Archive for December 2006
| Dec 21st 2006 |
Gone skiin’Ellis is 18 months old today, so guess what he’s getting — and where he’s going — for Christmas? See you next year! |
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| Dec 20th 2006 |
Link to Webcast declared Copyright InfringementA federal trial court judge in Texas recently ruled that one website owner’s link to a webcast posted on another website infringes the second website owner’s copyright in the webcast. You can read the case, Live Nation Motor Sports v. Davis, here. One small lesson is that the statutory formalities for obtaining […] |
| Dec 11th 2006 |
It may be big and useful, but, I’m sorry, it’s just not very creativeA producer of rubber – er, you know what — can’t rely on copyright law to prevent a competitor from using its designs, says Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of the U.S. District Court for northern California in her November 17th opinion in ConWest Resources Inc. v. Playtime Novelties Inc. |
| Dec 6th 2006 |
Compare and contrast: law firm v. start-upI’ve been cataloging my early impressions of Law Firm Life (Take 2) and comparing them to my experiences at a start-up. Sorta random, but here’s the list so far: |
| Dec 4th 2006 |
Caveat investorA lawsuit accusing Napster investors Hummer Winblad and Bertelsmann of contributory copyright infringement should proceed to trial, says Judge Patel, who presided over the original suit against Napster. Napster-the-corporation is long bankrupt and defunct, of course, so the record companies, music publishers and composers that sued the company have been seeking compensation from its investors. They claim the investors […] |
| Dec 3rd 2006 |
Tech Law 4.0? (Part 1)In typical tech industry fashion, Web 2.0 is last eon’s news, and Web 3.0, the arrival of which was declared by some over a year ago, will soon be yesterday’s news. Search for Web 4.0, and you’ll already find people staking their claims (and others driving stakes through them). All this, despite the fact that […] |
| Dec 1st 2006 |
Stallman on the Microsoft-Novell dealRichard Stallman says the Microsoft-Novell deal does not violate the GPL v2. |