In The News

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Sources: Apple, Music Labels Talk DRM-free Songs.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, November 19, 2008.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10102414-93.html

"A year after iTunes began offering music without copy protection
software from EMI, Apple is in discussions with the other three top
recording companies about acquiring DRM-free songs, according to two
music industry sources."
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RIAA Win: Tennessee to Police Campus Networks.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, November 18, 2008.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10101840-93.html

"Tennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music
downloads at the state's colleges and universities."
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Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed.
By Tom Krazit, CNET News, November 18, 2008.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10101581-37.html

"If Psystar fails to come up with a better argument, its counterclaim
will be formally dismissed and it will have to get ready to defend
itself against Apple's claims that it is infringing on Apple's copyright
material and trademarks."
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Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Google's Publisher Settlement.
Posted by Bloomsburg News, MercuryNews.com, November 17, 2008.
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_11009992?nclick_check=1

"Google won preliminary approval of a settlement of copyright lawsuits
by publishers and authors in which it will pay $125 million to resolve
claims over the company's book-scanning project."
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Harvard Class Takes Constitution-based Run at RIAA.
By Angela Gunn, Beta News, November 19, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/6jycw5

"A Harvard Law School class led by the head of the school's Berkman
Center for Internet and Society is pursuing a counterclaim against the
RIAA after it targeted a Boston University graduate student for alleged
illegal downloading."
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Google Book Search Deal is Good News for Copyright Law.
By David Lammy, Times Online, November 19, 2008.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5187385.ece

"The search giant's settlement with publishers could be a game-changing
legal event, says the MP for Intellectual Property."
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Judge "Struggling" in Mattel-MGA Bratz Ruling.
By Reuters, Reuters, November 18, 2008.
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE4AI01F20081119

"U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson is expected to rule this week on
which of the two companies will retain the right to use the Bratz name
and make the urban-chic dolls that have carved deeply into market share
of Mattel's Barbie doll."
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Toyota Backs Down from Desktop Copyright Reuest.
By Matt Hardigree, Jalopnik, November 21, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5dvnro

"Toyota has contacted Jalopnik and informed us their company's
perplexing attempt to claim rights to desktop images uploaded by users
and hosted at DesktopNexus was the result of an "internal
miscommunication" and they offered a sincere apology to those at the
site involved in the fracas."
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LFC Back Down Over Plan to Copyright Liver Bird.
By Tony McConville, Click Liverpool, November 21, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/5gmwoo

"Liverpool Football Club has backed down over its plan to copyright on
the city's famous Liverbird emblem."
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Internet Industry Backs iiNet in Copyright Fight.
Darren Pauli, Computer World, November 21, 2008.
http://tinyurl.com/64lg84

"The Australian Internet industry has supported iiNet in its defense
against legal action filed by the leading US media giants and the Seven
Network, which experts say could force providers to police peer-to-peer
traffic if the Federal Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs."

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