This week we all knew about the plan to increase the royalties paid to songwriters and the immediate impact in the price of a single song in the iTunes Store, something that put Apple in a terminal decision, increase the price for any given song or shut down the whole music store…. Apple warned them [...]
I am active on the Website Babble forums where I occasionally attempt to provide assistance to web site and blog owners. One question that is continuously raised is that of copyright. If you were to publish your own content on a web site or blog, what is the copyright of that content?
One fear of a [...]
Deadline : June 30, 2009 (and annually)$600 for First Prize; $250 for Second Prize, from EACH participating law school."At each participating law school, a First and Second Prize will be awarded to students whose papers are certified by the Dean as the best essays on any aspect of Copyright Law."A copy of the Rules Governing the Competition appears at this link : Competition Rules, and is visible
Links to random copyright-related resources for bloggers, that I’ll be mentioning during my talk at WordCamp Portland.
U.S. Copyright Office - the official government site including FAQ and registration information
Copyright Myths, from the Plagiarism Today blog.
Fair use: the law. Info about fair use of photography.
How to file a DMCA complaint
DMCA Contact Information
Lorelle’s grea
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
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Art Studies 281 Class and the U.P. Jorge B. Vargas Museum
present
Copyright and Copy Left
Issues and Perspectives on the Enforcement of the Intellectual Property Code in Philippine Visual Arts
Dear Michelle:How do you protect your copyrighted work? Are there ways to keep your posts from showing up on random sites? I believe the term is called "blog scraping" and I'd love to know how to stop it. Mommy K from The Great Walls of BaltimoreFirst you must know that anything you produce is automatically copyrighted. You don't need an attorney, you don't need a formal piece of paper or the f
The executors (See “What is a California Personal Representative?“) of Superman’s estate – Joanne Siegal and Laura Siegal Larson – have successfully reclaimed the estate’s half of Jerome Siegal’s copyright of Superman by terminating its grant to Warner Brothers, Time Warner, and DC Comics.
The opinion is an interesting read on the creation and promotion of [...]
I need to give a nod to Omer for bringing this to my attention via DX, because it could have a direct effect on this blog. I remember hearing about the Pirate Act in 2004, and the backlash was similar. The main concern is that it may actually pass on one of the more recent incarnations.I understand the need to protect intellectual property, clearly. However, when the government becomes actively in
There are many times for your web pages original content was copied by others and this your websites a lot of revenue loss. The point is that when you write some content on your own which is not copied then you have some rights over it and no one can copy it. There are several ways to save your content from getting copied.Disable Right Click :Copyright Logo CFirst step is to disable right click fe
La editorial Tachyon Books acaba de lanzar el último libro de Cory Doctorow: Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future (que puede bajarse libremente). Se trata de 28 (supongo yo) interesantes ensayos sobre el copyright, la web semántica, la naturaleza del futurismo, la necesidad de privacidad en el [...]
This is a lengthy post highlighting issues relating to the use of reference photographs for artwork and is of relevance to:
art societies which have to deal with disputes about copyright
artists selling work or entering competitions with artwork based on a reference photo taken by somebody else, and artists who work in a hyperrealistic/photorealistic way.
Regular readers will know that earlier
In a decision that should bode well for larger video sharing sites that are in legal trouble such as YouTube, a federal judge has absolved Veoh of any responsibility in the unauthorized posting of copyrighted video clips.U.S. Magistrate Judge Howard Lloyd threw out the copyright infringement lawsuit brought forward by Io Group, the adult video maker. Veoh is a site that streams ad-supported shows
A beach vacation is possible at any time of the year. Given the way seasons change around the world, there's always a beach somewhere that's full of sand, crystal clear waters, and warm sunshine. The only decisions to be made are where to go, what to do, and where to stay.Given how popular the beach vacation is, it's no surprise that the choice of accommodations is as varied as the colors in a set
Space traveling is a phenomenon that is discovered recently for the individuals wishing to travel to space for personal pleasure. Till now, the opportunities for traveling to space are limited only to the Space Agency of Russia that provides the required transport. Reaching the International Space Station, which is a research station, developed in space costs 30 million dollars. But the demand for
Arama motoru optimizasyonun en önemli işlemlerinden SEF (Search Engine Friendly) - Arama Motoru Dostu - URL'ler yaratmak için Joomla'nun en iyi eklentilerinden biri Artio JoomSEF eklentisi. Ancak gelin görün ki Joomlacığımızın 1.5 versiyonunda diğer SEF bileşenleri Artio'nun biraz gerisinde kalıyor. {readmorelink}devamı{/readmorelink}
If you make a post about a subject you can’t copy paste things. It is important to give the person who made a picture, article or something else credit. And how to protect you’re own things from stealing.
