If you’ve been following the Silvio Berlusconi of the Internet for very long, you’ll probably get the idea that he thinks that YouTube has already eclipsed television. (If you don’t know who that is, see “Google CEO and serial womanizer Eric Schmidt spends $15 million on private, no doorman Manhattan penthouse and then has it […]
Some of you may have seen the story about the merger of Omnicom and Publicis the huge global advertising agencies. When the House IP Subcommittee holds hearings about “innovation”, they will hopefully be interested in the effect of this merger on brand sponsored piracy. We have noted in the past that Omnicom clients (particularly Chiat […]
Washington lobbyist Matt Schruers, who works for the Computer & Communications Industry Association, is floating a paper released by the Government Accountability Office (“Intellectual Property: Observations on Efforts to Quantify the Economic Effects of Counterfeit and Pirated Goods” (GAO-10-423)). So you get the context, the Computer & Communications Industry Association is a very well funded […]
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[This post appeared earlier in 2011–but given the rogue sites debate that demonstrates just how much money is being made from online theft, understanding who influenced this GAO “report” that found that “stealing is good” is even more necessary.] Some of you may remember the report by the Government…
While MTP readers will likely be watching today’s hearing before the “IP Subcommittee” in the U.S. House of Representatives, it is well to keep in mind that the Committee announced two hearings, presumably before the August recess that is scheduled to start August 3 and continue until September 9. That means that there is to […]
However you feel about the pending immigration legislation, understand this: Silicon Valley firms are spreading a lot of gold around Washington to get their way. And their way is to support essentially an open border policy and open visa policy. For example, the very Googlely Morning Tech reports that Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado got […]
The law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati by its partner, Gary Reback, filed a motion to enter an appearance amicus curiae on behalf of certain clients in the computer industry, who wish to remain anonymous. Both the Government and [Google] argue that amici’s request to appear anonymously is inappropriate. Section 16(f), however, authorizes […]
We’d really like to get some explanation for why you read this blog…no, that didn’t come out quite right. But you get the idea, we’d like to ask you to take a poll with some really high level questions about what you do when you’re not reading MTP. Look at the bright side–unlike Google, we […]
MTP readers will be interested in the announcement by the direction of Chairman Goodlatte of the fourth in a series of hearings before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, on the new Copyright Act. The hearing was announced yesterday to be held next Thursday, July 25, at […]
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As a follow up to yesterday’s post about artists contractually prohibiting promoters from advertising their shows on pirate sites, we have seen the following rider language start getting used: “THE BUYER WILL NOT, AND WILL NOT AUTHORIZE THIRD PARTIES TO, ADVERTISE THE SHOW ON ANY WEBSITE THAT IS LISTED…
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