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Jurisdiction, Choice Of Law, Copyright, And The Internet: Protection Against Framing In An International Setting, Kai Burmeister Dec 1999

Jurisdiction, Choice Of Law, Copyright, And The Internet: Protection Against Framing In An International Setting, Kai Burmeister

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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Internet Framing: Complement Or Hijack , Raymond Chan Jun 1999

Internet Framing: Complement Or Hijack , Raymond Chan

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

Currently, the technology of "framing" allows a web site to: (1) pull in the contents of an external site into the local site; (2) "chop" up the contents of the external site into different "frames" or parts; and (3) display only the frames that are beneficial to the framing site. When an advertisements is blocked off by a frame, an advertiser who paid to advertise at an external (framed) site may cease to purchase advertising space from that external site if the framing activities of another web site prevent the advertisement from reaching prospective viewers. From the perspective of the …


The Sat Is No Laughing Matter For Seinfeld: Issues Of Copyright Infringement And Fair Use In Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. V. Carol Publishing Group, Inc., Maria E. Sous Jan 1999

The Sat Is No Laughing Matter For Seinfeld: Issues Of Copyright Infringement And Fair Use In Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. V. Carol Publishing Group, Inc., Maria E. Sous

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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The Cyberian Captivity Of Copyright: Territoriality And Authors' Rights In A Networked World, Jane C. Ginsburg Jan 1999

The Cyberian Captivity Of Copyright: Territoriality And Authors' Rights In A Networked World, Jane C. Ginsburg

Faculty Scholarship

Let me start with two items of received wisdom: 1) Copyright is territorially-based; 2) Cyberspace is not. But copyrighted works circulate in cyberspace. What does that mean for their protection? I have not labeled this essay "The Cyberian Captivity of Copyright," just because the title is alliterative and fittingly portentious for an inaugural lecture. Rather, like the "Babylonian Captivity" of the papacy in Avignon that the title recalls, it suggests a displacement of an international institution. This need not mean, however, that the displacement is a Bad Thing - after all, the French probably have a more favorable view of …