IP Strategies

Here are a few links to articles about managing intellectual property.

 David Byrne writes about the options that musicians have for Wired Magazine.

Outside the Beltway discussed the impact of the “first use”  doctrine on Netflix’s business plan

Some downsides to sending cease and desist letters.

US and .com based jurisdiction

Copyright and Technology on the upholding of the British Digital Economy Act

thinking about EULA’s

Thinking about free licenses

legal primer for open source

three strikes rule in France works — but does it?

theft and piracy - ingram

privacy a la franken

Pintrest a primer on their copyright issues

Pinterest . a lawyer’s take on this

Pinterest - giving credit

Pinterest – as traffic driver

pinterest - law has not caught up to the reality

a contrary view about representation

important German court decision about Youtube

viacom’s second suit against Youtube

Megaupload criminal service booboo

Harry Potter and DRM

larry lessig’s TED talk

ECJ judgment in SAS from groklaw

accessing vpn

wired report on US domain seizures - and follow the link to the longer term strategy

so you have been sued

some general advice - and criminal law standard

why megaupload was a criminal case

willfullness - acting to intend to violate the law. the split in interpretation

legal thinking about domain seizures

legal analysis of protect Ip act

larry downes on civil forfeiture

a paper on the legal and policy framework for domain seizure

registration options

thinking about ISOC and Paul Brigner

TPB decision impacts

RIAA’s making available theory

Tunecore blog post on Grooveshark

nyt on tunecore

partnering with musicians

bit torrent usage patterns linked to legal availability

hollywood’s strategy to pursue voluntary agreements

amazon licenses its cloud matching service

Canadian copyright reform

learning java

twitter bounces linked in

albert wenger’s talk on web threats and opportunities

youtube’s Content ID antipiracy system

ten principles for web apps

facebook’s network weakness

artists rights movement

parloff on megaupload and dmca

dan mitchell tells the same story as parloff with a different slant

NY cablevision case leads to aero

Sony v. Universal USSC

tech dirt - background on ACTA and info on inducement - grokster

understanding grokster

modus operandi and grokster

applying inducement to mega

an update on royadirecta

ars technica on the civil/criminal thing in mega

artists and ownership in comic books

seo strategies

seo strategies - from kigo