Google Book Search Settlement Agreement - A Perspective from Stanford University Libraries
by Mimi Calter
Stanford University Libraries
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- Kindle Speech: Must Users be Disabled in order to legally use it? Quick Interview with Fred Von Lohmann
Minow: Disability rights groups are protesting the Amazon decision to allow publishers to opt-out of the text-to-speech function for their copyrighted books. Yet the feature remains for works that haven't been opted out. Must users be disabled in order to legally use the feature? Von Lohmann: No, copyright leaves us all free to use our digital devices to "read aloud" to us. Despite the misleading statements of the Author's Guild, you don't violate copyright law when you have your Kindle... - Settlement in Marketing Information Masters v. California State University - a follow-up interview with Jonathan Pink on copyright and sovereign immunity
For background, see Jonathan Pink interviews: District Court Invalidates Portion of Copyright Act as Unconstitutional; Holds State University and Employee Immune From Claim for Copyright Infringement (April 15, 2008) and Follow up questions on state university copyright immunity case - Marketing Information Masters v. Trustees of the California State University (April 23, 2008) Minow: Can you tell us about the settlement in the Marketing Information Masters case?Pink: Sure. The parties ultimately... - Mimi Calter - Google Book Search Settlement Agreement - A Perspective from Stanford University Libraries
New perspective on the proposed Google Book Search Settlement Agreement from Mimi Calter, Stanford University Libraries at:http://fairuse.stanford.edu/commentary_and_analysis/2009_02_calter_google_settlement.html
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Featured Cases 
- Vargas et al v. Pfizer Inc. et alPlaintiffs Ralph Vargas and Bland-Rickey Roberts d/b/a JBR Music Group alleged that Defendants Pfizer Inc., Publicis Inc., Fluid Music, East West Communications Inc. and Brian Transeau infringed on Plaintiffs' copyright to "Bust Dat Groove Without Ride." Defendants allegedly used key musical themes and/or jingles from the composition to promote the sales of Celebrex and misattributed the work to Defendant Transeau.New York Southern District CourtCopyrightFiled: December 13, 2004Plaintiff: Ralph Vargas, Bland Ricky Roberts Defendant: Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, East West Communications, Inc. and others... Cross Claimant: Fluid Music East West Communications, Inc., Fluid Music East West Communications, Inc. Cross Defendant: East West Communications, Inc., Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau, East West Communications, Inc., Brian Transeau, Brian Transeau and others...Last Docket Report Change Found: July 3, 2009
- Virgin Records America, Inc v. ThomasJury verdict in favor of RIAA - $222,000 judgment against Minnesota woman for making music files available via Kazaa, despite her denials of doing so.Minnesota District CourtFiled: April 19, 2006Plaintiff: Virgin Records America, Inc, Capitol Records, Inc, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records and others...; Defendant: Jammie ThomasLast Docket Report Change Found: July 3, 2009
- Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. MillerPlaintiffs allege that defendant Norman Miller d/b/a Excel Test Preparation operates a copy shop near the University of Michigan that allows students to reproduce their own coursepack, which includes journals articles and excerpts from books. Plaintiffs further allege that defendant does not arrange for permission to copy the materials in the coursepacks from the Copyright Clearance Center, INc.Michigan Eastern District CourtCopyrightFiled: June 28, 2007Plaintiff: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated, Elsevier, Incorporated, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Sage Publications, Incorporated, John Wiley and Sons, Incorporated; Defendant: Norman Miller, Excel Research Group, LLCLast Docket Report Change Found: July 3, 2009
- The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.New York Southern District CourtCopyrightFiled: September 20, 2005Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.Last Docket Report Change Found: June 25, 2009
- Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et alPublisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees.Georgia Northern District CourtCopyrightFiled: April 15, 2008Plaintiff: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press and others... Defendant: Carl V. Patton, Ronald Henry, Charlene Hurt, J. L. AlbertLast Docket Report Change Found: June 30, 2009
Dockets
- Broadcast Music Inc et alMassachusetts District CourtCopyrightsFiled: July 2, 2009Plaintiff: Broadcast Music Inc, Broadcast Music Inc, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Robert J Ritchie and others... Defendant: Fantasy Island, Inc., DEBORAH LAM, Richard Lung, Waiman LAM
- Your Home of Charlotte, LLC v. Snyder Consturction Company, Inc. et alFlorida Middle District CourtCopyrightsFiled: July 2, 2009Plaintiff: Your Home of Charlotte, LLC Defendant: Snyder Consturction Company, Inc., Earl L. Snyder, II, Hue Tieu, Tammy Tieu, Marie A. McCaughan, P.E.
