Mike, SOPA/PIPA was never designed to provoke intelligent conversation about solutions to legitimate concerns. It was a pure rent-seeking rights grab, and the only open Q is if the proponents have enough muscle to push it through without actually addressing its "details." I wouldn't rule out the proponents' ability to do so.
Mike, advertisers know they need to get publicity consents from every person they depict in their ad copy. The law is entirely clear about this. So if the facts are as alleged, Match.com is in deep trouble. Eric.
I'm pretty sure Google was paying Twitter for access to the real-time feed, so my guess is that Google wanted to reduce or eliminate its payments and Twitter would rather get paid. One other example to note is how Facebook routinely blocks j.mp links as "spammy." Eric.
The results are different if you search on the capitalized terms. Also, I wonder if the search term "copyright" picks up the copyright notices in books? If so, it should appear in most books, no?
When I supervise student papers, I give students the option to recycle a paper they have written elsewhere. I ask them to disclose the preexisting material and then we negotiate about the scope of additional work the student will complete for my class. Eric.
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A couple of links
I also note the 1-800 Contacts v. Lens.com decision, which rejected affiliate liability in the TM context: http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/03/important_ninth.htm
I've generally taken the position that government regulators have a more expansive view of affiliate liability than the actual law; i.e., when tested in court, the regulators' views fail. http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/08/affiliate_liabi.htm
Eric.
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I'm OK with this
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