In the News

[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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India: Amended Copyright Act blessing for artists.'
The Times of India, February 15, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4pebkom

"Filmmaker and composer Vishal Bhardwaj says that the Copyright
Amendment Bill, if passed in Lok Sabha, would certainly be a blessing
for lyricists and music directors of the the Indian film industry."

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Canada: Copyright reform may not be necessary.
By Michael Geist, The Ottowa Citizen, February 15, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4mmljbl

"As the debate over Canada's copyright reform legislation, Bill C-32,
continues to rage before a legislative committee, one of the most
frequently heard claims is that tough reforms are needed to counter
Canada's reputation as a "piracy haven". The presence of several
well-known BitTorrent sites, most notably B.C.-based isoHunt, is cited
as evidence for Canada's supposedly lax laws that the industry says
leaves it powerless."

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Would the Bard Have Survived the Web?
By Scott Turow, The New York Times, February 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/48qky9k

"Archaeologists finished a remarkable dig last summer in East London.
Among their finds were seven earthenware knobs, physical evidence of a
near perfect 16th-century experiment into the link between commerce
and culture."

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Small Talk.
The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4luf5xd

" In 2003, I registered my physical-therapy-business name as a DBA in
New York. I recently moved to a town in New Jersey and am hoping to
launch my business here, but there's a Pilates business with a
physical therapist on staff that uses the same main word in its name.
At the bottom of their home page is a copyright symbol with this name
and the year 2010. Does this mean I cannot use this name? "

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Righthaven files first judgment motion, demands cash and domain name.
By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun, February 12, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/69hrekr

"A development in the Righthaven newspaper copyright infringement
lawsuit campaign may generate some guidance on what damages Righthaven
is entitled to collect from its lawsuits and whether it can seize the
websites of lawsuit defendants."

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Pandoras IPO Filing: Copyright Fees Eat Up Half Its Revenues.
By Joe Mullen, PaidContent.org, February 11, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5tv2rxq

"The just-filed IPO documents by Pandora Media show a company on the
rise. The popular web radio service served up more than one billion
(yes, with a B) listener-hours in the final quarter of 2010a
five-fold usage increase in two years. But read the S-1 with the term
copyright highlightedas I just didand youll also see some big
challenges for Pandora and any other web radio services that hope to
make it big."

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