In the News

[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Google Hits Another Speedbump on Way to Digitizing World.
By Robert Charette, IEE World, March 24, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6cq65ar

"In late 2004, Google announced plans to digitize a number of the
world's major library collections and make them available on-line.
Almost immediately, there were questions raised about whether this
effort would violate copyright law as well as stretch beyond
recognition the principle of fair use."

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China missed copyright goods deadline, says US.
TodayOnline, March 23, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4gxqp6f

"China has missed a deadline to comply with a World Trade Organization
ruling against restrictions on foreign companies distributing
copyright-intensive goods like books, newspapers, films, DVDs and
music, a United States official said on Monday."

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LSE report criticises DEAs copyright provisions.
CMU News, March 23, 2011.
http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/lse-report-criticises-deas-copyright-pro
visions/

"Just as the copyright section of the Digital Economy Act  the bit
that puts in place the framework of a three-strikes system for
combating file-sharing  heads to judicial review, the London School
Of Economics has published a report called Creative Destruction &
Copyright Protection which questions the proportionality and likely
effectiveness of the legislations anti-piracy measures."

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Copyright troll Righthaven achieves spectacular "fair use" loss.
By Nate ANderson, Ars Technica, March 22, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4596rxp

"Whoopsin its bid to sue hundreds of bloggers, commentors, and
website operators from posting even a few sentences from newspaper
stories, the copyright zealots at Righthaven have just scored an own
goal. Last Friday, a federal judge ruled in one of the company's many
lawsuits, saying that even the complete republication of copyrighted
newspaper content can be "fair use."

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 The truth about copyright pirates and profits.
By Michael Geist, The Vancouver Sun, March 22, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4dkcyvb

"Trademark and copyright holders frequently characterize piracy as a
legal failure, arguing that tougher laws and increased enforcement are
needed to stem infringing activity. But a new global study on piracy,
backed by Canadas International Development Research Centre, comes to
a different conclusion. Following several years of independent
investigation in six emerging economies, the report concludes that
piracy is chiefly a product of a market failure, not a legal one."

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Re-Copyright Case May Be Less Than It Seems.
By Daniel Fisher, Forbes, March 22, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6523gvd

"Free-speech and free-information types are all atwitter over Golan
vs. Holder, the case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. It challenges
a 1994 law that seems to give publishers the right to re-copyright
works already in the public domain. If that were true, the law would
truly be scary."

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