In the News

[Amy Mata <amymata87@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Web sites sue the US government over domain seizures.
By Dean Wilson, The Inquirer, June 14, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5usgzm7

"A number of websites have launched legal challenges to seizures of
their domain names by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
claiming what the government did was illegal."

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John Steinbeck Heirs Lose Bid for Supreme Court to Hear Copyright Dispute.
By Lee Ross, Fox News, June 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/5r6ucvf

"A messy legal dispute over the publication rights to many of John
Steinbeck's famous works was denied further review by the Supreme
Court, the justices announced Monday."

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Tea Party group sues Righthaven, Denver Post over copyright litigation
campaign.
By Steve Green, Vegas Inc., June 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3glvyac

"The Denver Post has been sued for the first time by one of the
Righthaven copyright lawsuit defendants.Attorneys for Dana Eiser, a
blogger in Summerville, S.C., and her Tea Party movement group
Lowcountry 9/12 sued the Post, its owner MediaNews Group Inc.,
Righthaven and others Monday in the Court of Common Pleas, a state
court in South Carolina. Among other things, the lawsuit alleges
barratry, or the improper incitement and prosecution of lawsuits, and
unfair trade practices on the part of MediaNews Group and Righthaven."

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Songwriter wins round in "Twilight" legal battle.
By Eriq Gardner, Reuters, June 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/632f8o4

"Summit Entertainment, which distributes the successful "Twilight"
films, has been extremely aggressive in policing infringements of its
copyrights and trademarks. But the indie studio might have gone too
far earlier this year in knocking down a musician's work said to be
"inspired by the Twilight saga."

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Blog:Why strict copyright enforcement is becoming obsolete.
By Chad Perrin, Tech Republic, June 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/6g8qskm

"Strict copyright enforcement is popular in major copyright dependent
industries right now. But heres why advancing technology is rapidly
making those industries traditional business models obsolete."

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Copyright extremist RIAA lawyer confirmed as America's Solicitor General.
By Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing, June 8, 2011.
http://boingboing.net/2011/06/08/copyright-extremist.html

"The Senate late Monday confirmed former Recording Industry
Association of America lawyer Donald Verrilli Jr.to serve as the
nation's solicitor general. Verrilli, one of at least five former RIAA
attorneys appointed to the administration, is best known for leading
the recording industry's legal charge against music- and movie-sharing
site Grokster. That 2003 case ultimately led to Grokster's demise,
when the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a lower court's pro-RIAA
verdict."

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