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== April == | |||
* '''MDY Industries v. Blizzard''' - Developer of World of Warcraft (popular online role-playing game) trying to use contributory and vicarious infringement arguments (and the DMCA) to go after the maker of a bot that allows users to cheat in the game. MDY originally was seeking a declaratory judgment that they were not violating any of Blizzard's rights - copyright or otherwise - then Blizzard counterclaimed. | |||
** I haven't come across any full news articles on this, but here are some case documents I was able to find: | |||
*** [http://www.markeedragon.com/mdyvsblizzard.pdf MDY original complaint/request for declaratory judgment] | |||
*** [http://www.wowglider.com/Legal/Feb%5F16%5F2007/ Blizzard answer and counterclaims] - See pages 14-17 for the copyright/DMCA portions | |||
*** [http://www.theimageplace.net/uploads/7b600767fb.pdf Case management plan] Additional statements from involved parties | |||
** [http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/04/10/124218.shtml Slashdot blurb] | |||
* [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/15/30_15stolendesign.html Her Gap suit: Jeweler sues retailer over âstolenâ design], The Brooklyn Paper, April 14, 2007 | |||
** Neighborhood copyright story... | |||
***''what's wrong with this photo caption?''' "Designer Kate Cusack, seen here in her Brooklyn Heights studio, is suing the Gap for allegedly stealing her ideas." | |||
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/05scan.html Beaming Up 3-D Objects On a Budget], New York Times, April 5, 2007 | |||
** Sculpture copying becomes far easier | |||
* [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/13/dylan_seuss/ When a musician recorded "Green Eggs and Ham" in the voice of vintage Bob Dylan and posted it online, the Grinch estate promptly replied: One fish, two fish, cease and desist.], Salon.com, April 13, 2007 | |||
== March == | |||
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031300595.html Viacom Sues YouTube Over Copyright], Washington Post, Mar. 13, 2007 | |||
** [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032301451.html Our Case Against YouTube] (By Michael Fricklas, Viacom General Counsel), Washington Post, Mar. 24, 2007 | |||
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17472344/ Microsoft attacks Google on Copyright] | |||
== February == | == February == | ||
* [http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6065 High-definition video cracked on a deeper level] 2/15/07 | |||
* [http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/02/13/my_first_dmca_takedown.html The NFL objects to video of their copyright warning] 2/13/07 (I counter-notified) | |||
* [http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1380837.ece Court rules that Google breaches copyright with news service] (in Belgium) | |||
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/specials/playoffs/2006/02/01/bc.fbn.superbowl.church.ap/index.html?cnn=yes NFL won't let church show game because it violates copyright law] 2/1/07 | * [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/specials/playoffs/2006/02/01/bc.fbn.superbowl.church.ap/index.html?cnn=yes NFL won't let church show game because it violates copyright law] 2/1/07 | ||
** Wonder where the "55 inches" comes from? Take a look at the detailed "home-style exceptions" of [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/110.html#5 17 U.S.C. 110(5)], exceptions to the public performance right. | ** Wonder where the "55 inches" comes from? Take a look at the detailed "home-style exceptions" of [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/110.html#5 17 U.S.C. 110(5)], exceptions to the public performance right. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 13 April 2007
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April
- MDY Industries v. Blizzard - Developer of World of Warcraft (popular online role-playing game) trying to use contributory and vicarious infringement arguments (and the DMCA) to go after the maker of a bot that allows users to cheat in the game. MDY originally was seeking a declaratory judgment that they were not violating any of Blizzard's rights - copyright or otherwise - then Blizzard counterclaimed.
- I haven't come across any full news articles on this, but here are some case documents I was able to find:
- MDY original complaint/request for declaratory judgment
- Blizzard answer and counterclaims - See pages 14-17 for the copyright/DMCA portions
- Case management plan Additional statements from involved parties
- Slashdot blurb
- I haven't come across any full news articles on this, but here are some case documents I was able to find:
- Her Gap suit: Jeweler sues retailer over âstolenâ design, The Brooklyn Paper, April 14, 2007
- Neighborhood copyright story...
- what's wrong with this photo caption?' "Designer Kate Cusack, seen here in her Brooklyn Heights studio, is suing the Gap for allegedly stealing her ideas."
- Neighborhood copyright story...
- Beaming Up 3-D Objects On a Budget, New York Times, April 5, 2007
- Sculpture copying becomes far easier
- When a musician recorded "Green Eggs and Ham" in the voice of vintage Bob Dylan and posted it online, the Grinch estate promptly replied: One fish, two fish, cease and desist., Salon.com, April 13, 2007
March
- Viacom Sues YouTube Over Copyright, Washington Post, Mar. 13, 2007
- Our Case Against YouTube (By Michael Fricklas, Viacom General Counsel), Washington Post, Mar. 24, 2007
- Microsoft attacks Google on Copyright
February
- The NFL objects to video of their copyright warning 2/13/07 (I counter-notified)
- Court rules that Google breaches copyright with news service (in Belgium)
- NFL won't let church show game because it violates copyright law 2/1/07
- Wonder where the "55 inches" comes from? Take a look at the detailed "home-style exceptions" of 17 U.S.C. 110(5), exceptions to the public performance right.
- Man enforces copyright on the Electric Slide, News.com, February 3, 2007
- Should something so popular receive copyright protection?
January
- Suit by Record Companies Against XM Going to Trial, Washington Post, Jan. 20, 2007
- Maybe it is my youth or the fact that I don't view MP3s as something strange and new and weird, but this statement by the judge made me scratch my head: "It is manifestly apparent that the use of a radio-cassette player to record songs played over free radio does not threaten the market for copyrighted works as does the use of a recorder which stores songs from private radio broadcasts on a subscription fee basis."
- DJ Drama Arrested over Mixtapes, Billboard.com, Jan. 17, 2007
- Of particular interest after today's discussion on derivative works.
- Long discussion at http://www.freethedjs.com/ , including warrants that allege not a copyright-based arrest, but a state law allegation of failure to comply with Georgia's labeling law.
- http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070205fa_fact_toobin Jeffrey Toobin From the 1/29/07 Issue of The New Yorker.
December
- Perez Hilton takes their best shots, LA Times, Dec. 17, 2006 (quoting David Nimmer)
- More on dvd technology wars
- More on AACS break from Prof. Ed Felten's Freedom to Tinker weblog