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Sale of Used Software declared legal despite license
A declaratory judgment plaintiff's sale of authentic, used copies of AutoCAD software over eBay was not infringing, because the copyright owner's distribution rights in those particular copies were exhausted under the first sale doctrine, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled May 20. Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., [WD Wash, 2008].
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IP Law in China Symposium
Jeffrey C. Neu, Esq. will be attending a symposium in London, England on May 19th.  If you are in London around that time and would like to schedule a meeting, or simply get together, feel free to contact us.
 
'Making Available' Files on Peer 2 Peer Network Insufficient to Demonstrate Distribution
An Internet user who ripped music from compact discs and made the files available for sharing on the Kazaa network is not liable for unauthorized distribution of copyrighted works under Section 106(3) of the Copyright Act absent a showing of actual distribution of an unauthorized copy to a member of the public, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ruled April 28. Atlantic Recording Corp. v. Howell, [D Ariz, 2008].
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Court Sets Internet Music Royalty Rate
On April 30, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision setting the license rate and terms that three online services must pay to songwriters and publishers in order to publicly perform songs over the Internet. United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, [SD NY, 2007].
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Internet Privacy and the EU
Structuring a privacy framework that will allow transatlantic data sharing is a weighty task involving broad definitions and a multi-disciplined scope, and is a job that may best be approached issue by issue, members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Human Affairs said April 28.
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