March 14th 2008
The 2008 Virtual Law Conference boasts a fantastic line-up of legal topics that attendees will take up at this Spring’s conference in New York. And I’m thrilled to have been invited to cover its proceedings for UsefulArts.us. The Virtual Law Agenda: The top 10 things brands should know about virtual worlds IP enforcement mechanism in […]
March 13th 2008
Maine Senator Olympia Snowe (R) introduced a bill (S. 2661) on February 25, 2008, known as the “Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008” (APCPA). The proposed legislation seeks to fight trademark infringement and phishing schemes. However, some believe the proposal goes too far. Complaints include: Creating unnecessary bureaucracy Presuming guilt and therefore denying the fundamental […]
March 12th 2008
Microsoft’s next-generation web browser, Internet Explorer 8, is now available. Perhaps its most notable feature is IE8’s new standards compliance. Microsoft announced that the browser will ship with default settings configured to pass the Acid2 face test. While this may sound abstract to many, this announcement thrilled the basement of web designers I was with […]
March 10th 2008
As public entities, government agencies can not claim copyright on their works. But don’t tell that to Meredith Pikser, an attorney with international law firm Reed Smith LLP. Last week she filed a DMCA Take Down Notice against YouTube, asserting that she represented the Air Force, which owned copyright on its latest recruiting video. Turns out this […]
March 8th 2008
The ill-conceived and draconian PRO-IP Act got some of its feathers clipped by the elimination of a requirement known as Section 104 of the proposed bill to treat compilations of music as a separate violations. Had this been allowed to stand, the fines would have been multiplied many times, because they’d be determined based upon […]
March 7th 2008
The President sank the committee charged with keeping the War on Terrorism on the right side of civil rights. Now he desperately wants to prevent the courts from keeping phone companies on the right side of Executive Power and privacy. Steven Colbert pokes fun at the Protect America Act – which, as the name suggests, allows […]
March 7th 2008
While doing research for an employment case involving WE Energies, a Milwaukee-based energy company, the Associated Press found a larger story on the apparently widespread abuse of company databases by employees to spy on customers. It appears that such data is routinely accessed to snoop on people using massive national databases created and maintained by […]
March 6th 2008
Yesterday’s New York Times reported the US Treasury has closed down dozens of websites operated by Steve Marshall, a British travel agent living in Spain. Mr. Marshall’s websites, such as BonjourCuba, promote Cuban vacations to Europeans. But that was enough for him to be added to Treasury’s list of Specially Designated Nationals, which is the business equivalent of a […]
March 5th 2008
Updated: May 4, 2008 While Federal CAN-SPAM is perhaps the most well-known online marketing law, individual states also regulate online business practices. The Federal law is written with provisions which preempt state action, so the federal act is the main law, while states extend its reach, or add to it provisions as side orders extend an […]
March 4th 2008
Is the RIAA only about the money, and not the ethical defense of intellectual property rights of artists? It seems the artists the RIAA supposedly represents have seen little or no money as a result of copyright infringement settlements over the years from major entities like Napster and Kazaa. Those settlements are in the neighborhood […]
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