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Media Law Prof Blog
Iraqi Media Regulatory Authority Tells Broadcasters To Close Down Over Failure To Pay For Licenses
From MSNBC.com, news that Iraq is ordering numerous media outlets to close because of a dispute over licensing fees. The Iraqi licensing authority Communications and Media Commission is currently negotiating…
Lending Law Report
License Agreements as Collateral – Anti-Assignment Provisions and What to do About Them
In today’s post we will discuss a common issue that comes up in secured deals: anti-assignment restrictions on collateral. Let’s start with a basic example: Our company is a licensee…
Media Law Prof Blog
Copyright and Control of Museum Art Images
Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University, and Melissa A. Brown, Columbia University, have published Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing in The Structure of Intellectual…
Dewey B Strategic
Are PDF Format Newsletters an “Attractive Nuisance?”
By Jean O'Grady
Back in January 2012, Warren Communications sued US Signal (1 12 cv-00138 U.S.D.C.D.C.) for unauthorized copying of their PDF format newsletter and is seeking damages of $19M. Warren publishes the Communications…
CommLawBlog
Royalty Battle Royal: SiriusXM vs. SoundExchange
By FHH Law
One monopoly sues another -- for antitrust violations! Is this a great country or what? The Swami weighs in.
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Will Alabama License Public Adjusters?
In January, we posted that Alabama may consider licensing public insurance adjusters, and while a bill has been proposed, it appears critics are trying to dissuade Alabama from licensing public…
PropertyProf Blog
Newman on the Nature of Licenses
By propertyprof
Christopher Newman (George Mason) has posted A License is Not a 'Contract Not to Sue': Disentangling Property and Contract in the Law of Copyright Licenses on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The…
ContractsProf Blog
Lady Duff Gordon Redux
When I teach Wood v. Lucy I attempt to put Lady Duff Gordon in context by describing her as a Martha Stewart of her time. Now this parallel, as reported in the…
China Law Blog
China Software Licensing: Registration Required
By Dan Harris
Just was cc'ed on an email from one of my law firm's China software licensing lawyers to a client that licenses its software through a distributor in China. Our licensing…
Louisiana Law Blog
Enforcement of New Home and Community-Based Service Provider Licensing Standards Begins October 1, 2011
By Kean Miller
In less than a month, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals will begin enforcement of its new Home and Community-Based Service Providers Minimum Licensing Standards. The new regulations, which…