TEA, Defenders of Online Copyright

A new Internet safety bill passing through Senate may not just be about protecting children from sexual predators but from being sued by the MPAA

"...TEA is supposed to teach "2) the significance of copyright laws [and] 3) the consequences of cyber-plagiarism and theft..."

April 13, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Candy-Coated Copyright Infringement

Museum of Human Achievement sues Mars, associates over SXSW installation

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

The Common Law

Copyright – notice of copyright and copyright time limits

"...Do I need to put a notice of copyright on the movie script I just finished writing?..."

June 3, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Copyright – registering a copyright & 'poor man's copyright'

"...I can save money by doing a "poor man's copyright." What is that?..."

June 10, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Copyright 101 – the basics

"...and some people have told me I need to copyright my work. Can you tell me more about what..."

May 20, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

Napster Gone Barbados

What if Napster went offshore?

"...but that's life in the Beckett-like world of international copyright law. As Duff Berschback, entertainment attorney with Nashville firm..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Tim Quirk

Today in Campaign Fail

Rick Perry takes a YouTube tumble

"...versus the Tenth Amendment. Instead, it's become Perry versus copyright law – and copyright law has won...."

Oct. 28, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

They Call Me PROPOSITION 4!

"...problem is – the clip appears to be a copyright infringement on the film it samples. The commercial is..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Chris Woolfrey’s Got Issues With Intellectual Property. You Can Help.

You think information really wants to be free? That view may cost us all.

"...series called Right to Copy that investigates matters of copyright, and he’s lighting a fuse with the fire of..."

June 8, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

sxswi: What Not to Copy

Techdirt's Mike Masnick on the Dresden Dolls and the future of IP

"...Reports of copyright's demise may be exaggerated, but it's definitely not healthy...."

March 14, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Common Law

Listen up – burning CDs and copyright law

"...Technically, the answer is yes. Under general copyright law, distributing a copy of copyrighted materials (like a..."

March 24, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Protecting (Intellectual) Property

GOP attack ad on Bill White may face copyright questions

"...There's a very good chance the ad may violate copyright law...."

Dec. 3, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Uncut

"...Matthew Ferguson. Uncut zealously covers the three “Cs” -- copyright, censorship, and circumcision -- with the fervor of an..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gloria Gaynor Will Survive

Q&A with SXSW Music panelist/disco queen Gloria Gaynor

"...Jersey-based disco diva will be discussing changes in the Copyright Act at a Music panel. I couldn’t help throwing..."

March 5, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

The Common Law

Listen up – illegal downloads & copyright law

"...which the file is received has permission from the copyright owner to provide copies of the music...."

March 31, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Work for Hire

The RIAA amends a copyright law that labels "sound recordings" as "work for hire" thus robbing most musicians of right to their masters.

"...Viewer Improvement Act of 1999: A bill amending U.S. copyright laws with respect to satellite re-transmissions of broadcast signals...."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Common Law

Copyright – movie scripts

"...literary work for that matter), do you need to copyright your idea so that no one else will steal..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Luke Ellis

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...Disney and Universal Studios, two companies which held the copyrights and purse strings on thousands of scripts and feature..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Plays Well With Others

How Creative Commons is redefining copyright law and what it means for artistic collaboration across the Internet.

"...(known in more polite circles as the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act of 1998). Lessig says it was no..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Free the Mouse!

Constitutional lawyer Lawrence Lessig spoke at SXSW Interactive Saturday about the need to keep big corporations from indefinitely extending copyrights so that we can create a "creative commons."

"...big steel. It's Disney. As sayeth the Constitution, no copyright lasts forever, and Mickey Mouse™ himself was due to..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

The Common Law

Legal Issues for Website Owners

"...copyright concerns,..."

April 3, 2009 Column by Chris Johns

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...Masnick called the entertainment industry's battle over copyright and patents "an early warning system" for other industries...."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...been nailing it for the past few weeks about copyright and other intellectual-property laws. In the one on Jan...."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...passed a law in 1998, called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which established that webcasters must pay performance..."

May 3, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

I Want My MP3

"...America (RIAA) is up in arms, crying foul on copyright infringement. They, along with industry giants Universal Music, Sony..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

SXSW Sent Cease-and-Desist Letter to Organization Leading Army Sponsorship Protest

Festival claims activists infringed on trademark rights

"...organization generating this protest momentum, is entangled in a copyright dispute with SXSW that could result in legal action...."

March 11, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

We Are All In Local Loses Members Over Dave TV Rift

WAAIL acts drop over copyright spat with local videographer

"...the latter show’s episodes excised from YouTube because of “copyright take-down requests” logged by WAAIL’s Converse, who used to..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Governor Don't Care

Book tour plans and talk of partial term

"...one of his campaign YouTube accounts suspended for multiple copyright violations. We contacted Google about this, and they issued..."

Nov. 1, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...half of Disney's merchandise sales. But under the law, copyright does not last forever (in 1978, it was extended..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

After Napster

The world of online music after the fall of Napster.

"...deter the Recording Industry Association of America in its copyright infringement suit against Napster. That will proceed because the..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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