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Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – BMI v. C & R Restaurants

11 Saturday Feb 2012

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Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Broadcast Music Inc. et al v. C & R Restaurants LLC et al

Another BMI case. Another restaurant making an unauthorized public performance of musical compositions. This time BMI is after Casler’s Kitchen and Bar of Fishers, Indiana for playing just three songs ( I Want You to Want Me, Jessie’s Girl and Mr. Jones).

Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00181-TWP-DKL
File Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Plaintiff: Broadcast Music Inc., Adult Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Counting Crows LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Peter J. Prettyman of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Defendant: C & R Restaurants LLC, Enrique Fonseca
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue

Stories from the Week that Was – 2/5/12-2/11/12

11 Saturday Feb 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 2/5/12-2/11/12

A New Weapon Against Nukes: Social Media

How close is your home to a nuclear plant?

Indiana Moves to Grant Broad New Legal Rights to Dead Celebrities

NLRB Report Concerning Social Media Cases [Full Text]

“The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.” Carl Sagan

Stories from the Week that Was – 1/22/12-1/28/12

28 Saturday Jan 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 1/22/12-1/28/12

Apple Will Own Your Work With iBooks Author

How to Designate a DMCA Agent – YouTube

If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA

Super Bowl gets social-media command center

Google to merge user data across its services

SOPA and PIPA Spur Lobbying Spike

Twitter can now censor tweets by country

Megaupload customers who lost their files banding together to sue FBI

Anonymous swoop on Mexico govt. sites in copyright law protest

“Technology was developed to prevent exhausting labor. It is now dedicated to trivial conveniences.” – B.F. Skinner

 

 

Stories from the Week that Was – 1/15/12-1/21/12

23 Monday Jan 2012

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Stories from the Week that Was – 1/15/12-1/21/12

The internet stood up and crushed SOPA/PIPA this week (at least temporarily). It was a pretty amazing day as Wikipedia went dark and citizens across the land let their voices be heard. It’s not over yet and there’s news that a new bill, ACTA, is even worse than SOPA. Stay tuned.

I hope SOPA passes.

Anonymous Attacks Justice Dept as FBI Shuts Down File-Sharing Site

Super Bowl XLVI Gets a Social Media Command Center

The Week That Killed SOPA: A Timeline

“I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It’s a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.” – John Perry Barlow