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As the Internet becomes more main-stream and dominated by large corporate interests it is interesting to see individual users flex their collective might. That’s exactly what happened this past weekend when members on the site 4chan and other social networking sites decided to launch a Denial of Service Attack against the RIAA and the [...]
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The line between artistry and architecture is just as thin as the copyright protection given to architectural drawings according to an opinion denying summary judgment in the case of The Harvester, Inc. v. Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:09cv358 (E.D. Virginia). The technical elements of architectural drawings can sometimes overshadow the [...]
Continue Reading »The Legal Equivalents Test: Bollywood and Hollywood
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Continue Reading »Library of Congress to Archive Twitter
Library of Congress to Archive Twitter Emily Whitaker, William and Mary Intern The Library of Congress recently announced that Twitter will join the ranks of historical documents in its archives. You may be asking yourself, “Why do Tweets deserve a spot next to historic newspaper articles, letters, and photographs?” When the Library made its announcement [...]
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