1. Ask the author if you may use his picture/article.
This is a great way to get more contacts and it [...]
McCain aide Michael Goldfarb reports that the clip of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey doing their "we're not worthy" routine from "Wayne's World" has given their newest McCain web ad some copyright problems. Myers had his people call the campaign to demand that the video be removed from YouTube for copyright violation. Who knew a comedian from Canada had more class than a Senator from Arizona?read more
Se me ocurre patentar la forma suave - llámese esférica - de las ruedas de los automóviles.También se me ocurre patentar el caminar poniendo un pie delante del otro, iterativamente.Hay Cosas, y hay cosas, no?Pienso que, x ejemplo, las patentes de un personaje, una serie, o una película, tienen sentido...Cómo anteriormente escribí sobre la conchudez de copiar cosas ajenas, y hacer dinero con
This comes as a great disappointment. Two songs I loved so dearly, thinking the Hindi film music is making giant strides are “Thu Hi Mera Shab Hai” and “Ya Ali” from Gangster.
It now seems from a...
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What is the answer to the question...How To Save My Relationship? Do you know what the key secret is to a happy and very fulfilling relationship? This secret is vital to understanding how to get a failed relationship moving in the right direction! "What is this secret"? It is knowing how the opposite sex is keeping score in the relationship... It's true! Both sexes do keep score on a subconscious
Innovation is good. Monopoly is bad.Patents encourage both.The argument is that inventors need the incentive of a patent to develop new products. Without patents and the prospect of monopoly profits, it is argued there would be less inventions and society would be worse off. Therefore, although monopoly is bad, patents are seen as the best solution.Supporters of patents will say that although they
A recent opinion written by Judge Richard Posner for the 7th Circuit highlights the importance of carefully considering some of the risks of loss for plaintiffs in proceeding with a copyright infringement lawsuit. In Eagle Services Corp. v. H2O Industrial...
The Eleventh Circuit has held that a digital reproduction of a copyrighted image may, under certain circumstances, be a privileged revision of the work that does not violate the creator’s copyright. In an en banc decision, the sharply divided court...
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I came across a post in my favorite forum (the foodie blogroll) about a fellow food blogger Melissa at Alosha's Kitchen having a bad day when it came to her modified recipe of America's Test...
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Copyright applies to all art but there can be exceptions. Three questions:
In future, might your art be deemed orphaned and not eligible for copyright protection because your ownership data is removed from a digital file? Will we be able to continue to see digital versions of art on the Internet - for free?Will you be able to access great works of art in museums and art galleries for blog
I happened upon a little news story today that struck a chord with me and has since spawned a little bit of a rant. You see, the story was about how this woman posted a video of her kid walking to a certain video sharing website… a video that just happened to have a [...]
Un pobrecito hablador nos cuenta: «Según se lee en Slashdot, la Unión Europa planea extender de forma retroactiva el copyright de los intérpretes y ejecutantes de 50 a 95 años.» Puede leerse la propuesta de la Comisión, que pretenden aprobar de forma inmediata, aunque luego tendría que ser ratificada por el Parlamento Europeo. No tiene desperdicio la justificación de la propuesta, en la q
Per la relaizzazione del nostro progetto, oltre all'aspetto puramente tecnico, dobbiamo prestare particolare attenzione anche all'aspetto legale. Questa parte va curata per evitare guai giudiziari futuri e svolgere il tutto nel pieno rispetto della legge... in una parola: copyright.
Il mondo televisivo (e a maggior ragione quello dello streaming) è regolamentato da leggi per nulla chiare e
A man from Illinois is trying to sue Nintendo for copying his idea. He claims the Nintendo DS breaks the patent for his ‘amusement and gambling machine with touch screen capability’. Doesn’t sound much like the DS to me and it came out a year before his patent. Good luck with that one.
Related: PS3mote Playstation [...]
If you have read our last post, you can be sure about the definition of copyright and Who Can Claim Copyright?Now we want to tell you how to secure a copyrightCopyright Secured Automatically Upon CreationThe way in which copyright protection is secured is frequently misunderstood. No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. (See following
Just when you think the news is out about Photographers fighting to protect their rights online.. here is another copyright violation story about Photos of taken from a flickr account and used in a Cebu Daily.
