Feb
27
“Foster Innovation, Encourage Creativity, Thwart Infringement.”
Posted by Irene Soto at 11:27 pm under Copyright, DMCA.
An article in this month’s GC California magazine discusses the User Generated Content Principles recently promulgated by a coalition of motion picture, television, computer and Web 2.0 companies. The proposed “best practices” for UGC sites are intended to supplement the notice-and-takedown regime of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have already been implemented by many […]
Feb
12
Doe v. Geller: DMCA takedown notice & jurisdiction
Posted by Dirk Avery at 2:42 pm under Copyright, DMCA, Internet.
We’ve discussed the issue of online activities and personal jurisdiction before. In Doe v. Geller (download here), filed last week in the Northern District of California, the plaintiff filed suit in response to the defendant sending a take down notice for plaintiff’s YouTube video and the defendant suing the plaintiff in his home state […]
Jan
17
Incentive and the public domain
Posted by Dirk Avery at 8:57 am under Copyright, DMCA, Incentive.
Meritocracy or Innovation Desert?
What would happen if incentives to create under copyright, including the DMCA, were decreased? I know, I know. The concept brings gasps. Despite the parade of horrors often offered, the world would get along just fine.
A Utilitarian Model
Intellectual property in the US is decidedly utilitarian as a result of the IP […]