Copyright: What is in the news 12.07.2010

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Here’s the latest copyright-related stories we’ve found we thought may interest you.

Is $2250 Per Song the New Standard for Online Copyright Infringement?
PC Magazine
That’s $2250 per song as well, or three times the minimum amount provided for by US copyright law. That doesn’t mean that the RIAA has accepted the ruling,
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Native American Artists Learn How to Protect Work With Copyright
KTEN
Oklahoma is one of the few states that has laws which protect the copyright of Native American Arts and Crafts. The US Department of the Interior and the
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Record labels drag porn site to court for copyright violations
Thaindian.com
“Bringing Sexy Back” uses Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack”, reports TMZ.com. The companies are demanding 150000dollars for each copyright violation. (ANI)
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Purdue steps up efforts to halt illegal downloads
Chicago Tribune
Students are warned of the consequences of violating copyright law before they log on to the campus online residential network called ResNet.
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Music lyric infringement cases are a murky area: Copycats tricky to tag in a
California Chronicle
By Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune July 11–You know our culture has reached a strange point when artistic copyright infringement suits seem almost quaint.
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Making the music pay for Nigerian artists
NEXT
By Molara Wood Following the approval, earlier this year, of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) by the Fedreal Government as the Collective Management
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Canadian Appeals Court Rules That ISPs Don’t Have To Pay Copyright Levy
TechFreq News (press release)
Up in Canada, it seems that there’s a constant push to expand copyright levies (the “you must be a criminal tax”) to nearly everything from iPods to ISPs,
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Jason Moran challenges limits of jazz
Houston Chronicle
By ANDREW DANSBY Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle Jason Moran grew up in the Third Ward and graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual
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New web video draws attention to Sarah Palin
WPTV
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Super tussle over superheroes
Variety
But heirs to some of the characters’ creators are exercising a provision of copyright law that may let them win back some of the rights held by Marvel,
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