September 3, 2010

Is The Contract Cast Members Sign To Be On Survivor Covered By Copyright? CBS Thinks So…

Eric Goldman points us to the news that CBS sent a DMCA takedown to Scribd after the reality TV site RealityBlurred.com uploaded a copy of the contract castmembers sign before being able to go on the show Survivor , as well as a copy of the "rulebook" they receive.

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Huge Push In Brazil To Legalize File Sharing

We've discussed some interesting things happening down in Brazil when it comes to copyright.

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September 2, 2010

Righthaven’s Brand of Copyright Trolling

Copyright trolls are nothing new, and Righthaven is just the latest group of lawyers to try to turn copyright litigation into a business model.

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Runescape Publisher Denied Preliminary Injunction Against Maker of…

Runescape Publisher Denied Preliminary Injunction Against Maker of Auto-Player Software -- Jagex Ltd.

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August 31, 2010

Survivor contract, rule book are back online

In late July, almost eight weeks after I first published analysis and comment on an annotated version of the contract cast members sign, a CBS lawyer in New York sent a DMCA takedown notice to Scribd , the document hosting service I used to present the files in an easy-to-use reader.

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TWiL 75: Morons In A Hurry

The dark side of the Google, who Paul Allen isn't suing, music lawsuits and rights, shedding more light on net neutrality, and more.

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