In the News

["Katrina Rowe" <KRowe@xxxxxxxx>]

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Justin Bieber Music Videos YANKED From YouTube.
TMZ.com, 8/31/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3vxdber.

"Justin Bieber has been victimized by a brand-new cyber-enemy ... an
enemy who found a way to get every single one of JB's official music
videos REMOVED from YouTube."

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Move By Universities Creates New Problem For Google Books Deal.
By Jeff Roberts, paidcontent.org, 8/31/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3o9sut8.

"As authors and publishers wait to learn the final fate of the Google
(NSDQ: GOOG) Books settlement, a group of universities has quietly
launched a major initiative that could reshape the future of copyright
law."

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Samsung Claims Apple Can't Copyright iPad Because of 2001 Movie.
By Anthony John Agnello, investorplace.com, 8/31/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3kv4e83.

"Samsung, of course, claims Apple is being ridiculous.  So ridiculous,
in fact, that Apple has no claim on the look and feel of the iPad at all
because that look was copied from an older source. Did Samsung claim
that Apple copied Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Tablet PC prototype design
from 2001? No, but that date is significant."

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Bill Would Help Combat Copyright Offenders on the Internet.
The Washington Post, 8/31/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3hx65xk.

"City sidewalks once were lined with merchants peddling counterfeit
designer handbags or second-rate copies of popular movies. Such vendors
are less commonplace today, but counterfeit goods have proliferated more
than ever, thanks to the Internet."

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Hells Angels Go After Designer, Allege Copyright Infringement.
By Steve Delahoyde, mediabistro.com, 8/31/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3mlpe6o.

"Hells Angels Go After Designer, Allege Copyright Infringement.  There
are countless words of advice one could give a working designer, but
perhaps the most important by far is this: a) don't infringe upon the
copyrights of major, well-known institutions, and b) if you decide to do
it anyway, definitely, definitely don't infringe upon a copyright of the
Hells Angels."

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Optus Moves to Protect TV Now.
smh.com, 8/31/2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3le2alc.

"OPTUS is seeking a court ruling on its new service allowing people to
record TV and watch it later on their computers or mobile phones after
the major football codes complained it breached their copyright."

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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
krowe@xxxxxxxx