The first of what may be many amicus briefs opposing the Google Books settlement is in motion (amicii must request permission of the presiding judge in order to be able to file their briefs–so interested counsel take note). Professor Grimmelmann discusses it on his blog which should be read regularly by those interested in opposing […]
There’s a great piece on the US News & World Report blog by the well-respected author and journalist John Aloysius Farrell that must make Google count the days until it’s driven all newspapers out of business. The piece is remarkable because it is (A) published in a major media outlet, (B) finds a pattern of […]
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” In case you were wondering what the future holds for those who don’t oppose the Google Books class action settlement, there is a helpful story in the New York Times announcing a deal that Google has already made with Sony to […]
PC World reports that Google has filed documents in opposition to a new copyright law in New Zealand in which “Google notes that more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices […]
“Never has our badge of honor meant so much or hurt so much….It is unavoidable to witness inside our thoughts anything but the smiles, the good and the affections of each of the officers who took our places…In the 160 year history of OPD there has never been such a singular incidence of devastation to […]
I’m sure there must have been charity records before the Very Special Christmas series on A&M Records, but somehow I can’t remember any. In addition to being two of the greatest record men, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss are two of the kindest and most generous people in our business, actually two great humanitarians of […]
In light of the same old whine from Irish ISPs who drank a little too much Lessig in the pub last night, you may be interested in a speech at Canadian Music Week by Serge Sasseville of Quebecor, a large Canadian ISP: “A Canadian telecommunications company does not answer only to its directors, shareholders and […]
I’ve been trying to beat the drum on the importance of the Google Books settlement for a while (see chez Reg “Is Google’s Culture Grab Unstoppable?”). There are quite a few people objecting to the settlement, but no music publishers seem to understand that they are involved. The common reaction is that there’s no way […]
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