In the News

["Katrina Rowe" <KRowe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Blink 182 Thanks Copyright Infringers With New Video

rttnews.com, 8/10/11

http://tinyurl.com/3kzp6cp



"The video for Blink 182's new release, "Up All Night," uses a novel
format: it is a montage of YouTube fan posted videos which have used the
group's music without permission."



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Copyright Issues in Website Design

By Michael Coyle, Lawdit Reading Room, 8/10/11

http://tinyurl.com/4yngkgt



"Most businesses will enter into a contract with a website designer in
order to create an online presence. This agreement will need to deal
with intellectual property rights and should, as a matter of practice,
address which party will own the copyright vesting in the web content."



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Google's e-bookstore scores major victory in France

By Rachel King, zdnet.com, 8/10/11

http://tinyurl.com/3zygh3r



"Google has inked a deal with Hachette Livre, France's largest
publisher, that will allow Google to upload and provide access to
thousands of out-of-print books to its digital forum. Those e-books are
expected to be available at the soon-to-be-launched French version of
Google Editions by the end of the year."



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Lil Wayne Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement
By Jacob Sundstrom, cinemablend.com, 8/10/11
http://tinyurl.com/3h63txj <http://tinyurl.com/3h63txj>


"Lil Wayne can't seem to catch a break these days. He was just released
after serving some jail time for gun possession "but bro, it wasn't
loaded!". It appears that the struggles will only continue as he has
been smacked with a huge lawsuit from a production company that claims
he ripped off a song they created in 2009."



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Chicago Singer Sues Lady Gaga for Copyright Infringement

By Andy Seifert, avclub.com, 8/10/11

http://tinyurl.com/42n739t



"Chicago singer Rebecca Francescatti, who performs under the name
Rebecca F, sued Lady Gaga for copyright infringement, alleging the pop
singer's hit single "Judas" is a rip-off of her 1999 tune "Juda."



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Copyright Lawyers' Favirote Target Reaches 200,000 Lawsuits

guardian.co.uk, 8/10/11

http://tinyurl.com/3byelde



"How many web users are currently being sued for alleged online
copyright infringement in the US? The folk at TorrentFreak, who have
been obsessively logging these cases, claim 200,000 BitTorrent users are
now involved in some stage of lawsuit, and claim settling with a
relatively small fee on a large number of cases is fast becoming a way
that rightsholders can profit from piracy."



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Katrina Rowe, Graduate Assistant

Center for Intellectual Property

University of Maryland University College

3501 University Blvd. East, Largo

Adelphi, MD 20783

Phone: 240-684-2967

Fax:   240-684-2961

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