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Entries from July 2009

Kindle

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

The Teacher’s Guide to Copyright will soon be available on Amazon’s Kindle.  - - -MJD

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Tweets, Copyright, & Fair Use

April 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

A novel question was raised recently by Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, when the NBA fined him for comments he made on Twitter.  Mr. Cuban asked “Are Tweets Copyrighted?” Several non-attorneys put in their 2¢ worth, but I’ll approach this from a legal basis.
 
1) Does it meet the 3 requirements of copyrightability?  […]

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