In August 2007, an unnamed 16 year old from Aix-en-Provence, France, was arrested, detained, and subsequently released for posting his own unauthorised French translation of The Deathly Hallows (the seventh…
Category: Copyright
Yes, we do need higher taxes
Unfortunately, as is often the case, new technological developments frequently breed new controversies. The invention of the iPod, despite all its widespread popularity and success, is no exception. Currently at…
Music downloading fight goes to court
An idealistic view is that the purpose of copyright is available to induce creators to share their creations with the public in order to foster the growth of learning and…
Prince Lashes out at YouTube
Last month, Prince announced he was planning an infringement suit against YouTube, an audio and video streaming site where users are allowed to post content for millions of people worldwide…
Legal Transplants in the Digital Age
Professor Peter Yu holds the Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and is the founding director of the Intellectual Property Law Center at Drake University Law School. He writes…