A Hidden Threat to Online Freedom: The Lost Balance of Fair Use and Intellectual Property
The current imbalance of our intellectual property system allows copyright law to strangle free speech and innovation. Ideally, the intellectual property system would strike a balance between the rights of…
Fair Use Takes a Victory Lap in Google Books Lawsuit
On October 16th, three federal judges on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that can be considered another decisive win for sensible copyright law. Google…
Court Rules to Protect Fair Use
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling on the always blurry “fair use” concept in copyright law, that stands to reduce nuisance suits and open new…
MPAA vs. Consumers
Closing arguments were heard in San Francisco today in a case brought by the Hollywood studios to ban RealDVD from the market. The Motion Picture Association of America made it…