- Alvarez-Rivon et al v. Cengage Learning, Inc.Puerto Rico District CourtCopyrightsFiled: July 1, 2009Plaintiff: Ricardo Alvarez-Rivon, Magali Alvarez-Melendez, Conjugal Partnership Alvarez-Alvarez, Unknown Defendants "X", "Y", and "Z" Defendant: Cengage Learning, Inc.
- Alvarez-Rivon et al v. Cengage Learning, Inc. et alPuerto Rico District CourtCopyrightsFiled: July 1, 2009Plaintiff: Ricardo Alvarez-Rivon, Magali Alvarez-Melendez, Conjugal Partnership Alvarez-Alvarez Defendant: Cengage Learning, Inc., Unknown Defendants X, Y, Z
- Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Nashville Star Music et alArizona District CourtCopyrightsFiled: July 1, 2009Plaintiff: Broadcast Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Samuel Harper Hogin, Phillip Wayne Barnhart and others... Defendant: Adobe Management Services, L.L.C., Christopher Evenson, Mark Evenson
Legislation
- S. 1145 - Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (05/21/2009)
- H. R. 2344 - Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (05/12/2009)
- H. R. 1860 - Four Corners Television Access Act of 2009 (04/01/2009)
- H. R. 2196 - Design Piracy Prohibition Act (04/01/2009)
- S. 379 - Performance Rights Act (02/04/2009)
- H. R. 848 - Performance Rights Act (02/04/2009)
- H. R. 801 - Fair Copyright in Research Works Act (02/03/2009)
- H. R. 505 - To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in State of Oklahoma ... (01/14/2009)
Regulations
- Copyright Office - Notice - Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons With Disabilities; Inquiry and Request for Comments; Public Meeting
Copyright Office, Library of CongressNoticeFacilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons With Disabilities;Inquiry and Request for Comments; Public Meeting ,17884 [E9-8865] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office Notice of... - Copyright Royalty Board - Proposed Rule - Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings Under Statutory License
Copyright Royalty Board, Library of CongressProposed RuleRecordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings Under Statutory License,15901-15904 [E9-7950] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Royalty Board 37 CFR Part 370 [Docket No. RM 2008-7] Notice and... - Copyright Office - Notice - Meetings: Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Persons With Other Disabilities
Copyright Office, Library of CongressNoticeMeetings:Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Persons With Other Disabilities ,13268-13270 [E9-6637] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Request for Comments on... - Copyright Office - Rule - Section 119 and Changes in the Consumer Price Index
Copyright Office, Library of CongressRuleSection 119 and Changes in the Consumer Price Index,12092-12093 [E9-6175] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office 37 CFR Part 258 [Docket No. RM 2009-2] Section 119 and Changes in the Consumer Price Index AGENCY:... - Copyright Office - Notice - Meetings: Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
Copyright Office, Library of CongressNoticeMeetings:Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies ,10096-10097 [E9-4913] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office 37 CFR Part 201 [Docket No. RM...
Copyright Office
- Website Updates - Correction: Copyright Office to Examine "Phantom Signal" Phenomenon under Definition of "Cable System"
On December 12, 2007, the Copyright Office published in the Federal Register a notice of inquiry in Docket No. 2007-11, Definition of Cable System. The notice contained an error in the 2nd sentence of the 2nd paragraph of the "Address" section. The...
