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Downstream Copyright Infringers, Yvette Joy Liebesman
Downstream Copyright Infringers, Yvette Joy Liebesman
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The advent of on-line music sales has been a boon to the recording industry as well as for musicians and the general public. Previously unknown artists have found new avenues to showcase their work, and consumers have easy access to an enormous variety of musical genres.
Yet an unintended consequence of the ability to sell songs through internet downloads is a novel, and until now, unnoticed way to infringe on copyrights - which, unless remedied, could lead to new classes of defendants never contemplated or desired to be ensnared in the Copyright Act’s protections for artists, musicians and authors. Unlike …
Yours For Keeps: Mgm V. Grokster, Max Oppenheimer
Yours For Keeps: Mgm V. Grokster, Max Oppenheimer
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In MGM v. Grokster, now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, all parties have made the assumption that most P2P file transfers infringe copyrights. Two theories contradict that assumption: a significant number of individuals who transfer files over P2P networks may have a license to do so, and the Copyright Act itself may exempt the transfer of certain categories of entertainment files over P2P networks from the definition of infringement.
Communicating Entitlements: Property And The Internet, William Hubbard
Communicating Entitlements: Property And The Internet, William Hubbard
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Current Developments In Cyberspace, Eric Easton
Current Developments In Cyberspace, Eric Easton
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