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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 ‘stolen’ 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 ==
* [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
** 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.
* [http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6156021.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news Man enforces copyright on the Electric Slide], News.com, February 3, 2007
** Should something so popular receive copyright protection?
== January ==
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011901680.html 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." 
*** [http://www.xmradio.com/pioneerinno/index.xmc An example of the players in question]
*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Home_Recording_Act Wikipedia on Audio Home Recording Act]
*** [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/United_States_Code/Title_17/Chapter_10 Text of Act]
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003533767 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 ==
* [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-bloggers17dec17,0,978790,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines Perez Hilton takes their best shots], LA Times, Dec. 17, 2006 (quoting David Nimmer)
* [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-bloggers17dec17,0,978790,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines Perez Hilton takes their best shots], LA Times, Dec. 17, 2006 (quoting David Nimmer)
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16581484/ More on dvd technology wars]
** [http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1104 More on AACS break] from Prof. Ed Felten's [http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/ Freedom to Tinker] weblog
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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.
  • Her Gap suit: Jeweler sues retailer over ‘stolen’ 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."

March

February

January

  • 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.

December

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