FROM THE ARCHIVELegit and Illegitimate Streaming Music

Last.fm offers free streaming full-length songs on demand with the studios' blessing, while Seeqpod the music search engine gets sued.

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Internet, streaming, music, Licensing, copyright, law, license, infringement, deal, on demand
FROM THE ARCHIVEScrabulous: I-N-F-R-I-N-G-I-N-G ?

Popular Facebook application Scrabulous faces the wrath of Hasbro over possibly infringing Scrabble's trademarks

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game, copyright, law, facebook, infringement, trademarks, trade dress, idea, process, scrabulous, scrabble
FROM THE ARCHIVEColleges as Copyright Cops?

A new federal financial aid bill includes unprecedented copyright provisions calling on universities to curb students' filesharing.

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RIAA, mpaa, copyright, P2P, law, education, bill, infringement, enforcement, college, university, financial aid
FROM THE ARCHIVEFair Use in Filtering

Copyright-maximalist and fair use-protecting principles for filtering user-generated content for copyrighted material butted heads this week.

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Google, copyright, law, filtering, infringement, youtube, fair use, user-generated content, eff
FROM THE ARCHIVESecond-Guessing the RIAA Jury's Verdict

The RIAA won its first jury trial targeting P2P users for copyright infringement, but the case might not be over yet.

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RIAA, lawsuit, verdict, copyright, P2P, law, infringement, making available, kazaa, jury
FROM THE ARCHIVEPremier Pretends to Patent Playlists

A company has filed suit against a number of media and hardware producers alleging that they infringed its patent in the idea of putting music in a playlist. Really!

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lawsuit, patents, law, infringement, antitrust, patent, playlist, prior art, sherman act
FROM THE ARCHIVECopyright Infringement Goes Meta

Viacom sends a DMCA takedown to a YouTube user for pirating material Viacom had pirated from him first. Infringement is a two-way street.

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star wars, piracy, copyright, law, infringement, youtube, viacom, commercial, fair use
FROM THE ARCHIVEMPAA Looses The Hounds

The latest technology in the MPAA's war on movie pirates has a cold, wet nose.

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