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AP, blogger resolve dispute over copyright

A news discussion site and The Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content.

AP, blogger resolve dispute over copyright

NEW YORK - A news discussion site and The Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content.

AP, blogger resolve copyright dispute

NEW YORK (AP) - A news discussion site and the Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content.

The Associated Press and blogger resolve dispute over content copyright

NEW YORK - A news discussion site and The Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content.

AP Settles Dispute with Blogger; "Fair Use" Guidelines in Works

New York - The Associated Press (AP) has released a statement saying that it has settled an issue with a blogger whom it had demanded remove several posts that quoted short excerpts from AP stories. "In response to questions about the use of Associated Press content on the Drudge Retort web site, the AP was able to provide additional information to the operator of the site, Rogers Cadenhead, on Thursday," the AP said in a statement. "That information was aimed at enabling Mr. Cadenhead to bring the contributed content on his site into conformance with the policy he earlier set for his contributors. Both parties consider the matter closed."

AP, blogger resolve dispute over copyright

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Multi-Level Marketing Company Threatens Blogger Who Writes Critical Post

Over and over and over again, we hear stories of companies that simply dislike what others are saying about them online, and send over threatening legal letters with no legal basis. These cease-and-desist letters are mostly designed to scare users into giving in, because there's no law against someone criticizing you or saying something bad about you (assuming it's not untrue). The latest, sent in by Davis Freeberg involves the Everyday Finance blog. The blogger there was approached by a company called "Shop to Earn," which offers a multi-level marketing (MLM) system. The blogger wrote a post about it, which Davis Freeberg describes as "well balanced," though the blogger explained the weaknesses of the system and why he chose not to participate.

AP Quotes Blogger In Discussing Bloggers Quoting AP; Hilarity Ensues

The ongoing ridiculous situation brewing between bloggers and the Associated Press has now taken a turn towards the enjoyably hilarious. We had already mentioned the fact that, despite the AP's complaints that bloggers quoting less than 100 words were violating fair use, the AP had a long history of quoting more than 100 words from bloggers -- and not even linking back to the original blog. Now, in a bit of ultimate irony, the AP's own article about this brouhaha quoted (without linking) twenty-two words from TechCrunch. That's 18 words more than the supposed four word "limit" the AP has suggested. With an ironic chance that wide, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington couldn't resist, and asked his lawyer to send a DMCA takedown notice to the Associated Press, along with a bill for $12.

Copyright Office Releases Online Registration of Claims

Beginning July 1, 2008, the Copyright Office is offering online registration of claims to copyright. Online registration through the electronic Copyright Office (eCO) is the preferred way to register basic claims for literary works; visual arts works; performing arts works, including motion pictures; sound recordings; and single serials. Advantages of online filing include a lower filing fee; the fastest processing time; online status tracking of your claim; secure payment by credit or debit card, electronic check, or Copyright Office deposit account; and the ability to upload certain categories of deposits directly into eCO as electronic files. To register your claim electronically, go to the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov and click on the eCO logo.

The Associated Press and blogger resolve dispute over content copyright

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Rodney Dangerfield's Widow and Daughter Settle Copyright Dispute; All Copyrights...

Rodney Dangerfield's Widow and Daughter Settle Copyright Dispute; All Copyrights to Rodney's Act Are Held By His Widow, Joan LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Rodney Dangerfield's widow Joan Dangerfield, and his daughter Melanie Roy-Friedman, have settled a copyright dispute regarding the legendary comedian's one-hour Las Vegas act. Patricia Glaser, Mrs. Dangerfield's attorney, said, "All copyrights to Rodney Dangerfield's act are held by Joan Dangerfield who owns all of her late husband's intellectual property." Roy-Friedman stated, "Joan is very committed to furthering my father's legacy. He said that he loved her deeply and thought that she was the nicest person in the world." SOURCE Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro Michael Sitrick of Sitrick And Company, +1-310-788-2850

How Copyright Is Holding Back The Creative Class

While not enough people recognize it, the real purpose of copyright law is to provide an incentive for the creation of more content. The government felt that there was a market failure, where not enough "content" would be produced without a limited monopoly, and thus, copyright was born. However, that happened back in the day when creating content wasn't easy. You pretty much had to go through a professional process. These days, thanks to new technologies, creating content is exceptionally easy -- and thus, a big part of the very basis for copyright no longer makes sense. We're drowning in content -- and it's not because of the "incentive" of copyright. There are plenty of incentives for creating content these days and very few have anything to do with copyright.

Don't Blame One Wal-Mart Employee For Dumb Copyright Comments

A bunch of folks have submitted this BoingBoing story about a Wal-Mart employee making some dumb (and incorrect) comments concerning copyright to a guy who was trying to scan some century-old photos of his family. Wal-Mart and some other convenience stores have had policies in place for years that they won't reprint or scan images that might still be under copyright. Yes, it's a silly policy, but the convenience stores feel they need to do this to avoid ridiculous lawsuits from copyright holders, which we all know are far too common these days. The problem here is copyright law, not necessarily the Wal-Mart policy, no matter how ridiculous the end results are. In fact, Wal-Mart has supported important changes to copyright law, such as an orphan works bill, that would enable it to avoid such liabilities.

