COPYCENSE

Copycense social media posts on copyright, communications, intellectual property and the media industries from December 18 through December 24, 2011.

• “Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA” is.gd/IwPRNN #copyright
• Why does Bill Patry’s old book (2009) is.gd/de7EJ8 cost more than his new book (2011) is.gd/W1frTG on the Kindle?
• Paper: Orphan Works: Definitional Issues is.gd/cUNbwO #copyright
• Singer Cesaria Evora died last Saturday. She was 70. #music m.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec…
• Cornell, Technion (Israel) win NYC science campus bid is.gd/PuYLfE
• Wolverine uploader: 1 year federal prison; “strong message of deterrence to pirates” is.gd/N1VzAz #copyright
• The Economist explores progeny, history of seminal “Amen, Brother” break beat is.gd/TFZL2i #music /HT @wayneandwax
• RE bit.ly/rWu2tm Veoh wins #DMCA battle, still dead as a door nail is.gd/Va1jH5 #copyright
• Hollywood exec: “Our mistake was allowing this romantic word — piracy — to take hold” is.gd/0EQmRw #copyright
• USA: Federal appeals court affirms #DMCA safe harbor protection in UMG v. Veoh is.gd/ONY5zb [pdf] #copyright
• Judge in YMCA #copyright termination lawsuit allows Songwriters Guild amici briefs is.gd/IxVzal
• Adobe’s no-choice embrace of HTML5 is.gd/fxwYGC #media #Web
• How the “jobs” frame failed to work magic in the AT&T/T-Mobile deal is.gd/9rlD7K #mobile
• Framing T-Mobile/AT&T: Low prices, choice & consumer benefit = harm to stock prices? is.gd/EQM4Jg /HT @artbrodsky
• RT @copyrightclear: Open-Textbook Idea Is Gaining Steam ow.ly/85p3a
• Harry Potter U.S. publisher releases YA time travel series with gaming tie-in is.gd/dv6piF
• USA: Intl Trade Commission rules Android smartphone features protected by Apple #patent is.gd/VQ0vU8 #mobile
• AT&T Ends $39 Billion Bid for T-Mobile is.gd/tttnTn #mobile
• Lemley, Levine, Post: Don’t Break the Internet is.gd/URfRDR #SOPA #copyright
• RT @LawandLit: Who gets custody of Twitter when an employee quits? j.mp/uMIBj3
• Artist without registered Nielsen SoundScan sale gets Grammy nomination is.gd/yDjmRy #music
• Microsoft: We Can Remotely Delete Windows 8 Apps is.gd/53B6cL
• Research Note: #Copyright Infringement & Enforcement in the US: is.gd/KlpgbT [pdf]
• “[W]hen Napster blew a hole in the paradigm, everybody was sacrificed but the top guy” is.gd/yTJUmo #copyright #music