http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2008/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-differences-between-the-law-on-the-books-and-the-law-in-action-with-a-particular-emphasis-on-copyright-overclaiming/ The ways law rules creative endeavors and the ways law itself is a creative endeavor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2008/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-differences-between-the-law-on-the-books-and-the-law-in-action-with-a-particular-emphasis-on-copyright-overclaiming/comment-page-1/#comment-3455 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Challenging automated YouTube takedowns (and don’t forget to think through the ramifications) Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:41:52 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=182#comment-3455 [...] owner sending a takedown notice ought to consider the legal ramifications of doing so, since a baseless one relying on the power to outspend an individual fair use claimant might have its own l... Tags: abuse of copyright, Chris Walters, copyright and fair use, copyright overclaiming, DMCA, [...] [...] owner sending a takedown notice ought to consider the legal ramifications of doing so, since a baseless one relying on the power to outspend an individual fair use claimant might have its own l… Tags: abuse of copyright, Chris Walters, copyright and fair use, copyright overclaiming, DMCA, [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2008/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-differences-between-the-law-on-the-books-and-the-law-in-action-with-a-particular-emphasis-on-copyright-overclaiming/comment-page-1/#comment-2941 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » The EFF fights copyright overclaiming by means of public shaming Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:51:05 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=182#comment-2941 [...] inordinate weight on sheer wealth. In copyright, this problem plays out in what is termed “copyright overclaiming” — the assertion of rights over content that is utterly misbegotten but not worth the [...] [...] inordinate weight on sheer wealth. In copyright, this problem plays out in what is termed “copyright overclaiming” — the assertion of rights over content that is utterly misbegotten but not worth the [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2008/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-differences-between-the-law-on-the-books-and-the-law-in-action-with-a-particular-emphasis-on-copyright-overclaiming/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » The financial crisis is an opportunity for innovation in legal practice and law schools. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:47:08 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=182#comment-2350 [...] home this phenomenon to artists who want to make their work available and to people who want to post their family videos, but it will be one familiar to anyone who has called upon the legal system or been dragged into [...] [...] home this phenomenon to artists who want to make their work available and to people who want to post their family videos, but it will be one familiar to anyone who has called upon the legal system or been dragged into [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2008/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-differences-between-the-law-on-the-books-and-the-law-in-action-with-a-particular-emphasis-on-copyright-overclaiming/comment-page-1/#comment-2303 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Is Shepard Fairey a hypocrite? Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:45:11 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=182#comment-2303 [...] poster or any on Nolan’s. Nonetheless, the cease-and-desist letter might be an instance of copyright overclaiming. Most people, I think, would have taken the image off the internet rather than do what Orr has [...] [...] poster or any on Nolan’s. Nonetheless, the cease-and-desist letter might be an instance of copyright overclaiming. Most people, I think, would have taken the image off the internet rather than do what Orr has [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2008/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-differences-between-the-law-on-the-books-and-the-law-in-action-with-a-particular-emphasis-on-copyright-overclaiming/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Why did I call Google a (former?) “white knight”? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:56:55 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=182#comment-267 [...] pay for lawyers to fight these threats, they back down. As a result, there is what is called “copyright overclaiming” - that is, copyright holders claim rights they don’t have, threaten legal action (or [...] [...] pay for lawyers to fight these threats, they back down. As a result, there is what is called “copyright overclaiming” – that is, copyright holders claim rights they don’t have, threaten legal action (or [...]

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