By Ryan Smith and Thomas F. Zuber of Zuber & Taillieu
The Ninth Circuit recently upheld the validity of conditional software licenses which avoid the pitfalls of the first sale doctrine. In Apple, Inc., v. Psystar, Corp., No. 10-15113, 2011 U.S. App. WL 4470623, (9th Cir. Sept. 28, 2011), the Ninth Circuit upheld a permanent injunction against Psystar due to its… More...
The Copyright Office is amending its regulations to set the minimum level of activity required to hold a deposit account at 12 transactions per year; require deposit account holders to maintain a minimum balance in that account; require the closure of a deposit account the second time it is overdrawn within any 12-month period; and offer deposit account holders the option of automatic replenishment of their account via their bank account or credit card. More...
Legislation authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to clarify and improve federal copyright laws cleared the Senate on November 19, 2010, and was signed into law by President Barack Obama in early December 2010. More...
The Copyright Office is adopting interim regulations governing the electronic submission of (1) applications for registration of automated databases that predominantly consist of photographs and (2) applications for group registration of published photographs. More...
The Copyright Office amends its rules governing statements of account for cable systems and satellite carriers to reflect changes resulting from the recent enactment of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010. More...
The Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJ.” Or “Judges”) has published final regulations setting the rates for the satellite carrier statutory license of the Copyright Act for the license period 2010–2014. More...
The Library of Congress has unveiled the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. More...
The Copyright Office’s Licensing Division (“Division”) has issued a notice to cable operators to inform, that statements of account—SA 1-2 (short form) and SA 3 (long form)—for the January 1–June 30, 2010, accounting period will not be available for use until mid- to late June 2010. More...
The Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJ,” or “Judges”) have issued a notice announcing the voluntary negotiation period for the purpose of determining the royalty fees to be paid by satellite carriers under the satellite carrier compulsory license. More...
Two material questions of substantive law were referred to the Register of Copyrights (“Register”) concerning the authority of the Register of Copyrights and the Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJ”) to determine the constitutionality of 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5). More...
On January 28, 2010, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 802(f)(1), the Copyright Royalty Judges (‘‘CRJs’’) referred to the Register of Copyrights a novel material question of substantive law that has arisen in this proceeding. More...