How did i find out about this? someone posted a link to my story and i was checking the sources [...]
The Associated Press (AP) appears to have solved its legal conflict with ‘copyright-infringing’ bloggers today. The AP took disputed the issue of what constitutes ‘fair use’ content, specifically in regards to bloggers using quotes, excepts and titles from AP-owned articles, even if source citing is given.
Some weeks ago, The AP demanded that a US news [...]
HT: Dom LatterSome people on my local list are all of a tizz because they were getting threatening letters with £800 bills attached from Getty Images - Corbis also does this. Dom Latter reminded people that, no, Getty cannot 'name their price' (my precis).Because it's copyright infringement, all they can do is sue (for loss of earnings). To his knowledge - and feel free to correct me - this proce
One of the most important aspects of choosing a domain registration is that it should be non-infringing. This is not an easy task since most unique names have already been registered. The number of useful domain names from the marketing point of view have become extremely limited. Several companies now register variations of their trademark names as a preventive measure against infringement.
During the last couple of years, hundreds of people have received letters from lawyers demanding compensation for the alleged uploading of copyright works. Their demands state that if you don
’t pay up, you will be taken to court and dealt with severely. However, when people refuse to pay - nothing happens.
Back in March 2007 it became apparent that it would now be the turn of UK citizens to receive threatening letters for claimed breach of copyright. A team consisting of lawyers ‘Davenport Lyons’, anti-piracy tracking company ‘Logistep’ and several games publishers such as Zuxxez/Topware and CodeMasters started sending letters to those it accused of unauthorized distribution of their product
For any business, some basic knowledge of how to protect your on-line business is necessary. If you have read our last post, you can be sure about the definition of copyright.Who Can Claim Copyright?Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only the auth
If you’ve been standing on the dark side of the moon for the last few years and have no idea what Daily Blog Tips is, it’s one of the most informed blogs about blogging out there. Since blogging is a big part of a book promotion campaign, authors need to keep on the up and [...]
The Performing Rights Society (PRS), which collects royalties for musicians in the UK, has accused Lancashire police of committing copyright infringement by playing music in police stations and to callers on hold without an appropriate license.
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Here in the US, we’ve heard some pretty terrifying experiences about selling modchips, but it seems as if higher-ups in the UK are being a bit more reasonable about the whole thing. Reportedly, UK-based MrModchips was cleared of all 26 counts against him for his role in importing and selling console modchips, as [...]
For anyone, some basic knowledge of how to protect your on-line business is necessary.Today we want to talk more about the issue of copyright.What Is Copyright?Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. Th
Photographer Sues Major Daily for Copyright Infringement.
Photo of Atty Rod Vera with case document at RTC. Civil case #08-436 for copyright infringement and damages.
I finally did it.. with the help of my copyright lawyer atty vera. i sued a major daily, a 108 year old newspaper
that used my photo without permission. The same newspaper that [...]
Copyscape allows you to type in your URL and see if anyone has copied your content without your permission. A quick FAQ on copyright infringement: what’s allowed and what is not. And, as a reminder, if you’re using Creative Commons, you may be giving away some of your copyright rights....
I've created another information site which is an introduction for artists to copyright, intellectual property and orphan artwork - called Copyright and Orphan Artworks - Resources for Artists.
Intellectual property covers Copyright; Designs; Patents and Trade Marks.
Orphan artworks are works of art where the person who created it cannot be found - even if they can be identified.I was concerned
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Would one of you kind folks enlighten me as to what {{t1|NHM}} actually means. Only a few images are tagged with it, all with free (PD, GFDL) license tags as well as this tag (which says it
An Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) under quiet negotiation by several countries including the U.S and Canada is raising concern in some quarters after a leaked document, purportedly offering more details on the nascent agreement, was posted on the Internet. The document, titled "Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (download PDF), was posted last wee
Empower Securities Joint Stock Co (EPS) recently received eSMS software copyright license from the Author Copyright Division under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, marking the Vietnam's first securities broker receiving this license.
EPS's software was built and officially put into operation from July...
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Its Weezy Mania week!! It looks like Lil Wayne's track called "Dying" borrowed a sample from a folk singer by the name of Karma. Karma sued Lil Wayne for using her hook on a song called "Once" which can be found on her MySpace Page. Apparently the music was sampled without her consent where the hook states: "Only once the drugs are done, I feel like Dying!".However - Weezy's label has been tryi
By an overwhelming majority of 410-11, the U.S. House recently passed the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007 (PRO-IP Act). The legislation has been controversial among many legal experts and consumer groups for proposing significant and,...
