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Neighborhood Watch: The Negation Of Rights Caused By The Notice Requirement In Copyright Enforcement Under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Colin Folawn Jan 2003

Neighborhood Watch: The Negation Of Rights Caused By The Notice Requirement In Copyright Enforcement Under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Colin Folawn

Seattle University Law Review

Part II of this Comment explains why the DMCA was created, beginning with a brief discussion of modern copyright justifications. Part III lays out the mechanics of the notice requirement and the safe harbor protection for ISPs. Part IV focuses on inconsistencies among the courts and the enforcement dilemma posed by the DMCA. Part V proposes a different standard for the initial notice, encouraging ISPs to work cooperatively with independent copyright holders. This part includes a preview of services and software that exist and that are being developed to ease the burden of finding and managing digital content. Finally, Part …


Scope Of Due Diligence Investigation In Obtaining Title To Valuable Artwork, Marilyn E. Phelan Jan 2000

Scope Of Due Diligence Investigation In Obtaining Title To Valuable Artwork, Marilyn E. Phelan

Seattle University Law Review

This Article will explore the concept of "due diligence investigation" for valuable art objects and the considerations that properly frame the scope of such an examination. The Article represents that because, as between a dispossessed owner and a good faith purchaser of artworks, equities are balanced in favor of the dispossessed owner, current law has imposed a higher standard of diligence on the purchaser. Thus, the Article will underscore the need for purchasers and collectors to conduct appropriate and comprehensive investigations into title of artworks they acquire or already possess and will demonstrate that a due diligence investigation is the …


Legal Mechanisms Of Public-Private Partnerships: Promoting Economic Development Or Benefiting Corporate Welfare?, Nick Beermann Jan 1999

Legal Mechanisms Of Public-Private Partnerships: Promoting Economic Development Or Benefiting Corporate Welfare?, Nick Beermann

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment argues that while the public may ultimately benefit economically from public-private partnership development, the legal mechanisms used in public-private partnerships to skirt the constitution violate the public trust by (1) precluding the public from obtaining information regarding these projects; (2) denying the taxpaying public their right to participate in public choices and spending decisions that affect them; and (3) severely impinging on the public's state constitutional right to the referendum process. Furthermore, by allowing these mechanisms to exist, the Washington Supreme Court only furthers the violation of the public's trust, while simultaneously weakening the role of the judiciary …


Players, Owners, And Contracts In The Nfl: Why The Self-Help Specific Performance Remedy Cannot Escape The Clean Hands Doctrine, Stephen C. Wichmann Jan 1999

Players, Owners, And Contracts In The Nfl: Why The Self-Help Specific Performance Remedy Cannot Escape The Clean Hands Doctrine, Stephen C. Wichmann

Seattle University Law Review

Is it fair that professional football players possess so much control in renegotiating contracts? Do the players in fact possess the control that we perceive them to have? Often, players do have most of the bargaining power, as in the case of college players being chosen in the draft. Once a team has chosen to pursue a draftee out of college, no other team has the right to interfere with that process. If that club fails to sign the player, the club wastes a valuable pick, and there is no remedy for such a failure. But after that introduction into …