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Making Available

Filed Under General | Posted on January 23, 2008

By: Jason Lunardi
Will an emerging “making available” right enable copyright owners to defeat piracy or will it spell the end of privacy for P2P users?
The Copyright Act of 1976 explicitly grants exclusive rights to authors of copyrighted works. 17 U.S.C. § 106. This bundle of rights includes the exclusive right to: 1) reproduce the […]

Machinima: A New Art Form Faces Legal Uncertainty

Filed Under General | Posted on January 23, 2008

By: Chris Reid
Much digital ink has been spilled over the legal fog surrounding today’s online video games and the rights (or lack thereof) of their players. The confluence of copyright law and videogames may once have seemed to many as best left to academics or bored teenagers. However, one need only look […]