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The Power of the ‘Net (and the Heck With Copyright)
My son, also named Michael, is a budding filmmaker (alright, so is half of LA). About three years ago, when he was a junior at UCLA he and a friend made a short fan film for a Star Wars fan site. The...
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Will the Internet Finally Undo the Entertainment Industry Monopoly Over...
What happens to existing distribution networks when new methods of distribution become feasible? The general rule has been that existing distributors will pressure producers to eschew these new forms...
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Just What We Don’t Need – A Copyright Czar
Congress recent passed, and the President signed the PRO-IP Act (”Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007″). The Act established a new cabinet-level position, an...
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Google Stares Down Book Industry: Publishers Blink, Google Book Search Wins
In September 2005, Google was sued by the Authors Guild, the American Association of Publishers and a number of individual authors for copyright infringement for its “Google Book Search” project (which...
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From Pages to Platforms: The Law of Web 2.0 and Beyond
Last Thursday, Josh Kagan gave a talk on Web 2.0 law for my Internet & E-Commerce Law class here at Southwestern Law School. Josh covered several interesting topics, including copyleft licenses,...
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Priming the Pump – Copyright Style
Over the past several years there have been a steady stream of stories about the record industry pursuing alleged song downloaders from P2P networks. While hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against...
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Associated Press Gets It Wrong, Again
As many newspapers fold or downsize, companies that make their money from selling content to those newspapers are running into financial problems as well. One of the most visible, and outspoken, of...
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And Now … Admiralty Law?!?
When I began practicing in the field of computer law (a quaint term today), a good computer lawyer had to know contract law, and some tax law — and that was pretty much all. Patents were available for...
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You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
The growth of the Internet over the last 15 years has been nothing less than spectacular. Few could have imagined when the U.S. government open up the Internet to individuals and commercial interests...
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Technology vs. Law: Which Should Lead?
I was intrigued by a recent study of the views of entering college freshman done by Beloit College. Many of the items related to technology, such as: • With cell phones to tell them the time, there is...
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