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Top Download in L&E Private Law, 2/20/15
By BDG
RECENT TOP PAPERS for all papers first announced in the last 60 days 21 Dec 2014 through 19 Feb 2015RankDownloadsPaper Title1293Like Uber, But for Local Governmental Policy: The Future of Local Regulation…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Biasi & Moser offer empirical evidence of the negative externalities of copyright
By BDG
"Does Cheap Access Encourage Science? Evidence from the WWII Book Replication Program" BARBARA BIASI, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Bocconi UniversityPETRA MOSER, Stanford University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic…
IP Law Chat
E-Book Seller’s Knowledge That Customers Were Stripping DRM Protection From E-Books Found Insufficient for Publishers’ Copyright Infringement Claim
By Stacia Lay
Publishers Simon & Schuster and Penguin Group had agreements with Abbey House Media under which Abbey House agreed to act as their agent in the sale of e-books. As part…
PropertyProf Blog
Who Owns This Monkey Selfie?
Ha.Wikimedia, the US-based organisation behind Wikipedia, has refused a photographer’s repeated requests to remove one of his images which is used online without his permission, claiming that because a monkey…
The Faculty Lounge
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Digital Photography Review asks: who owns a viral monkey selfie? Some interesting observations in the comments, including the suggestion that the moneky in question was the camera owner's agent. Gary…
PropertyProf Blog
Mossoff on Intellectual Property Rights as Property
Adam Mossoff (George Mason) has posted Intellectual Property and Property Rights (Book Chapter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This essay is the introductory chapter to Intellectual Property and Property Rights (Edward…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
So-Called “Porno Troll’s” Attempt at Joinder, Discovery Shot Down
Tired of using Mosley v. General Motors for an illustration of joinder under Rule 20? The D.C. Circuit has provided a great new case. The court quaintly began its opinion:Generally…
The Faculty Lounge
Aspen Backs Off New Casebook Policy
There are some things law profs apparently hold sacred. One of them is a student's right to purchase and own her casebook. A few days ago, Aspen publishing (i.e., Wolters…
Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law
WNET was wrong and should be reversed
A system captures broadcast signals and makes them available to potentially millions of the system's subscribers without a license from the copyright owners; is the system engaging in a public…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Revenge porn victim sues Yahoo and Google for continued use of her photos
The Courthouse News Service reports that Yahoo and Google face allegations that they've continued to link to revenge porn photos for which the victim holds copyrights. The article states: After suing…