[digital-copyright] In the news

["Jin hoon Lee" <Jinhoon.Lee@xxxxxxxx>]

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Fight heats up between John Wiley and patent lawyers over journals.
By Jeff John Roberts, CNN Money, April 23, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7x44n2z

"Recall that publisher John Wiley sued patent firms in March, claiming
the law firms should pay extra copyright royalties when they submit a
journal article to the US Patent Office."

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YouTube dealt fresh blow by German copyright ruling.
By Jan Schwartz and Peter Maushagen, Reuters, April 20, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/84v5bgf

"FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German royalties group scored a court victory
over Google's YouTube on Friday in a ruling which forces the
video-sharing site to take down copyrighted clips. The court in Hamburg
said the website was responsible for the content ..."

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Google Ordered to Stop Copyright Violations on YouTube.
By Kevin J. O'Brien, New York Times, April 20, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/75n8ng8

"The judge rejected a request by GEMA that Google sort through its
entire online music archive and purge its system of all copyrighted
material. Google is expected to appeal the ruling. The company, based in
California, characterized the ruling as a ..."

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Hollywood studios sunk in internet piracy wars.
By Lucy Battersby, Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/clulb2p

"AN Australian-based internet company yesterday beat dozens of Hollywood
studios that were trying to stop internet piracy in the first copyright
case on authorisation to appear before the High Court since 1975. The
outcome increases pressure on movie ..."


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Supreme Court takes another look at gray market resales.
by Erin Geiger Smith, Chicago Tribune, April 17, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/cyb724l

"(Reuters) - The Supreme Court has decided to take a second crack at
reconciling two apparently contradictory provisions in the Copyright
Act: one that permits buyers to resell goods without worrying about
permission from US copyright holders, ..."

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Key developments in Oracle Corp.'s patent and copyright-infringement
case against Google Inc.
By Associated Press, Washington Post, April 17, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/cuz6zoe

"Oracle Corp. has accused Google Inc. of patent and copyright
infringement. Much of the dispute is over Google's Android, the mobile
operating system that now powers more than more than 300 million
smartphones and tablet computer Here are key ..."

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Internet and civil liberties groups coalesce to oppose CISPA.
By Dave Neal, Inquirer, April 17, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7khvsd6

"A PIECE OF LEGISLATION in the US that seeks to follow in the lurching
steps of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) is
drawing determined opposition. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and
Protection Act (CISPA) comes so ..."

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Copyright conundrum in Oracle-Google case: Is a computer language fair
game?
by Charles Cooper, CNET, April 17, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7whpybt

"The final outcome of Oracle-Google trial will determine whether
computer programming languages are subject to copyright law. A courtroom
in San Francisco is hearing opening testimony this ..."

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