Online petition: Against the Orphan Works Act of 2008. This bill is no better than the one that I wrote about the Journal of the Copyright Society this Spring. It even includes a registration database requirement, which is an anathema to the stated purpose of the copyright clause of the Constitution. If you have time, [...]
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I haven’t gone through both new versions of the Orphan Works bills (House, Senate). However, this month the Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA published my article detailing problems with all previous versions of orphan works legislation. Here is a PDF of the article, Darrin Keith Henning, Copyright’s Deus Ex Machina: Economic Fostering [...]
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110th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2913 To provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 24, 2008 Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. HATCH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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Six months ago, the last version of an Orphan Works bill died in Congressional committee. Now, a new Orphan Works bill has surfaced in two different versions, one in the House and one in the Senate. Here is the House version: 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5889 To provide a limitation on judicial remedies [...]
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Rep. Berman: Pro-IP bill will become law in 2008 Rep. Howard Berman, who heads a congressional panel in charge of writing copyright legislation, lashed out at Internet pirates this week and defended his effort to add stiffer anticopying penalties to federal law. Berman, a Democrat who represents the congressional district near Hollywood, said at a [...]
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This month, in Marketing Information Masters v. The Trustees of the California State University (full PDF of decision here), the US Dist. Ct. for the S. Dist. of Cal. found the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act to be unconstitutional for removing sovereign immunity for state workers working in their official capacity. The court determined that Congress exceeded [...]
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HR 4137, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, passed the house. It seeks to reduce higher education costs, increases Pell Grants, and . . . seeks to elimitate peer-to-peer file sharing on college campuses. Yes, just what higher ed has been clamboring for, more money for students and an unfunded mandate to police their computer [...]
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110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4279 To enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. ——————————————————————————– IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 5, 2007 Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Issa, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Keller of Florida, Ms. [...]
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So long I couldn’t even read it all. The broad strokes increase statutory damages and create each dirivitive work as a seperate infringement. Unneeded and likely to harm technological innovation driving the purchase of IP instead of reducing any theft. Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2007
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110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1957 To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 2, 2007 Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. KOHL, Mrs. CLINTON, and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the following bill; which [...]
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