Media & Communications Policy Blog
If, like many people, you’re an investor, you are already familiar with the market-moving impact of government data, like the Department of Labor’s monthly payrolls and unemployment figures. What you probably don’t know are the ways in which the DOL has for decades arranged for release of this information, or of their plans to change the procedure in July. » Read More
Is it appropriate to defend free speech even when it’s harsh or degrading? Whatever their political views, do people have a right to express them? Not for the first time, such questions are being debated in the court of public opinion. The proximate reason for the debate, this month, is some nasty things said about a law student by Rush Limbaugh….
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Intellectual Property Issues
Nearly a decade after the emergence of user-generated content (UGC) websites, appellate courts finally rendered their interpretation of the applicability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) safe harbor with respect to such entities during the past several months. » Read More
The Supreme Court in Golan v. Holder upheld Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), which granted copyright protection to preexisting works of Berne Convention member countries, protected in their country of origin, but lacking protection in the United States…. » Read More
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