Wendy's Blog: Legal TagsMusings of a techie lawyerThe FCC Stumbles into Internet Filtering- June 25, 2008 What could be bad about free wireless Internet access How about censorship by federally mandated filters that make it no longer &8220;Internet.&8221; That&8217;s the effect of the FCC&8217;s proposed service rules for Advanced Wireless Service spectrum in the 2155-2180 MHz band, as set out in a July 20 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Acting on ...http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/06/25/the-fcc-stumbles-into-internet-filtering... DMCA Repeat Infringers: Scientology Critics Account Reinstated after Counter-Notification- June 6, 2008 The Scientology critic known as Wise Beard Man returned to YouTube this week after successfully filing counter-notifications to copyright claims that had earlier been made against his account. The takedown and delayed return illuminate another of the lesser-known shoals of the DMCA safe harbor, the 512(i)(1)(A) repeat infringers consideration. As Mark Bunker, the critic, ...http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/06/06/dmca-repeat-infringers-scientology-criti... NYT Editorial Supports Copyright Rationality in Sports- June 5, 2008 The New York Times has a nice editorial today on the Supreme Court&8217;s denial of cert to the MLB&8217;s claims to own fantasy baseball. That leaves the case where the Eighth Circuit did, saying that fantasy leagues created around major-league baseball facts are fair game, not the property of MLB. Great to see ...http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/06/05/nyt-editorial-supports-copyright-rationa... Incipient Intellectual Property- June 4, 2008 We talk a lot about the ways intellectual property stifles innovation once it attaches &8212; the patent thickets created when dozens of companies claim rights to parts of the same widget-process, the hindrance to free expression and commentary posed by copyright clams to political imagery or culture &8212; but lately, I&8217;ve been wondering about the ...http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2008/06/04/incipient-intellectual-property.html |