In the News

[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Australia: Net pirate ruling may force ISPs to cut off cheats.
By Ben Grubb, Sydney Morning Herald, March 3, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4lo8auj

"Australian households now face the very real possibility of having
their ISP disconnect or suspend them from the internet if they pirate
films or music online."

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CCC Integrates Rights Delivery Platform On Copyright.com.
InformationToday.com, March 3, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/46t6kns

"Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has launched its Rights Delivery
Platform, allowing one-stop shop access to hundreds of millions of
additional rights previously available only through RightsLink
installations."

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European Parliament Committee Willing To Push Back On Copyright When
It Comes To The Blind.
By Mike Masnick, Techdirt, March 3, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4h8gxx7

"If you go through a timeline of the history of copyright law over the
last two centuries, one thing is clear: it has only moved in one
direction, and one direction only. That is that it has repeatedly been
changed to take away more and more consumer rights and to ratchet up
copyright law to greater and greater levels."

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Jury issues mixed verdict in Michael Baisden's copyright infringement case.
The Florida Courier, March 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4o5vr4l

"On Monday, a jury in Houston Federal Court reached a verdict in the
copyright infringement lawsuit filed by nationally syndicated radio
and TV personality Michael Baisden. The mixed verdict allows for the
return of Baisden's copyrighted rights and allows the best-selling
author to proceed with upcoming movie and television projects, but the
jury did not award him financial compensation."

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US names Baidu, PirateBay on copyright piracy list.
AFP, March 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4e9je5j

"The US has named leading Chinese search engine Baidu and Swedish
torrent download site Pirate Bay in a list of the world's top
marketplaces for pirated and counterfeit goods."

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Copyright has become a minefield in the digital age.
By Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel, February 26, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6azaqpl

"Copyright, which protects what the law calls "original works of
authorship," has become an artistic minefield in a digital,
downloadable, Photoshop-able age when words and images can be reused
and redistributed so easily."

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