New Music Put the Seal on US Collective Management
Matthew Billy, who hosts a podcasts called Between the Liner Notes, contacted the 1709 Blog to inform us about a podcast episode on the turf battles between BMI and ASCAP. Explains Matthew:"It details...
View ArticleUpdate: Effective Date Set for More Revised Wireless Mic Rules
From our Spectrum Re-pack Files: following close on the heels of the revised rules for wireless mic use, the revised rules governing Part 15 operations in the post-re-pack world are now set to take...
View ArticleSome recent copyright books
Here are a couple of recent copyright publications that may be of interest to readers of the 1709 Blog.*******************************************The first is Concepts of Music and Copyright: How Music...
View ArticleRisotto ruling, or how our Italian friends enjoy themselves ...
From Katfriend Anna Maria Stein comes a report of a truly fun event, though it has a thoroughly serious dimension to it. This event, hosted in the Triennale Museum, Milan, was a mock trial of one of...
View Article“Who’s ISIS?” Anonymous’ #OpParis campaign against Islamic State goes awry
The Twitter account of Anonymous' #OpParis anti-ISIS operation has made some extraordinary claims about its impact—many of which are now being questioned or outright discredited. A group associated...
View ArticlePresentation-Panelist: Performing the Law
I’m very happy to announce that I will be participating in a two-day conference on performance and law. The conference, Performing the Law, will take place in Paris at the Institut Varenne and the Cour...
View ArticleFirst AIA Lawsuits
by Dennis Crouch In one of the first lawsuits involving an AIA patent is Tinnus Enterprises, LLC et al v. Telebrands Corporation et al., 15-cv-00551 (E.D.Tex. 2015). In that case, Tinnus alleges that...
View ArticleRemoving Leonard Peltier’s Art From Government Building Raises First...
A letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship argues that the removal of artworks by incarcerated Native American activist Leonard Peltier from a Washington state government building raises...
View ArticleAnother Court Says It’s OK To Link To Defamatory Content–Slozer v. Slattery
internet connect hyperlink // ShutterStockAnother court has ruled that linking to defamatory content isn’t a defamatory republication of the content. I just blogged on a similar result in Life Designs...
View ArticleReverse Auction Homework: Getting Familiar with Form 177
The FCC is trying to make good on its promise to let auction participants know what’s in store for them on the auction application front (and the reimbursement front, too – but that’s for a later...
View ArticlePlagiarism continues unabated in -business school admissions essays
Sad but true. In spite of all the plagiarism detection software being used, applicants to business school arestill submitting admission essays which are...
View ArticleCopyright Is Brain Damage, Freedom of Speech Begins at Home: Nina Paley...
This 18-minute talk is by far the best explanation I've seen yet of why you should question copyright. In the last few years, I've watched QCO Artist-in-Residence Nina Paley refine her message about...
View ArticleMerck KGaA buys SigmaAldrich
IPBiz notes the completion of the purchase of SigmaAldrich by MerckKGaA, the German company, which company is distinct from the company known as Merck in the United States:Sigma-Aldrich will be...
View ArticleColleen Chien on "doing nothing"
Before IPBiz could write a response to Colleen Chien's post The Best Way to Fight a Patent Demand May Be to Do Nothing, PatentlyO had already criticized the Chien work.The Chien post begins:The best...
View ArticleConsumer Review Freedom Act Ready for Senate—Still a Good Law with a Few...
We wrote earlier this month about the Consumer Review Freedom Act (S. 2044, H.R. 2110), a bill that would prohibit businesses from using form contracts to prevent their customers from sharing negative...
View ArticleThe 2nd Circuit Tackles Employee Rights, Obscenities & Social Media Use
Employers took note last year when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that “liking” a Facebook post can qualify as protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The...
View ArticleIf only the last Trump would sound: Trump University case continues
Makaeff v. Trump University, LLC, 2015 WL 7302728, No. 10cv0940 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 18, 2015) Charlatan and budding fascist Donald Trump failed to get rid of many consumer protection claims against him and...
View ArticleRegistering drones with the FAA should be easy and free, task force says
DJI's Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter drone. (credit: Steven Michael) A government task force that is helping to plan a national drone registration system says the registration process should be simple...
View ArticleM&A Video Clip – Post-Closing Indemnifications: Common Issues in M&A...
In the ninth video of MBBP’s M&A Clip Series, M&A attorney Mary Beth Kerrigan describes post-closing indemnifications in M&A transactions. Filed under: Corporate, M&A, New Resources
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