FEPP Archives - Issues - Copyright
- 2004
Supreme
Court to Decide the Fate of File-Sharing
(December 10, 2004) - The music industry claims that copyright
as we know it will be destroyed unless P2P software is outlawed.
Court
Dismisses New Challenge to Copyright Regime
(November 29, 2004) - A federal judge
says that moving to an "unconditional" system didn't change the basic
contours of copyright law.
Companies
Can't Use Copyright Law to Squelch Competition
(November 17, 2004) - The U.S. Court
of Appeals rejects Lexmark's bid to monopolize the market in toner cartridges.
How
Do "Cease & Desist" Letters Affect Fair Use?
(October 5, 2004) - A preliminary report on the free-speech
impact of the copyright industry's often threatening letters.
Trashing
the Copyright Balance
(September 21, 2004) - A new court decision outlaws rap
music's unauthorized sampling of even one chord from another sound recording.
Structural
Free Expression Issues
(September 10, 2004) - How the copyright system, media
regulation, and government funding affect free speech.
Appeals
Court Upholds File Sharing
(August 20, 2004) - Rejecting industry
arguments, judges say that the technology has important legitimate uses.
Defending
Home Recording
(June 16 and August 2, 2004) - The Free Expression Policy
Project joined with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in comments to
the FCC opposing the the record industry's request for a mandated technology
to prevent home copying of digital radio broadcasts. Such home copying
is specifically protected by federal law and is also "fair use"
under our copyright system.
It
Ain't Over Till It's Over
(April 8, 2004) - A new lawsuit spotlights thousands
of copyright "orphans" that should be in the public domain.
Federal
Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to the DMCA
(February 25, 2004) - Judge Susan Ilston's ruling
that "DVD Copy Plus" violates the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act ignores the First Amendment interest in a robust public domain.
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