It’s never a good idea for a business or individual accused of copyright infringement to simply ignore the allegations, hoping they’ll go away. This is particularly true when the copyright holder files a lawsuit seeking damages, as the defendant in...
You may not like this one. According to the Vancouver sun, the Canadian federal government is apparently negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws that could make the information on Canadian iPods, iPhones, laptops and other electronic devices illegal as well as increase the difficulty of traveling with said devices. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), if passed
We’ve been blocking the front door to Parliament, so the Conservatives and the copyright lobby are attempting to get in the back door through the Department of International Trade. In secret, and revealed by a leaked document, the government is looking at having border guards act as copyright police — searching your iPods and digital [...]
Here’s a great tip for using Coolchaser.com to find an awesome background for your MySpace profile! Not all images on the internet are free. So when we make our layouts, we need to make sure the background isn’t under copyright. You can do this easily right in our editor. Once you search for a background, [...]
Recently this week I was put onto a new tool for photographers which enables you to upload or link to an image and TinEye will search for that image to tell you where it’s being used. Initially I was very sceptical about the system and didn’t think my image would be found anywhere but it [...]
Jim Prentice isn’t getting the message it appears. He still doesn’t understand that “industrial consumers” are not his constituents, and thus should not determine the outcome of Copyright legislation.
- It’s hard to say what the low-light of this exchange is. I’d vote for when Prentice mocks the NDP MP for knowing about WIPO and the [...]
A Microsoft propôs ensinar leis de copyright em escolas norte-americanas. A idéia não é fazer palestras regulares, mas inserir uma disciplina no currículo regular. Pesquisas da empresa com 501 adolescentes de 13 a 16 anos mostraram que a maioria não tem uma idéia clara do que sejam as leis de propriedade intelectual e nem do que significaria exatamente infringi-las. A informação é do sit
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CILIP members will already be aware from the CILIP LIS in Politics blog that - in response to a supplementary question from Tony Baldry on the protection of copyright in relation to e-books, and on piracy - Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Andy Burnham said that with respect to e-books: there was a genuine issue with the illegal sharing of material online that had caused particular damage to the
Jason Calcanais posted on twitter the question “Question of the day: Can you copyright your Twitter stream? Can anyone republish anyone’s twitter stream? Thoughts?” It is an interesting idea, how ephemeral is 140 words or less, and if they are pulled and reproduced like in the image below, who owns what? Does it in the [...]
Vi avevamo parlato qualche tempo fa della chiusura del torrent tracker TorrentSpy, a seguito della battaglia legale intrapresa contro la MPAA nel 2006, quando il sito era giunto all’apice del successo ed un giudice federare ordinò di rendere disponibili tutti i dati relativi alle attività dei propri utenti.
La chiusura del sito non ha comunque interrotto [...]
Microsoft denies putting ‘copyright cop’ in Zune | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com
The New York Times suggested Wednesday that future versions of the Zune might come with a tiny cop capable of catching digital lawbreakers.
And no, I’m not talking about some sort of bundled action flick.
In a [...]
Microsoft denies putting ‘copyright cop’ in Zune | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com
The New York Times suggested Wednesday that future versions of the Zune might come with a tiny cop capable of catching digital lawbreakers.
And no, I’m not talking about some sort of bundled action flick.
In a [...]
Microsoft May Build A Copyright Cop Into Every Zune - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
If you like to download the latest episodes of “Heroes” or other NBC shows from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldn’t buy a Microsoft Zune to watch them on.
A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player [...]
Takeovers & Makeovers: Artistic Appropriation, Fair Use, and Copyright in the Digital AgeOn November 7 & 8, 2008, the Berkeley Center for New Media and the History of Art department at the University of California, Berkeley will hold a symposium on appropriation rights in the digital era. This event will bring together artists, lawyers, art historians, and representatives from the information technology community to discuss the changing field ofappropriation art in the wake of the emergence of new digital media technologies that have radically altered access to and manipulation of information.In the United States copyright is now automatic, and registration with the Copyright Office no longer required. Recent additions to copyright law such as the Digital Rights Management and the
CoreAVC-for-Linux, a project addressed to Linux users who want to play videos encoded with the H.264 standard through other open-source players, was removed from the Google Code website due to what seems to be a copyright infringement complaint. What's interesting is that nobody knows for sure who made the complaint but, due to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Google was forced to
Copyright breach: Clients of Virtual Map switch providers - SIngapore
Ban on firm from using govt-owned material also applies to its customers
By Chua Hian Hou
LOOKING FOR DIRECTIONS: Users of streetdirectory.com can no longer access Virtual Map’s online maps. Instead, they are greeted by a tongue-in-cheek notice saying the maps ‘have escaped out the window’. — MUGILAN [...]
