Tag: FAIR USE

We thought the provisions in the WIPO broadcast treaty which would add a layer of intellectual property rights were kaput, over, dead-as-a-doornail. Wrong. In May a new version of the treaty was introduced and, contrary to widespread belief about the changes which had been planned, language still exists in the WIPO treat which -- if passed -- would create a brave new world of copyright madness. ...

The next time one of your fair-use zealot friends starts in on a tirade over dinner, you may want to pay closer attention. Shelly Batts, a Phd candidate at the University of Michigan, recently received a nasty-gram from Wiley, publishers of the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, ordering her -- in some fairly stern language -- to remove a diagram she'd used in a post on her site. ...

Though people have some funny ideas about copyright, they're justified in assuming that if they own a CD, it's fair use for them to rip it to their own computer or iPod, right? Well, not according to the RIAA. Despite the fact that a year or so ago the RIAA's Don Verrilli told the Supreme Court that the RIAA considers this sort of space-shifting "perfectly legal," they've submitted a ...