeiters have invaded Second Life, and are now hawking fake Rolexes and Coach bags on virtually every street corners (“Hey, buddy, come take a look at this Bose sound system. It fell off of a truck *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*”).
China Hits Cafes With Copyright Fee
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Copyright, Internet, Popular
In an attempt to rebut allegations that it allows copyright thieves to roam unmonitored throughout Beijing and the great steppes, China has announced that it will impose a copyright fee on internet cafes which allow customers to download and watch movies while enjoying their lattes. How China intends to monitor internet usage at the 140,000 [...]
Factoids About the Google Books Settlement
June 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Copyright, Internet, Popular
For those of you who are confused about what Google actually hopes to accomplish by digitizing more than 12 million books, and what the implications are for copyright holders, the Open Book Alliance has published a very interesting analysis of the proposed Google Books Settlement, which attempts to parse rhetoric from reality. The article can [...]
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