Copyright Law Review Articles
- SSRN Copyright Search - Rethinking the Berne-Plus Framework: From Conflicts of Laws to Copyright Reform, by Paul Edward Geller
Author - Paul Edward Geller (May 11, 2009) - SSRN Copyright Search - Whose Stats are They Anyway? Analyzing the Battle Betweenmajor League Baseball and Fantasy Game Sites, by Stacey B. Evans
affiliation not provided to SSRN (May 10, 2009) - SSRN Copyright Search - Copyright Law in and Under the Constitution: A Comparison between American and German Constitutional Copyright Law, by Tom H. Braegelmann
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (May 10, 2009) - SSRN Copyright Search - Patent Holdup, Antitrust and Innovation: Harness or Noose?, by Joshua D. Wright
George Mason University - School of Law and George Mason University School of Law (May 8, 2009) - SSRN Copyright Search - How to Fix the Google Book Search Settlement, by James Grimmelmann
New York Law School (May 8, 2009)
Copyright News
- A big week for copyrights and piracy - Los Angeles Times
p2pnet.netA big week for copyrights and piracy
Los Angeles Times
But first, here's some background information about the different types of copyrights held by music publishers (who represent songwriters). ...
Copyrights and piracy cases rule the roost this week!TopNews United States
paidContent - Group Sues AT&T Over Ringtones Heard In PublicWashington Post
When Your Phone Rings, the Copyright Police May Come CallingPC World Register -Sacramento News & Review -BetaNews all 34 news articles » - DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search - PC World
BBC NewsDOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search
PC World
Authors and publishers initially filed the suit against Google, charging the search giant with copyright infringement for scanning books without always ...
US Antitrust Regulators To Investigate Google's $125 Million ...AHN
US Probes Google's $125 Million Book-Scanning SettlementBloomberg
Regulators eye Google book dealBBC News Economic Times -Washington Post -Wired News all 73 news articles » - Usenet Loses RIAA Copyright Infringement Suit - InformationWeek
Ars TechnicaUsenet Loses RIAA Copyright Infringement Suit
InformationWeek
The music industry group is shifting away from targeting individuals and toward going after companies that make copyright violations possible. ...
RIAA wins copyright infringement suit against Usernet.comTopNews United States
RIAA claims victory in Usenet.com copyright caseRegister
RIAA Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against UsenetWall Street Journal Digitaltrends.com -Mediapost.com -Geek.com all 43 news articles » - Insert a Copyright From the Keyboard - Washington PostInsert a Copyright From the Keyboard
Washington Post
I know two ways to do this. One is easier, but the other will work in just about any Windows program. This won't work with the typewriter number keys--the ...and more » - Judge: Ono owns copyright to rare Lennon footage - The Associated Press
Straits TimesJudge: Ono owns copyright to rare Lennon footage
The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) ? Yoko Ono is the rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing John Lennon and his family in London in 1970, a federal judge has ...
Judge rules in Yoko Ono's favor in film copyright caseExaminer.com
Ono wins fight against Mass. firm for footage of ex-BeatleBoston Globe
Yoko Ono wins lawsuit to own rare John Lennon footageXinhua NECN -BeatCrave.com -The Press Association -abc7.com all 307 news articles »
Copyright Blog Posts
- All Federal Works in the Public Domain (NOT!)
...that no, not all federal government works are in the public domain. Those created by federal employees and federal officers in the course of their duties are in the public domain; but contractors who create federal government works sometimes...by Noloâ?™s Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Blog - World e-Book Faire
Project Gutenberg and the World Public Library are co-promoting a month-long event with that name. Their theme is one of "public access" and they're offering something like two million eBooks for download. I haven't investigated completely but it...by Copyfight - p2pnet reports that Thomas-Rasset is going to file appeal
According to this report in p2pnet.net, the attorneys for Jammie Thomas-Rasset have indicated that they are planning to file an appeal in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset. -->*-->* Document published online at Internet Law & Regulation-->Commentary &...by Recording Industry vs The People - Hill Times Features Op-Ed Copyright Lobby Recycling
The Hill Times features a full-page opinion piece (sub req) (PDF version) based on my recent post on copyright lobby policy laundering.by Michael Geist's Blog - Judge Posner's Copyright Proposal To Save Newspapers -- A Cosmic Paperboy?
... s second suggestion, i.e. bar linking to or paraphrasing news articles, potentially could have greater implications. Currently, copyright allows all of us to repeat facts found in books, newspapers and on the Internet if we do not copy the way...by Fair Use Blog
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