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		<title>Works for Hire, Copyright Terminations and Marvel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been asked about the following topic several times this week, so I will address it briefly on the blog: For those of you who are unfamiliar with the dispute between Marvel Entertainment and the heirs of Jack Kirby, Kirby is the creator of several well-known comic book characters, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=472&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Disclosure Requirements for Endorsements and Reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 5, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission announced revisions to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, effective Tuesday, December 1, 2009. [Federal Register Notice] [Revised Guides] Some of the more significant changes include: Advertisements that feature a consumer conveying atypical experiences with a product or service must now disclose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=457&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Use, Good Faith and DMCA Takedown Notices</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/fair-use-good-faith-and-dmca-takedown-notices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides a process by which a copyright owner may demand the removal of its copyrighted materials from the systems of a service provider. See 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)(A). To submit this demand, the copyright owner must, among other things, have a &#8220;good faith belief that use of the [copyrighted] [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=440&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Jurisdiction Issues for eBay Sellers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Boschetto v. Hansing et al., No. 06-16595, 2008 WL 3852676 (9th Cir. Aug. 20, 2008), pertaining to the courts&#8217; exercise of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state eBay sellers (i.e., whether an out-of-state eBay seller may be sued in a particular court). [Decision] In Boschetto, the plaintiff [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=427&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software Freedom Law Center Releases Guide to GPL Compliance</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/software-freedom-law-center-releases-guide-to-gpl-compliance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Software Freedom Law Center released its Practical Guide to GPL Compliance today. The Guide is written in an easy-to-read manner, and discusses, among other things, best practices and the various options available for compliance. Software developers who utilize code released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), or who suspect that their products may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=419&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exceeding Authorized Access Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/exceeding-authorized-access-under-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is another news item sitting in my perpetual ‘time permitting’ stack, pertaining to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and what it means to &#8220;exceed[] authorized access&#8221; (at least in some districts): Last month, the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee issued a ruling in Black &#38; Decker (US), Inc. v. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=384&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright Protection for Open Source Software</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/copyright-protection-for-open-source-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in Jacobsen v. Katzer et al., No. 2008-100, 2008 WL 3395772 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2008). The ruling vacated a decision by the district (lower) court, which had held that the remedy for violation of an open source license was limited to breach of contract. [Decision] In Jacobsen, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=341&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shortcuts, Third-Party Ads and the Dangers of Automatic Content</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/shortcuts-third-party-ads-and-the-dangers-of-automatic-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN posted an article earlier this week about Yahoo Shortcuts tagging an article concerning Ashley Dupre (the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal) with a link to Flickr images depicting purportedly underage girls. [Article] The same article also notes an earlier incident involving the Google AdSense system, which advertised luggage next to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=329&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contributory Trademark Infringement Issues for Sales Websites</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/contributory-trademark-infringement-issues-for-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is another news item sitting in my perpetual ‘time permitting’ stack, pertaining to eBay, Tiffany, trademark infringement and the obligation of websites owners to police suspected trademark infringements on their sites: The Honorable Judge Richard J. Sullivan his decision in the action of Tiffany (NJ) Inc. et al. v. eBay, Inc., No. 1:04-CV-04607-RJS, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=291&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MMORPGs, Bots, Copyrights and Tortious Interference with Contracts</title>
		<link>http://cilaw.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/online-gaming-copyright-law-and-tortious-interference-with-contracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is another news item sitting in my perpetual ‘time permitting’ stack, pertaining to Blizzard, the World of Warcraft game, bots, copyright law and tortious interference with contracts: On October 25, 2006, MDY Industries filed an action against Blizzard Entertainment pertaining to MDY&#8217;s software application WoWGlider, an automated system, or ‘bot,’ for playing Blizzard&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cilaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4263631&amp;post=252&amp;subd=cilaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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