By: Todd Knode
Fan Fiction is the genre of literary works written by fans that add to a storyline or characters created by someone else. Though fan fiction has exploded on the Internet it started decades ago and became popular in Star Trek centered science fiction magazines. One of the more popular genres today is the [...]
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Authors: The Order of Fan Fiction or the Goblet of Infringement
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Entertainment Law · Federal · General · Intellectual Property · Internet and Compute Law · Legal Trends
Courts Disagree on Legality of Uploading
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
By MARK JEWELL AP Business Writer
BOSTON (AP) _ Leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at it with peer-to-peer software doesn’t constitute a copyright violation until someone downloads it, a federal judge said in a record industry lawsuit against college students.
The Boston judge’s comments in a Monday pretrial ruling conflict with statements, also made [...]
Tags: Business Law · Criminal Law · Entertainment Law · Federal · General · Intellectual Property · Internet and Compute Law
Hacker Gets 3 Years for 911 Hoax
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) _ A computer hacker was sentenced to three years in prison for placing a phony 911 call that led a SWAT team to storm a family home at gunpoint.
It marked the first prosecution in Orange County for a prank known as ‘’swatting” that involves sending SWAT teams on wild goose chases, [...]
Tags: Criminal Law · Federal · General · Internet and Compute Law

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