I recommend that every artist read my friend Guy Forsyth’s blog post Sausage, Justice and the Music Industry which is posted on http://www.guyforsyth.com (which, by the way, is one of the best artist websites, indie or otherwise). Ignore the nice things Guy says about his legal team and focus on what can happen to independent […]
The executive council of the AFL-CIO announced its unflagging support for the professional creative class with a broad statement reminiscent of Vice President Biden’s own statements: “AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement: ‘The AFL-CIOfully supports entertainment workers, and stands behind them in the fight against thetheft of the products they work on and […]
An excellent piece on the latest Google Books debacle in France: “Google argued that based on Article 5.2 of the Berne Convention, the American legal principle of ‘fair use’ should apply. The French court did not accept the argument, holding that the law applicable to complex crimes committed on the internet was that of the […]
After a particularly contentious negotiation, I told the other side I had one final comment. I asked to have the definition of “Territory” modified to say “the Universe, including, without limitation, the orbit of Earth, any and all planetary satellites natural or made by Man, including the satellite currently known as The Moon, the planets […]
Authors can feel a bit better–they have a great advocate in William Cavanaugh of the Justice Department representing the United States in opposing the Google Books “settlement”. This passage in the recent hearing sums it up: “The class representatives here, your Honor, have a relatively narrow focus and duty: To litigate the claims presented or […]
