Maria Pallante, the acting Register of Copyrights, testified at a Congressional hearing on Monday. That hearing was the first in a series on “Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online”. If you want, you can watch the hearing here. I wouldn’t, though. The resolution is low on the video and it’s only available in the one [...]
Entries Tagged as 'law'
The Register of Copyrights wants to pursue pirate sites that aren’t breaking US laws
March 16th, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
Columbia Law School to host conference on copyright
January 1st, 2011 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Next month the Columbia Law School will be hosting a symposium titled “Collective Management of Copyright: Solution or Sacrifice?”. The dream of a universal digital library and other potential large-scale uses of copyrighted works have led many in the private and the public sector alike to focus their attention on collective management organizations (CMOs). The [...]
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Monterey College of Law to run iPad pilot program
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad pilot
From Campus Technology: As the centerpiece of a new mobile computing initiative, Monterey College of Law (MCL) in California is distributing Apple iPads to all students enrolled in a supplemental curriculum program that helps them prepare for the state’s bar exam. According to information released by the college, all entering first-year students signed up for [...]
New Evidence Found for Flint’s Law
March 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
I mentioned Flint’s Law on this blog a couple weeks back (here). Today I came across another piece of evidence that proves it. Here’s an excerpt from a blog post by Nathan Henrion: One of our free titles was the #1 download on Amazon for the entire month of February. The subsequent sales of books [...]
BYU Study Proves Flint’s Law
March 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I came across a paper yesterday titled The Short-Term Influence of Free Digital Versions of Books on Print Sales. It was written by professor and a doctoral student, and in it they prove something we already knew: offering a title as a free ebook will boost the sales of that title. I’m sorry, but did [...]
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