In the News

[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Canada: Proposed copyright legislation runs into united front from opposition.
By Sarah Schmidt, Postmedia News, November 3, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/296t7o8

"The federal government's proposal to make consumers liable for legal
damages of up to $5,000 if they break digital locks to copy movies,
video games and electronic books for their own personal use appears
dead on arrival -- with all three opposition parties on Tuesday
speaking out against this key provision of the Conservative's
copyright bill."

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Trial Opens Over Damages in Oracle Copyright Case With SAP.
By Verne G. Kopytoff, The New York Times, Novemer 2, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/technology/03oracle.html?_r=1

"The dispute between the software giants Oracle and SAP, in one of the
most closely watched court cases in Silicon Valley history, is not
over whether SAP engaged in a copyright infringement scheme, but over
how much damage was done to Oracle."

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MP3tunes: iTunes will benefit if we win copyright case.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, November 2, 2010.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20021501-261.html

"Michael Robertson, a well-known technology entrepreneur, has tweaked
the music industry for years. But in his latest copyright fight with
EMI Music, the founder of MP3tunes.com could be betting all the
marbles."

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Do Copyright and Patent Rights End After a Legitimate Sale Abroad?
By Joe Mullen, Law.com, November 2, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/272wq3d

"The outcome of Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega S.A. is certain to
reverberate almost as much among patent practitioners as it does among
their colleagues who specialize in copyright law. Here's why: In
issuing its ruling in Costco, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled that the first-sale doctrine -- which bars copyright holders
from using infringement lawsuits to stifle secondary markets, such as
used book stores or other resellers -- doesn't apply if that "first
sale" occurred abroad."

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Lawsuit over image on Texas inspection stickers.
By the Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, November 1, 2010.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7273135.html

"A photographer has sued Texas alleging a cowboy image on millions of
vehicle inspection stickers is being used without his permission.David
K. Langford of Comfort says he owns the copyright. The lawsuit asks a
court to block the Department of Public Safety from further use or
issuance of the stickers, plus award damages and legal fees."

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Accused 'Hurt Locker' pirates turn to law school.
By Greg Sandoval, CNET News, November 1, 2010.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20021307-261.html

"Confused, angry, and scared is how the accused film pirates come to
Robert Talbot.
As of last week, Talbot, a law professor at the University of San
Francisco, was representing 23 people accused by independent film
studios of copyright violations. In lawsuits filed against thousands
of people from across the country, the filmmakers allege that the
defendants distributed unauthorized copies of their movies, such as
the Academy Award-winning "The Hurt Locker," across file-sharing
networks."

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Copyright Laws Kept Student Group from Showing Film.
By  Hannah Schwenk-Sandau, The Free Press of the University of
Southern Maine, October 31, 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/23o8twj

"As many of you may know, this fall, the Gender Studies Student
Organization had planned a fun viewing of the cult classic The Rocky
Horror Picture Show. We thought, following the example of many groups
on campus, that a movie night would be a great way to get students
involved and interested in our organization.However, we received
notification from a company that polices the Internet for copyright
violations, that notified us that our event was in noncompliance of US
copyright laws."

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