Algunos desarrolladores de malware han comenzado a proteger con copyright sus “trabajos”, según informa Symantec. La compañía de seguridad hace énfasis en su blog que los desarrolladores rusos de malware han estado incorporando reglas de derechos del autor a sus programas para venderlos ilegalmente en la Internet.
Por ejemplo, en los términos y las condiciones de [...]
Stories of Photos being downloaded and used left and right is more rampant today than ever. I was meeting with a friend and he said that clients asked him to download photos for use for an ad campaign. I said I would be the first one to report him! He said that he was joking [...]
A Western District of New York Magistrate Judge recently recommended that claims filed by the owners of several copyrighted songs (allegedly performed without their permission) should be dismissed as a result of the plaintiffs’ membership in the American Society of...
By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) _ For a time, ”Harry Potter” superfan Steven Vander Ark seemed to be living a geeky dream.
His Web site _ an obsessive catalog of spells, characters and creatures in J.K. Rowling’s novels _ was a hit among fellow fanatics. He spoke at conventions. Journalists sought him [...]
blip.tv, Digital Millenium Copyright Act. çerçevesinde hareket etmekte. Aşağıdaki temel ilkeleri uygulamakta:
(1) Herhangi bir kullanıcının copyright içeriği olduğunu düşündüğü materyale erişim kısıtlaması ya da silme hakkına sahip.
(2) bunun devamı durumunda, servisini kapatma ya da kaldırma hakkına sahip.
İşte orjinal ingilizce içerik:
Copyright Policy
blip.tv has adopted the following general policy toward copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The address of blip.tv's Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement ("Designated Agent") is listed at the end of this policy.
It is blip.tv's policy to (1) block access to or remove material that it believes in good faith to be copyrighted material th
A city court on Tuesday summoned Bollywood actor and producer Aamir Khan to depose as witness in a seven-year-old case of violation of copyright in connection with his blockbuster movie Lagaan. Metropolitan Magistrate Jagdish Kumar issued summons to Aamir Khan for February 10, 2009. The court had last year issued summons to the actor asking him to appear on Tuesday, but he failed to do so. The case pertains to the seizure of seven VCDs of the 2001 release Lagaan and 34 of Gadar by the Delhi Police during a raid on the shop of accused Risabh Chawla in Lajpat Rai market on June 22, 2001. Anil Malhotra, the complainant in the case, told the court that he had the copyright of these two films. Aamir was made a witness as Lagaan was produced under his banner M/s Aamir Khan Productions Private Li
I’m writing to let all readers know about image copyright infringement and what recently happened to me. Mid February, I was contacted by a large Image Stock company who specializes in selling images over the web. They sent a long letter and evidence regarding my web site MiamiDreamRealty.com and images used. Apparently, over the last 6 years [...]
A city court on Tuesday summoned Bollywood actor and producer Aamir Khan to depose as witness in a seven-year-old case of violation of copyright in connection with his blockbuster movie Lagaan. Metropolitan Magistrate Jagdish Kumar issued summons to Aamir Khan for February 10, 2009. The court had last year issued summons to the actor asking him to appear on Tuesday, but he failed to do so. The case pertains to the seizure of seven VCDs of the 2001 release Lagaan and 34 of Gadar by the Delhi Police during a raid on the shop of accused Risabh Chawla in Lajpat Rai market on June 22, 2001. Anil Malhotra, the complainant in the case, told the court that he had the copyright of these two films. Aamir was made a witness as Lagaan was produced under his banner M/s Aamir Khan Productions Private Li
I know that business competition is pretty stiff nowadays especially if you are talking about graphic outsourcing. Anyway healthy competition is very much acceptable no problem with that! But last month, march of 2008 while doing my work. I found a certain website that 98% copied all our website content and images. The shocking part [...]
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A city court Tuesday summoned Bollywood actor and producer Aamir Khan to depose as witness in a seven-year-old case of violation of copyright in connection with his blockbuster movie 'Lagaan'.
