By J. DeVoy Kindergartens across Germany are receiving notice that they must pay for licenses to reproduce a number of songs, the rights to which are held by GEMA (Germany’s
Perfect 10 is at it again – this time still pressing the argument that its DMCA notices may not be reproduced. (source). Most copyright attorneys know that if they send
By J. DeVoy Copyright law has some interesting game theory-like features, which is rational when considering that most producers of copyrighted content are more sophisticated than your average consumer. Thought
By J. DeVoy Julian Assange may have dealt a blow to the international fight against content piracy. Cables released by Wikileaks reveal that a copyright bill pending before the Spanish
By J. DeVoy Wouldn’t it be a pleasant surprise if you got $100 in the mail any time someone bought that bookshelf you made in 1995 and sold at a
If you don’t already know what Righthaven is, go google it. I’ll wait. So Sherman Frederick is a certified douchebag who compared bloggers posting Las Vegas Review Journal Stories to
By J. DeVoy ICE appears to be targeting sites that help Internet users download copyrighted music, as well as sites that sell bootleg goods, such as fake designer handbags. The
By Randazza & DeVoy Over the years, we’ve been keenly aware of the *Chan websites’ user base and their exploits. From 4Chan, 7Chan, 7-11Chan, 420Chan and especially /b/ and /i/,
by Jason Fischer Limewire joins the list of infamous internet services deemed to be overwhelmingly used for copyright infringement (source). Napster, Mp3.com, and Grokster rumored to be throwing a welcome
By their very nature, suicide notes are controversial documents. Nobody likes to think or talk about them, despite accompanying many – probably most – of the suicides that occur in
by Christopher Harbin Tony Woodlief of the Wall Street Journal recently penned an opinion piece rife with terrible analogies and poor logic on the subject of copyright incentives. One passage in particular
