Copyright
Interim Register of Copyrights Named As Marybeth Peters Retires
On Friday, the Library of Congress announced that it has put Senior Adviser Maria Pallante in charge as the current Register Marybeth Peters retires at the end of the year.
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Copyright
Copyright Alliance Picks Time Warner Lawyer To Head Up Its Lobbying Efforts
The Copyright Alliance on Monday named Sandra Aistars as its executive director. Aistars succeeds the group’s Founder Patrick Ross, a well-respected Washington, D.C. technology journalist who left earlier this year to return to writing.
Copyright
Motion Picture Association Fills Litigation Counsel Spot
The Motion Picture Association of America on Monday announced that it has hired Karen Thorland as vice president and senior content protection counsel.
Copyright
In U.S. Crackdown on “Pirate” Sites, It’s Sometimes Difficult To Determine Who’s a Pirate
Late into the night at the end of November, a text message woke up Waleed A. Gad El Kareem, an open-source web developer in Alexandria, Egypt. The 31-year-old developer had set up an alert to tell him whenever his site Torrent-Finder.com was inaccessible online. “I waited for it to come back, and i
Copyright
China Agrees To Update Intellectual Property Rules, Asks U.S. To Relax Export Controls
Government officials from both the United States and China on Wednesday said that they had made progress on several key issues that had been on the table during their trade negotiations in the past couple of days in Washington, D.C.
Copyright
Harvard Crimson Gives A Positive Review Of The Movie Industry’s Approach To Illegal Downloading
Harvard’s student newspaper on Monday endorsed the way that the movie industry has approached the phenomenon of illegal downloading at university campuses, calling it “a sensible compromise.”
Intellectual Property
Report: Chinese Companies Copy, Then Undercut Foreign Competitors
The New York Times on Tuesday profiled Spanish wind turbine parts maker Gamesa and its experience as a manufacturer in China. The paper reports that the company was made to train local suppliers, who then “undermine Gamesa by selling parts to its Chinese competitors.”
Intellectual Property
Google, Microsoft, Obama Admin team Up To Fight Drug Counterfeiters Online
The Obama administration, alongside a group of 11 key technology companies on Tuesday unveiled a new non-profit group aimed at cracking down on online “pharmacies” that sell fake drugs. “Trafficking in counterfeits is not victimless,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the White House Intelle
Senate Finance
Cable From U.S. Embassy In Beijing Reveals U.S. Perspective on Trade Relationship
For all of the tough talk coming out of Congress as the United States and China embark on a high profile trade summit today, a confidential memo sent by U.S. Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman at the beginning of 2010 illustrates how the fortunes of the two countries have changed in modern times, and how th
Senate Finance
U.S. Senate Finance Committee Keeps Up Pressure on Chinese
As requested by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. International Trade Commission on Monday released the first of two comprehensive reports detailing the impact of China’s “indigenous innovation” policies and its local intellectual property enforcement regime on the U.S. economy.
Copyright
Movie and Newspaper Associations, Software Makers Support Viacom’s Appeal of Billion Dollar YouTube Court Decision
A Clinton administration architect of a digital age copyright law, a former solicitor general for the United States, and an army of content industry associations on Friday sided with Viacom in its appeal of a June court decision that said that YouTube wasn’t liable for infringing the media company’s
Infrastructure
FCC Studies Show Consumers Generally Happy With Broadband Offerings
WASHINGTON, December 10, 2010 – The issue of competition among broadband providers has been greatly debated. Some claim that there is a cozy duopoly between cable and DSL while others claim that there is no competition due to lack of access. While it is true that not every area has a truly competit
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New Date for ‘China & Intellectual Property with the Chinese Embassy IP Attache’
WASHINGTON, December 7, 2010 – The internet and intellectual property policy news and events service BroadbandBreakfast.com is postponing its December breakfast , “China & Intellectual Property with the Chinese Embassy IP Attache.” An unforeseen change in the schedule of Fuli Chen, the Chinese Emba
Intellectual Property
Ahead of Visit, U.S. Senators Petition China’s Vice Premier on Intellectual Property, Indigenous Innovation, and Beef
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday asked China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan to resolve several “longstanding irritants to the U.S.-China economic relationship” ahead of the Chinese dignatory’s visit next week to participate in an annual trade summit in Washington D.C. [https://broadbandbre
Copyright
Viacom: YouTube Doesn’t Qualify For the DMCA’s Safe Harbor
Google’s YouTube isn’t eligible for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provisions because its founders deliberately built the business on pirated content, according to media behemoth Viacom’s lawyers in an appeal of a June district court ruling against its favor. The appeal cites int
Copyright
MPAA Interim Chief “Encouraged” By Google’s Efforts to Curb Online Piracy
The acting chief of the Motion Picture Association of America says that he was “encouraged” by Google’s recent announcement about technical changes it is making to stifle online piracy.
