Harvard professor says downloading is ‘fair use’: “Downloading music without the permission of the copyright holder should qualify for copyright laws’ exemptions for ‘fair use’, a Harvard academic has said. Partial responsibility lies with the…
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Facebook: Governing the Facebook Service in an Open and Transparent Way by Mark Zuckerberg Today at 7:20pm Last week, we returned to our previous Terms of Use as we worked on a new set of…
French record labels sue, um, SourceForge: “ Open source haven thumped for harboring P2P app The French music industry is suing four US-based companies for distributing P2P applications that can potentially be used to illegally…
Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider ‘Fair Use’ Before Sending Takedown Notice: “A federal judge rules that copyright owners must first consider ‘fair use’ before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites like YouTube requiring removal…
The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs: “The effort may offer a prominent definition of the important but vague doctrine of ‘fair use,’ often a contentious issue in the blogosphere….