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The Copyright Lobby's Secret Pressure On the Anti-Spam Bill
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| As I posted earlier today, the Electronic Commerce
| Protection Act comes to a conclusion in committee on
| Monday as MPs conduct their "clause by clause"
| review. While I have previously written about the
| lobbying pressure to water down the legislation
| (aided and abetted by the Liberal and Bloc MPs on the
| committee) and the CMA's recent effort to create a
| huge loophole, I have not focused on a key source of
| the pressure. Incredibly, it has been the copyright
| lobby - particularly the software and music
| industries - that has been engaged in a full court
| press to make significant changes to the bill.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4464/125/
Hey, showbiz folks: Check your contract before your next tweet
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| Thereâs a growing number of studio deals with new
| language aimed specifically at curbing usage of
| social-media outlets by actors, execs and other
| creatives. The goal: plugging leaks of disparaging or
| confidential information about productions via the
| likes of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
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http://www.thresq.com/2009/10/check-your-contract-before-your-next-tweet.html
Copy shop liable for direct infringement from student on-premises copying of course packets
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| The Eastern District of Michigan issued a decision on
| Wednesday that is sure to be controversial. A group
| of publishers brought suit alleging that a copy shop
| had infringed thirty-three of their works. The copy
| shop had accepted course packets from professors;
| ensured that the course packets were in proper form
| to be copied; given the packets to students upon
| request; and provided copy machines for the students
| to copy the packets.
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http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/10/copy-shop-liable-for-direct-infringement-from-student-on-premises-copying-of-course-packets1/
First Read: Follow the Breadcrumbs
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| New clues to the content and sustainability of
| journalism are all around us. They are melding good
| reporting, a sense of place, a passion for community,
| and information that adds value. To really
| reconstruct journalism, we need to follow these
| breadcrumbs, make sense of the patterns and re-
| imagine what news and information needs to be for the
| futureânot just how we pay for it.
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http://www.cjr.org/reconstruction/follow_the_breadcrumbs.php
Recent:
Oh Shit, Someone Stole My Article
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| For what its worth I donât have a problem with
| whats happened. None at all. I don't rationally
| believe it is 'stealing' either (hence the
| hopefully sarcastic quotation marks).
|
| In fact itâs rather justifying, it means that
| someone else believes/agrees my writing enough
| to share the value with his tribe.
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http://www.theindiedigest.com/article/oh-shit-someone-stole-my-article
CONFIRMED: YouTube Negotiating With Studios to Rent Movies Online
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| YouTube is negotiating with major Hollywood studios on a plan to stream
| rented movies on Googleâs popular video-sharing site. If an agreement is
| reached, still an uncertainty, it would be the first foray by YouTube beyond
| advertising.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/09/youtube_is_nego.html
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