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Category Archives: Intellectual Property
Moral and Ethical Relativism
Moral relativism is the philosophy that different moral truths hold for different people. Ethical subjectivism is the philosophy that morality is different for one person than it is for another. Cultural Relativsm says that morality dependent on culture. According to … Continue reading
LimeWire’s Hollow Victory
A few months ago, we wrote about the lawsuit filed by several record labels against LimeWire. LimeWire was once a very popular file sharing website. Judges found the site liable for copyright infringement by wrongfully assisting users in illegally downloading … Continue reading
Scott Turow and Copyright
Scott Turow is a best selling author of books like Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof, and many others. Before that he was an Assistant US Attorney in Chicago. Given these two very separate careers, Turow has had a unique … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, Intellectual Property
Tagged copyright, new york times, scott turow
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The Shocking Scope of Piracy
NBC Universal recently commissioned a report to back up their call to Washington lawmakers to get tougher on punishing those who infringe on copyrights. The results shocked even those of us who keep a keen eye on intellectual property and … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, Intellectual Property
Tagged Congress, Google, nbc, pirace, torrent
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Senator Leahy Takes Another Shot at Piracy
In September of 2010, Sentator Patrick Leahy introduced legislation called the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act. It had support on both sides of the political fence and unanimously passed the judiciary committee, but then failed to pass the Senate … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, Intellectual Property
Tagged anti-piracy, Patrick Leahy, piracy
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Limewire Trial Update
Lime Wire has been in the news quite a bit for their legal issues regarding their file-sharing site. In fact, we’ve touched on the subject a couple of times here. Here is the recap and the latest news in the … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, Intellectual Property, Music
Tagged copyright, file sharing, Lime Wire, Warner Music
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Piracy Hurts Everybody
There has been much discussion about the effects of digital piracy on the large record labels, the megastar artists, and the James Camerons of Hollywood. Piracy effects those of us in the stock music industry as well. What most people … Continue reading
Navy SEAL vs. Pirates?
Former United States Senator Bob Kerrey has agreed to lead the Motion Picture Association of America. Kerrey, who some may remember from his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination of 1992, will replace Dan Glickman as the CEO of the … Continue reading
Posted in copyright, Intellectual Property, Music
Tagged Bob Kerry, MPAA, piracy, RIAA
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Song Sharing Penalty Reduced
In July of 2009, Joel Tenenbaum was found guilty of illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs online. In the lawsuit, the jury awarded the music companies a whopping $675,000 in damages. Earlier this month, Nancy Gertner, a federal judge in … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, digital ethics, file sharing, Intellectual Property
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Google and YouTube Win Lawsuit With Viacom
In a landmark victory for Google Inc., a New York federal judge threw out Viacom Inc’s one billion dollar lawsuit alleging that Google allowed copyrighted videos on it’s YouTube site with our permission. Judge Louis Stanton ruled that it would … Continue reading
