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Vancouver Olympics Demands All Copyrights And Royalties From Musician Just To Hear Her Song
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| And, of course, acting in a maximalist manner
| also means little respect for anyone else's
| intellectual property or free speech rights.
| We've already noted that some musicians have
| complained about a contractual gag order, that
| forbids any musician performing at any
| Olympics event to speak ill of the Olympics
| ever. However, it appears that the Vancouver
| Olympics folks are taking the maximalism even
| further. Michael Scott points us to a
| complaint from a musician who wrote a song
| which she thought the Olympic committee might
| like. She sent it to them, and was surprised
| to get back a contract demanding she sign over
| all ownership and royalties associated with
| the song before they would even listen to
| it. And, of course, it would also grant
| them the ability to do whatever they wanted
| with the song.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091220/2321187440.shtml
Erroneous DMCA notices and copyright enforcement, part deux
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| A few weeks ago, I wrote about a deluge of
| DMCA notices and pre-settlement letters
| that CoralCDN experienced in late August.
| This article actually received a bit of
| press, including MediaPost, ArsTechnica,
| TechDirt, and, very recently, Slashdot. I'm
| glad that my own experience was able to
| shed some light on the more insidious
| practices that are still going on under the
| umbrella of copyright enforcement. More
| transparency is especially important at
| this time, given the current debate over
| the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
|
| Given this discussion, I wanted to write a
| short follow-on to my previous post.
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http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/mfreed/erroneous-dmca-notices-and-copyright-enforcement-part-deux
Recent:
Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural
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| The city issued the order under its graffiti
| bylaw, but it comes in the wake of a debate
| over a controversial city sign bylaw that
| opponents feared would allow officials to
| stifle anti-Olympic expression.
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http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=22178.html
AOC prepares for legal action over report
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| THE Australian Olympic Committee is
| preparing legal action against a company
| behind the Federal Government's report into
| the future of Australian sport.
|
| The Crawford report, which last week called
| for a shift in funding away from Olympic
| sports towards professional and ''national
| pysche'' sports, paid for advice from a
| company part-owned by former AFL star James
| Hird.
|
| The company, Gemba Group, criticised the
| AOC, comparing it unfavourably to the US
| Olympic Committee in its report to the panel
| of experts.
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/aoc-prepares-for-legal-action-over-report/2009/11/23/1258824670339.html
Vanoc says new Lululemon clothing line violates Olympic 'sportsmanship'
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| Vancouver Olympic officials say they're
| disappointed with yoga-wear retailer
| Lululemon over the chain's alleged attempt
| to profit from the Games without being an
| official sponsor.
|
| Lululemon launched a clothing line this week
| called its "Cool Sporting Event That Takes
| Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and
| 2011 Edition."
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http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Vanoc+says+Lululemon+clothing+line+violates+Olympic+sportsmanship/2346164/story.html
Vancouver Olympics Unhappy With 'Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and 2011 Edition' Slogan
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| But, of course, that's not what's going on
| here at all. They're not trying to profit
| off of the Olympic Games. They're trying to
| profit off of the ridiculous free speech
| restrictions put in place by the Olympics
| for no good reason.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091216/0816517384.shtml
European Court of Human Rights Says Media Can Protect Anonymous Sources
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| The European Court of Human Rights has ruled
| in favor of the media on the issue of the
| protection of journalists' sources. The
| Financial Times, the Independent, the
| Guardian, the Times, and Reuters had
| appealed a British court ruling that they
| turn over documents to a Belgian firm,
| alleging that to do so would have allowed
| the firm to identify an anonymous source.
| The ECHR ruled that handing over the
| documents would violate Article 10 of the
| European Convention of Human Rights (freedom
| of expression).
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http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2009/12/european-court-of-human-rights-says-media-can-protect-anonymous-sources.html
Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural
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| The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal
| of a mural hanging outside a Downtown
| Eastside gallery depicting the Olympic rings
| as four sad faces and one smiley face.
|
| The gallery says in 10 years, it has never
| before been asked to remove any work.
|
| The city issued the order under its graffiti
| bylaw, but it comes in the wake of a debate
| over a controversial city sign bylaw that
| opponents feared would allow officials to
| stifle anti-Olympic expression.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/vancouver-orders-removal-of-anti-olympic-mural/article1396541/
Olympics Online, With a Hook
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| But for many industry executives who compete with Microsoft, the worldâs
| largest software company, the Silverlight strategy recalls a federal
| antitrust case in which Microsoft was found guilty of using its market muscle
| to stifle competition from the Web.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/sports/olympics/10stream.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
http://tinyurl.com/68vvz8
An Update on the International Olympic Committeeâs Threatening Letter to Flickr User Richard Giles
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| Among other things, the IOC noted that
| âany reproduction and distribution of
| images of the Olympic Games and IOC
| identifications by any means, including
| over the World Wide Web, without the
| consent of the IOC is unauthorized.â They
| further claimed ownership over the Olympic
| rings and actually over the word
| âOlympics,â itself. Perhaps most offensive
| to me personally, the IOC had written in
| their heavy handed letter to Giles that
| any images of the Olympic Games actually
| âbelongedâ to the IOC.
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http://thomashawk.com/2009/10/an-update-on-the-international-olympic-committees-threatening-letter-to-flickr-user-richard-giles.html
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