Logic Sold Separately - Website for entrepreneurial web developers Article provides advice to external web developers to protect ownership of software behind customer websites.
Publisher: Sitepoint.com     Author: Janet Langjahr   

Memo Regarding Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Provisions Of Digital Millennium Copyright Act - This memo discusses the U.S. Copyright Office's requirements for "Designation by Service Provider of Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement" in order for a service provider to qualify for the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Publisher: Susan E. Gindin     Author: Susan E. Gindin   

Message Board Misconduct and the Law - What can you do when someone posts a nasty message about you or your company on an Internet message board? What if the message defames you or contains your copyrighted material?
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Jay Hollander   

Owned and Controlled Licenses - The integration of which I write is when one company purchases another company, in whole or in part, and the second company is in the business of exploiting some or all of the rights owned by the first company.
Publisher: Power HomeBiz Guides     Author: Ivan Hoffman   

Statutory Damages in Copyright Law and the MP3.com Case - A multi-million award against the company MP3.com highlights the importance of "statutory damages" in U.S. copyright law.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Michael Landau   

The Case of the Invisible Infringer: Metatags, Trademark Infringement and False Designation of Origin - Herbalife’s letter states that if HerbalFit does not remove all references to Herbalife’s products from HerbalFit’s web page, Herbalife will sue HerbalFit for trademark infringement and false designation of origin. (Case Study)
Publisher: Journal of Technology Law & Policy     Author: Veronica Tucci   

The Digital Rights Conundrum - Copyright violations have come to haunt Disney and The New York Times. Are you sure your company has a handle on the proper use of proprietary content? Digital rights management sits at the intersection of intellectual property and evolving technology.
Publisher: Transform Magazine     Author: Julie Gable   

The Importance of Electronic Publication Rights - Are publishers entitled to place the contents of their newspapers and periodicals into electronic databases and on CD-ROM without first receiving the permission of the individual freelance authors whose contributions are included on those periodicals? At least one court has said "no." This article explains why.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Michael Landau   

The Rules for Using Public Domain Materials - just what is the "public domain" and how do you know when a work is copyrighted and when it is not?
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Lloyd Jassin   

The Tension Between Free Speech and Copyright - The DeCSS case -- in which a hacker was sued for copyright infringement when he created a program that decrypted the copy-protection scheme for DVDs -- illustrates the conflicts between the First Amendment and intellectual property laws.
Publisher: Gigalaw.com     Author: Stan Morris