Word: copyright
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...UPHELD. EXTENSION OF U.S. COPYRIGHT LAW; by the U.S. Supreme Court; in Washington, D.C. The 1998 law, sponsored by then Congressman Sonny Bono, extended copyright protection for 20 years, preventing thousands of well-known works, including early Mickey Mouse cartoons and the Gershwin classic Rhapsody in Blue, from passing into the public domain...
...gray-market albums started showing up in major mainland cities, according to Giouw. The IFPI, which lobbies globally against piracy and copyright violations, traced the CDs to a single recycling company in northeast China and notified record companies. But, Giouw says, "at the time, none of the majors were concerned that it would have an impact on their business." Piracy was a much bigger issue. "This was the lesser evil," he explains. "Do you want these cutouts, or do you want pirates...
...star and rocker ex-husband; $740,000 each after a drawn-out battle against an Internet porn company that sold their notorious "honeymoon" video over the Web; in Los Angeles. The tape was allegedly stolen from their home in 1996, and the couple sued for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement...
Trusting Harvard students never to cheat on problem sets is like trusting us not to use false identification to obtain alcohol (I don’t know anyone who would do that, do you?) or trusting us not to download copyright-protected music on Kazaa (I also don’t know anyone who would do that...
...cases against Swiss banks that held onto money deposited by Holocaust victims, and companies in Nazi Germany that benefitted from forced labor. "If they want to play the international game," says Neville Gabriel of Jubilee South Africa, which backs the latest claim, "then they must play by international rules." COPYRIGHT The Walls Have Ears A recent U.S. law extended Mickey Mouse's copyright for 20 years, but residents of Malta, Austria, now say they've housed him in their church for centuries. Restoration work uncovered a 700-year-old fresco that tourism officials hope will make the town a Mickey...