FEPP Archives - News - 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
Will Review Whether Cable Companies Can Monopolize Broadband
(December 6, 2004) - In a case with huge implications
for free expression and open access to the Internet, the Supreme Court
has agreed to review an appeals court ruling that would require cable
companies to open their broadband lines to competitors.
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.
Appeals
Court Upholds File Sharing
(August 20, 2004) - Rejecting industry arguments,
judges say that the technology has important legitimate uses.
Supreme
Court Strengthens Cheney's Hand
(June 24, 2004) - The justices guard government secrecy
against potentially "vexatious litigation."
Congress
Weighs In On Movie Filters
(May 21, 2004) - Threats to change copyright law if
directors and studios don't allow censorware to blur, cut, and bleep.
FEPP
Joins the Brennan Center
(May 3, 2004) - The Free Expression Policy Project has joined the
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
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.
Part
of the "USA PATRIOT Act" is Unconstitutional
(January 27, 2004) - Court rules that ban on "expert advice or assistance"
to groups branded as "terrorist" could easily include "unequivocally
pure speech and advocacy protected by the First Amendment."
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