This WEEK in LAW 196

This WEEK in LAW Episode 196

This Week In Law 196: Splashing Ignominy

China's view on copying, MEGA's encryption and liability, strange tweets, and more.

Panel

• Denise Howell
• Evan Brown
• Kal Raustiala
  • The Knockoff Economy
  • "Kal Raustiala is Professor at UCLA Law School and the UCLA International Institute. He specializes in intellectual property and international law. Kal is the co-author of "The Knockoff Economy" with Christopher Sprigman."
• Charles Harder
  • Harder Mirell & Abrams, LLP
  • "Charles J. Harder represents both plaintiffs and defendants in entertainment and business litigation in state and federal court, arbitrations, mediations and administrative proceedings. His experience includes matters in the motion picture, television, music, Internet, videogame, and advertising industries, among others. Charles serves as the Editor of Entertainment Litigation, a law treatise published in 2011 by Oxford University Press that provides in-depth discussion and analysis of substantive and procedural law in the various subject areas of entertainment litigation including copyright, idea submission, trademark, right of publicity, profit participation, Talent Agencies Act, defamation, anti-SLAPP, right of privacy, labor and employment and insurance law. Charles has been named one of the Top 100 “Power Lawyers” in America by The Hollywood Reporter."

Topics

• Antigua!
  • Pirates of the Caribbean via Freakonomics
  • Antigua’s Legal “Pirate Site” Authorized by the World Trade Organization via TorrentFreak
  • WTO gives Antigua the right to sell pirated American copyrighted goods via BoingBoing
• Global IP Enforcement
  • The Limits of Limits via New Republic
• Architecture
  • China company clones a whole town via Deseret News
  • Shanzhai Skyscrapers via Freakonomics
• Mega: Is Encryption Enough?
  • Can Kim Dotcom's Mega beat the law where Megaupload failed? via LifeHacker
  • File-sharing site Mega fields 150 copyright infringement warnings via PC World
  • Too Early To Say Whether Kim Dotcom's Mega Is Legal (Analysis) via The Hollywood Reporter, Esquire Blog
• Right of Publicity
  • Rights of publicity: Contradictions in the Courts (Athletes and Video Games) via Manatt Law Blog
  • Are Rights of Publicity the Fatal Flaw of the Mugshot Racket? via Citizen Media Law Blog
  • Seventh Circuit tosses right of publicity case against Joan Rivers via InternetCases.com
• Posting Pictures of 911 Call on Facebook
  • Court okays firing FDNY lieutenant who posted 911 caller info to Facebook via InternetCases
• Tweeting a Receipt
  • Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-tip via Yahoo!
• Tweeting a Firing
  • Think you can keep a layoff secret? HMV proves otherwise via Holtz Communication and Technology Blog

Tip of the Week

• Get your $10, or donate $20 million to charity
  • Facebook Starts Sending Out Notices for Sponsored Stories Settlement via Mashable

Resource of the Week

• Docracy TOS tracker:
  • Doracacy Terms of Service Tracker
• Baby Got Backlash
  • Baby Got Backlash via The Economist

Sponsor

• ShareFile.com
• LegalZoom

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