copyright law

It looks like the Associated Press is backing down - a bit - in its attack on bloggers who link to and quote from AP stories. The New York Times reports that the AP says it will now set guidelines for how much of its content bloggers may use without infringing the AP's copyright.

No?

There have been a few recent court decisions regarding the RIAA's "making available" claims. The LA Times' Jon Healey gave them a good overview and pondered what it all means. Worth reading if you have a few minutes to spare.

Yesterday a court ruled in favor of record labels and gave an interpreted of the "making available" argument. In a nutshell, the judge ruled that placing files in a shared folder constitutes publication of a copyrighted work under Section 106(3) of the Copyright Act.

Brian C. Ledbetter looks at the Associated Press's "Do as we say, not as we do" approach to copyright law when it comes to using other people's photos.

As you know the issue of the Memphis Flyer and doctored photo of me has gotten pretty big. It just got bigger.

I just received a call from the Knoxville News sentinel telling me to take the pictures down. At first I thought it was a friend playing a joke on me (my friends like to do that from time to time) but I was able to confirm it was the KNS. I asked why? I was told it was copyright protected.

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