Analysis at the intersection of intellectual
property law and the public interest.
Record companies have won a summary judgment against the file sharing site Lime Wire for secondary copyright infringement, and they have sought multiple damages per song for each of the 11,000 songs downloaded from the site. Their requested multiple damages have been denied by Judge Kimba Wood, whose opinion states: “The Court agrees that allowing […]
EXCERPT: “…Your suggestion that draft negotiating text and position papers should be made public is understandable but problematic. First, this would only be possible if all parties agreed. Many negotiating parties would consider releasing the text as a breach of confidence. Second, negotiating text really has no status until it is agreed by all parties. […]
[gview file=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/AU-Trade-Minister-Letter-03292011.pdf”] Author Bijan Madhani
BNA reports that “An online service that permits users to upload, store, and share images has no duty to ensure those files are noninfringing, even if it has received Digital Millennium Copyright Act-compliant notices requesting the removal of a plaintiff’s works in the past, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York […]
[gview file=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/r2h_anand_grover_tpp_22march2011.pdf”] Author Bijan Madhani