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- PK In the Know Podcast 30: Section 108 Study Group
... not addressed in USC Title 17 S. 108, the law governing copyright exceptions in libraries. That’s why the Library of Congress has ... copy could not be bought for a fair price. The 1976 reform helped clarify Libraries’ rights, but like the Gentlemen’s ...
Blog entry - Alex Curtis - Jun 4 2007 - 6:13pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- In the Know -- June 26, 2007
... WIPO Wipes Out Hollywood and Networks Want More Copyright Enforcement Spectrum Auction Plans Still Up in the Air ... on June 22 without taking action on a massive telecom reform bill from Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, the chairman of the Committee ...
Story - Art Brodsky - Jun 26 2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- S1RA: Licensing Problems for Consumers and Innovators
... in the House of Representatives called the “Copyright Modernization Act of 2006,” pulls together a number of copyright-related bills that ... One of those is HR 5553, titled “Section 115 Reform Act” (aka S1RA or SIRA), which is the latest music licensing ...
Scott Burns - Sep 11 2006 - 4:40pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Public Knowledge Comments to the FCC In the Matter of the XM/Sirius Merger
... 17 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq ., which prohibits any copyright infringement action based on the manufacture, importation, ... May 20, 2003, available at http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Murdoch-Empire-DirecTV10apr03.htm ; Laura M. Holson and Seth ...
Static Document - Webmaster - Jul 9 2007 - 6:50pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- A Welcome Voice on the Right
... The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by Timothy B. Lee. Tim is a policy analyst at the ... discusses what many of us on the frontlines of copyright reform advocacy have been saying since the DMCA was passed in 1998: the law ...
Blog entry - Gigi Sohn - Mar 21 2006 - 5:26pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- In the Know -- September 28, 2006
Contents: House Panel Sets Aside Copyright Bill IP3 Awards Winners Announced House Panel Sets ... was withdrawn. While we liked the idea music-licensing reform, we clearly thought the provisions of the bill aimed at consumers and ...
Story - Scott Burns - Sep 28 2006 - 6:00pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- ACTION ALERT: S1RA Licensing Problems for Consumers and Innovators
... up as soon as this Wednesday . Now is the time to act . If you’ve been reading the PK blog, you may have noted ... in the House of Representatives called the “Copyright Modernization Act of 2006,” pulls together a number of ... around. One of those is HR 5553, titled “Section 115 Reform Act” (aka S1RA or SIRA), which is the latest music licensing ...
Blog entry - Alex Curtis - Sep 19 2006 - 11:39am - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Companies and Groups Protest Draft Copyright Bill's Assault on Consumers
... “would constitute an extraordinary expansion of copyright rights that would harm technology, innovation, and consumers,” ... very serious concerns regarding the proposed Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (“SIRA”). While the reform of section 115 is a ...
Press Release - Art Brodsky - Jun 14 2006 - 11:29am - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- In the Know -- March 19, 2007
... By Viacom Viacom sued Google and YouTube for alleged copyright infringement, asking damages of $1 billion. In its complaint, Viacom ... this year in Net Neutrality, in copyright and in patent reform. So, let’s renew our request to you: Please support PK. ...
Story - Webmaster - Mar 19 2007 - 12:03pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Recording Rights Under Attack (Yet Again)
... this bill. Basically, it uses the ruse of music licensing reform to place limits on private, noncommercial home recording of radio, a ... years. Here is the cogent analysis of one of the smartest copyright/technology lawyers in town - Bob Schwartz of Constantine Cannon , ...
Blog entry - Gigi Sohn - Jul 17 2006 - 2:25pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments
