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The show notes for episode 86 of the Copyright 2.0 Show
Updated on Nov 23, 08
Created on Nov 23, 08
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Singers Daryl Hall and John Oates have sued their music publisher, claiming they failed to protect their rights to their 1982 hit Maneater.
The case, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says an unidentified singer-songwriter had used their song in a 2006 recording.
Warner Chappell Music are accused of breaching their contract by refusing to sue for copyright infringement.
And when the judge did agree with Capcom, it wasn't always in a complimentary way. Specifically, in stating that Dead Rising didn't crib the anticonsumerism theme of Dawn of the Dead, Judge Seeborg found the zombie game devoid of any social commentary at all.
"To the extent that Dead Rising may be deemed to posses a theme," Seeborg wrote, "it is confined to the killing of zombies in the process of attempting to unlock the cause of the zombie infestation. The social commentary MKR draws from Dawn of the Dead, in other words, appears totally absent from the combat focus found in Dead Rising."
The 43-year-old Fremont, Calif., man insisted he did not circumvent any technology and instead found a weakness in Coupons Inc.'s software. Removing the key to the software's program limiting coupon production allowed users to acquire an unlimited number of coupons with unique, functioning serial codes.
The Los Angeles man arrested on accusations that he uploaded nine pre-released Guns N' Roses songs from the upcoming Chinese Democracy album has agreed to plead guilty to one federal count of copyright infringement as part of a deal, authorities said Monday.
"Yes. There is a plea deal," (.pdf) Los Angeles federal prosecutor Craig Missakian said in a telephone interview.
Still, authorities reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor last month — a move that exposes him to a maximum one-year prison term, down from the previous five years. Because of an acceptance of responsibility and the defendant's lack of a criminal record, the 27-year-old Cogill is likely to receive substantially less time, if any.
22 items | 42 visits
The show notes for episode 86 of the Copyright 2.0 Show
Updated on Nov 23, 08
Created on Nov 23, 08
Category: Others
URL: