Media & Communications Policy Blog
Though the final chapter in the legislative history of the copyright bills hasn’t yet been written, a couple things are obvious even now: The tech industry has demonstrated great political clout through the mobilization of its users and fan base; and the industry lobby, led by Google, will say and do pretty much anything to advance its commercial interests….
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Here’s a question the late language maven, William Safire, might have pondered listening to the recent Supreme Court oral argument in the Fox and ABC broadcast indecency cases. What is truly “indecent” in the normative, Webster’s Third sense of the word as “not conforming to generally accepted standards of morality”…. » Read More
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Intellectual Property Issues
In Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association v. Gannett Co., Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a claim by Gannett that its newspapers had a First Amendment right to broadcast high school athletic games…. » Read More
This column follows on the entry of Aug. 29, 2011, which addressed the international copyright law status of works first disclosed in digital format over the Internet, and not subsequently “published” in hardcopy formats. The prior column concluded…. » Read More
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