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["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

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Target to Pay $389,000 in EKB Textiles Copyright Case.
Apparel News, August 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/4yvbz8c

"A jury demanded Target Corp. pay more than $389,000 and attorney's fees
last to Los Angeles based EKB Textiles Inc. in a copyright infringement
case. The jury made its verdict on July 27 in U.S. District Court
Central District, based in downtown Los Angeles, said Stephen M.
Doniger, who represented EKB Textiles, which also is known as Caribbean
Blues Inc. Doniger claims the verdict was one of the top four largest
copyright verdicts issued by the Central District in the past year. His
Culver City, Calif., firm Doniger/Burroughs APC, also won a verdict of
more than $500,000 against retailer Lane Bryant last year."

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Marvel wins copyright battle with Spider-Man artist's heirs.
By Alex Ritman, The National, August 1, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3lfa8yr

"Don't go believing that superhero battles are solely between the forces
of good and evil. Behind the scenes there are fights for justice in the
comic world involving far more sinister and powerful figures: US
lawyers. KAPOW!"

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French copyright enforcers:  Pirates are big spenders on legit content.
By Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing, July 31, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3gan5df

"HADOPI, the French agency charged with disconnecting French Internet
users who use the same Internet connections as accused copyright
infringers, conducted a study on media purchasing habits by copyright
infringers. They concluded that the biggest unauthorized downloaders are
also the biggest customers for legitimate media."

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Suit seeks slice of music-streaming revenue.
By Brandon Gee, The Tennessean, July 31, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3c9qaz7

"The former lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad and the man who wrote
Rhinestone Cowboy  are among a group of songwriters and music publishers
that hope to take a bite of music streaming website Grooveshark with a
lawsuit filed in July in Nashville's U.S. District Court."

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Curious Copyright Cases.
By Joe Nalven, Sign On Sandiego, July 31, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3bytfvr

"If you know your archaeology or art history, you know the Venus of
Willendorf is tens of thousands of years old. But what does such an old
statue have to do with copyright? Isn't that beyond copyright protection
- in effect, basically non-copyrightable (in the public domain)?"

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Could Quantum Computing Kill Copyright?
By Ben Jones, Torrent Freak, July 31, 2011.
http://torrentfreak.com/could-quantum-computing-kill-copyright-110731/

"The basis of copyright law is individuality and creativity. Yet ever
increasing computing power and storage space could mean that in just a
few short years, computing could throw copyright into chaos."

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Jack Boeve
Project Specialist
Center for Intellectual Property @ UMUC
Largo, Room 2294
3501 University Blvd. East
Adelphi, MD 20783
T: 240-684-2965 / F: 240-684-2961
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