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How To Stop Copyright Infringement Of Movies. Follow The Strategy The Music Industry Abandoned?

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Dave Rein

The flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers will soon pass, but we should be on the lookout for the next flood of copyright infringement cases now that the courts are starting to authorize subpoenas that will identify tens of … Continue reading →

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If Mr. Tenenbaum Beats Sony & The RIAA, Do Artists & Other Creatives Lose?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Dave Rein

“I don’t want to know the law.  Give me your best, bad argument.”  This was the critique of one of my first memorandum that I drafted after leaving the world of federal law clerks and joining the world of large … Continue reading →

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Some Answers Are Not So Hard In The Copyright Debate. Or Are They?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Dave Rein

One of my favorite sports columnists is Joe Posnanski who writes for Sports Illustrated and periodically, for the Kansas City Star.  But, as insightful and funny as he is about sports and life, he’s not the first place to turn for intellectual property issues.  I don’t … Continue reading →

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Now For Something Completely Different: Mattel Licenses “Barbie Girl” From Aqua

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Dave Rein

A commercial that played this Halloween promoting a new line of Barbie Fashionista dolls reminded me of an earlier blog post in which I wrote about some of the legal lessons learned from Barbie.  One of those lessons involved the parody of Barbie in the song “Barbie … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson: The Music And Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Continues

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Dave Rein

While on a vacation in Northern Michigan recently, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” started playing in a local tavern.  The song seemed out of place in the northern woods, but as I looked around, I could sense that the conversation at a number … Continue reading →

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A $1.92 Million Win For The Music Industry. Now What?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dave Rein

As I read Ben Sheffner’s tweets about the Capital v. Thomas case with interest, I was struck by how quickly the jury issued its decision to award the record companies $1.92 million — about $1.7 million more than the original jury awarded.  I … Continue reading →

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The Music Industry Will Need To Win More Than Just The Legal Arguments In Capital v. Thomas

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Dave Rein

They do things differently in Sweden.  If there was an RSS feed for all the political news happening in Sweden, I think I would subscribe.  I remember in college hearing that Donald Duck beat out several political parties in the Swedish elections.  … Continue reading →

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