18 Sunday Dec 2011
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/11-12/17/11
Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review – YouTube
Info no go: Wikipedia threatens strike over US piracy bill
Retrospective Video by Anonymous Includes Ominous Warning
SOPA, the NDAA, and Patent-Trolling: Why Americans Need a Civil Liberties Caucus
04 Sunday Dec 2011
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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11
USPTO releases 2011 Performance and Accountability Report
Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything
US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook
Governor Brownback apologizes to Emma Sullivan over Twitter tiff
The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit
Teen Tweeter Won’t Apologize To Kansas Governor
“As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture.” -Lawrence Lessig
30 Wednesday Nov 2011
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Copyright Infringement, Denise K. LaRue, Gordon & Reese LLP, Richard P. Sybert, Softmaker Software, Third Scroll Products
No Complaint available at publication. Will update when available.
Court Case Number: 1:11-cv-01574-JMS-DKL
File Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Plaintiff: Softmaker Software GmbH
Softmaker Entwicklungs GmbH
Plaintiff Counsel: Richard P. Sybert, Yuo-Fong C. Amato of Gordon & Rees LLP
Defendant: Third Scroll Products LLC, Sonney Colfax, Does 1-10
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue
27 Sunday Nov 2011
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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/20-11/26/11
Fighting The Pseudonym Cyberwar
The Facebook Parents’ Dilemma: COPPA and my daughter turn 13
Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More
Copyright and the First Amendment: The Unexplored, Unbroken Historical Practice
Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown
Rogues Falsely Claim Copyright on YouTube Videos to Hijack Ad Dollars
“I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.” John F. Kennedy
24 Thursday Nov 2011
Plaintiff Jeral Tidwell is a Kentucky-based artist who accuses Defendant of copying his artwork on motorcycle helmets without authorization. See the Complaint (below) for images.
Court Case Number: 4:11-cv-00137-RLY-TAB
File Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Plaintiff: Jeral Tidwell
Plaintiff Counsel: Christopher A. Bates of Seiller Waterman LLC
Defendant: Raw International, LLC, VSJ, Ltd.
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Richard L. Young
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker
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