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- The shoe drops on Judge Kent
Here is the Chronicle article on the unusual federal sexual harassment indictment against U.S. District Judge Sam Kent. The previous posts on this matter are here. Judge Kent will apparently defend himself by what amounts to confession and avoidance -- that is, conceding that sexual advances were made, but that they were consensual in nature. In my view, that will be an extremely difficult defense for a defendant-judge to sustain in front of a jury. This one has the potential to be very ugly...
(August 28, 2008) - Forum Nacional de Direito Autoral II - Que triste..
Acompanhei via Internet o Forum Nacional de Direito Autoral, contando com a transmissao via streaming do site do MinC e com as twittadas do Marcelo Trasel. Mais uma vez, assisti muito decepcionado a um evento que, com certeza, pouco teve de debate concreto e sim de disputa entre setores. Em 1o. lugar, um palestrante confundir "copyright" com [...]
(August 28, 2008) - PL de Cibercrimes - e os Evangelistas estão chegando…
"Os Alquimistas Estão chegando Estão chegando Os Alquimistas…(2x) (…) Moram bem longe dos homens Escolhem com carinho A hora e o tempo Do seu precioso trabalho…" Jorge Ben ou Jorge Benjor Estou em uma semana bastante atarefada, mas não posso deixar de comentar um pouco mais sobre este PL dos cibercrimes, principalmente sobre a sua repercussão entre os não-advogados. Vez por outra, quando o assunto envolve [...]
(August 28, 2008) - O que o meio da música pode ter aprendido com esses caras ?
Num futuro post perto de você. O que a indústria do torrent pode ensinar para a sobrevivência da indústria da cultura :
(August 28, 2008) - Archive Video of Interviews with SAG Candidates
Yesterday, I did live streaming video interviews with SAG candidates and board members from the incumbent, dominant faction, Membership First (represented by David Jolliffe and Ann-Marie Johnson), and the challengers, Unite for Strength (represented by Ned Vaughn). Some highlights from the interviews: Unite for Strength appears to have many of the same positions on contract issues, generally speaking as Membership First, although Ned was vague about a lot of this, saying that he wasn't in the...
(August 27, 2008) - Justice fumbles again
Even when chronically-wrong Chronicle sports columnist Richard Justice gets something right, he immediately follows it with more poorly-reasoned blather. In this blog post, Justice pays tribute to former Texas Tech football coach Spike Dykes, who is truly one of the nicest men ever to be a successful head coach in the big-time college football. But rather than leave well enough alone, Justice proceeds to engage in more myth-making about current Tech head coach, Mike Leach: Not many Division I...
(August 27, 2008) - Mail On Sunday Apologizes To Sir Salman Rushdie Over Excerpts From Book
The Guardian reports that the Mail on Sunday says it will apologize to author Salman Rushdie for reprinting statements from a book it excerpted; Sir Salman won a libel judgment against the book's author, Ron Evans, this week. The book,...
(August 27, 2008) - U. S. Patent Office Will Continue To Re-Examine Blackboard Patent
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the U.S. Patent Office has denied a request from Blackboard, the course management software company, to stay a review of a patent the Office had granted the company. Blackboard is in the midst...
(August 27, 2008) - Mail On Sunday Apologizes To Sir Salman Rushdie Over Excerpts From Book
The Guardian reports that the Mail on Sunday says it will apologize to author Salman Rushdie for reprinting statements from a book it excerpted; Sir Salman won a libel judgment against the book's author, Ron Evans, this week. The book,...
(August 27, 2008) - Blogger Arraigned On Charges of Violating Copyright After Posting Guns 'n Roses Songs To Website
The BBC reports that blogger Kevin Cogill has made bail after being arraigned on charges of having violated the copyright laws for posting nine Guns 'n Roses songs on his website. The songs are believed to come from the band's...
(August 27, 2008) - Nicholas Kristof on Media Ethics
Nicholas Kristof discusses his reporting on the anthrax investigation involving Dr. Steven Hatfill and apologizes to Dr. Hatfill, offers some hypotheticals involving other high profile cases, and wonders about when reporters report, and when they keep still. Read his column...
(August 27, 2008) - Mail On Sunday Apologizes To Sir Salman Rushdie Over Excerpts From Book
The Guardian reports that the Mail on Sunday says it will apologize to author Salman Rushdie for reprinting statements from a book it excerpted; Sir Salman won a libel judgment against the book's author, Ron Evans, this week. The book,...
(August 27, 2008) - Jackson Browne Sues John McCain
by Tamera H. Bennett August 27, 2008 Browne v. McCain On August 14, 2008 Jackson Browne sued John McCain, the Ohio Republican Party and the Republican National Party for copyright infringement, false association under the Lanham Act, and common law right of publicity infringement for an ad created by the Ohio Republican Party that features Browne's hit "Running [...]
(August 26, 2008) - The genesis of a mortgage fraud hotspot
Dealbreaker's essential Opening Bell yesterday included the following note about the connection between the state of Florida and mortgage fraud: Florida tops 1Q mortgage fraud list (AP) This is not surprising... Florida is already a key location of the housing bubble. What's more, Florida tops every fraud list. Hello, Boca Raton? Clearwater? These cities are to fraud what Hungary is to Paprika. It's an industry. Plus, doesn't Florida have really lax mortgage/bankruptcy laws as it is? However,...
(August 26, 2008) - Update: Mattel Gets $100 Million Award
A federal jury has awarded Mattel $100 million in that infringemant lawsuit over the Bratz dolls against MGA. Read more here.
(August 26, 2008) - The Effects of Illegal Music Downloading on Sales
Jordi Mckenzie, University of Sydney, has published "Illegal Music Downloading and its Impact on Legitimate Sales: Australian Empirical Evidence." Here is the abstract. This paper explores illegal music file-sharing activity and its effect on Australian sales of singles in the...
(August 26, 2008) - ABC Producer Arrested Outside Brown Palace Hotel
ABC News reports that one of its producers was arrested as he and his crew filmed Senators and others leaving the Brown Palace Hotel. ABC says its employees were on a public sidewalk at the time. The hotel filed a...
(August 26, 2008) - A Policeman's Lot Is Not a Happy One
The Advertising Standards Authority has sided with the National Federation of Retail Newsagents over an advertisement run by the National Policing Improvement Agency intended to recruit new special constables. It showed a police officer entering a shop with a sign...
(August 26, 2008) - The FTC, Sales Rules, and Prerecorded Sales Calls
Eric Sinrod discusses the FTC's decision to move on all those annoying prerecorded sales calls.
(August 26, 2008) - Jury: Mattel Gets Forty Million
A jury has awarded Mattel $40 million in damages in its lawsuit against MGA over the Bratz dolls. Read more here.
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