£32k copyright dispute

The dispute with two silks over copyright issues related to the Society’s Code of Conduct cost the Law Society more than £30,000, council members were told last week.

The AP, Blogger Bridge Copyright Dispute

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Judge halts copyright trial over Bratz dolls after a juror is dismissed

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawyer for the maker of Bratz dolls says he'll seek a mistrial over an ethnic slur made by a juror who has been dismissed from the copyright infringement case brought by Mattel Inc.

UPDATE: AP and Blogger Come to Agreement on Use

NEW YORK As noted in previous articles here and elsewhere, The Associated Press has been engaged in a struggle with parts of the blogosphere over how much can be quoted from AP dispatches on non-member sites, such as the Drudge Retort. AP had said it would be meeting with representatives of a bloggers' group to try to iron things out.

EU Plans To Extend Copyright; Turns Copyright System Into Welfare For Musicians

Just as we feared, the EU has now approved copyright extension of performance royalties from 50 years to 95 years. This is basically an approval to steal from the public. The public made a deal with musicians 50 years ago: give us music, and we'll give you performance royalties for 50 years. The musicians accepted that, and it was a worthwhile deal for them. Yet, now, the government has decided to change the deal, remove that content from the public domain and give it to the musicians for another 45 years. This is, simply, bad policy. It encourages the exact wrong behavior: telling people that the public will pay them for work they did many many years ago over and over again. This doesn't encourage musicians to continue working and it doesn't encourage them to be fiscally responsible and save for retirement or anything.

Indian Court Demands Google Hand Over Anonymous Blogger's Identity

It would appear that Google is discovering some of the differences in the legal system in India as compared to the US. Just after we wrote about how Google (along with Microsoft and Yahoo) were sued over ads, there are some stories coming out about how an Indian court has ordered Google to hand over the identity of an anonymous blogger who was criticizing an Indian company, Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects Ltd. While anonymous speech is somewhat protected (within certain limits) in the US, that's not the case in many other countries. As the link above notes, this may force Google to change the way it does business in India.

Karaoke System Suppliers, SHINE Multimedia Co. Ltd and Thunderstone Technology Ltd, Investigated for Providing Pirated Songs

BEIJING, June 25 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The Karaoke Copyright Operation Center of China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA) revealed that the two companies, SHINE Multimedia Co. Ltd and Thunderstone Technology Ltd, were investigated by copyright authorities on June 20th because they were suspected of illegally copying and supplying pirated songs to Karaoke operators. In May of this year, the Yunnan Copyright Administration received complaints against the Kunming offices of these two companies from China Audio -Video Copyright Association, Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) and some other rights owners, who claim that the two companies produced and sold VOD systems to Karaoke operators, copied and sold large numbers of music works, including Love Me or Not.

AP to meet with blogging group to form guidelines

The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers' group to help form guidelines under which AP news stories could be quoted online.

AP to meet with blogging group to form guidelines

NEW YORK - The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers' group to help form guidelines under which AP news stories could be quoted online.

EU Again Thinks About Extending Copyright, Despite Earlier Rejection

Copyright was never designed to be a welfare system -- yet increasingly we're hearing from people who seem to think it is one. A couple years ago, the UK commissioned a detailed report on the question of copyright extension, known as the Gowers Report -- which clearly recommended against extending copyright on performance rights. In fact, Gowers later admitted that all the evidence suggested that copyright length should be shortened, rather than lengthened. And, for at least a little while, the government agreed.

Should Organizations Get To Ignore Copyright For The Sake Of Preservation?

Copyright was clearly designed for a different age: when not everyone was a "publisher." And while we've spent years pointing out many of the different problems that has caused, here's another one: how is a library or some other institution charged with "archiving" written works for posterity supposed to deal with copyright laws that can often make such archival activities against the law? Well, the Library of Congress and a bunch of other organizations have a suggestion: let them all ignore copyright law for the sake of archiving. Basically, the report recommends that certain organizations be designated as "preservation institutions," which are then more or less allowed to ignore copyright law and copy-at-will for the sake of preservation. Of course, this is clearly going to lead to many questions, including just who would get designated

AP Hands Local and National News Sites an Opportunity to Get Links and Traffic

The Associated Press is facing a blog firestorm after issuing take down notices to Drudge Retort for linking to and reproducing snippets of AP stories. AP is now attempting to define how their stories can be linked to and excerpted — and the response from the blogosphere appears to be to boycott the AP, i.e. not link at all. This is a huge opportunity for local and national news sites to be the sources that bloggers and social news sites link to instead of the AP.

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