Via LLRX – The Decline of DVD-by-Mail, or Further Thoughts on the Digital Death of Copyrights First Sale Doctrine – Prof. Annemarie Bridy comments on a dynamic new area of online copyright and licensing as she focuses on how Netflix is transitioning from an operating model that is clearly covered by an exception to copyright law to one that (very probably) requires permission for every content delivery.
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
TRAC Reports – ATF Prosecutions Turning Around in FY 2012
TRAC: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that, during the first eight months of FY 2012, the number of prosecutions for weapons and other offenses referred by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has staged a turnaround. While these prosecutions have fallen steadily after reaching a peak in FY… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Coast Guard Legacy Vessels, Nuclear Security Enterprise, Privacy, Strategic Weapons
Coast Guard – Legacy Vessels’ Declining Conditions Reinforce Need for More Realistic Operational Targets, GAO-12-741, July 31, 2012 Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise, NNSA’s Reviews of Budget Estimates and Decisions on Resource Trade-offs Need Strengthening, GAO-12-806, July 31, 2012 Privacy – Federal Law Should Be Updated to Address Changing Technology Landscape, GAO-12-961T, July 31, 2012… Continue Reading
How Fair Use Can Help Solve the Orphan Works Problem
How Fair Use Can Help Solve the Orphan Works Problem, Jennifer M. Urban – University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, June 18, 2012. Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 27, 2012. UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2089526 “Many works that libraries, archives, and historical societies, among others, would like to digitize and… Continue Reading
2012 State Sales Tax Holidays – August
Federation of Tax Administrators – links and specific information on the State Sales Tax Holidays for August 2012. Continue Reading
The Minimum Balance at Risk: A Proposal to Mitigate the Systemic Risks Posed by Money Market Funds
The Minimum Balance at Risk: A Proposal to Mitigate the Systemic Risks Posed by Money Market Funds, Patrick E. McCabe, Marco Cipriani, Michael Holscher, and Antoine Martin. Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports, no. 564. July 2012 “This paper introduces a proposal for money market fund (MMF) reform that could mitigate systemic risks… Continue Reading
Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced?
Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced? by Robert Esworthy – Specialist in Environmental Policy. July 7, 2012 “As a result of enforcement actions and settlements for noncompliance with federal pollution control requirements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that, for FY2011, regulated entities committed to invest an estimated $19.0 billion for judicially… Continue Reading
USGS Oil and Gas Assessment from Eastern United States
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the East Coast Mesozoic Basins of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge Thrust Belt, Atlantic Coastal Plain, and New England Provinces, 2011. June 2012 “The assessment of the East Coast Mesozoic basins is based on the geologic and geochemical characteristics of the individual total petroleum systems (TPS) that were… Continue Reading
USDA Designates Additional 76 Counties in 6 States as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Worsening Drought
News release: “Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack designated 76 additional counties in six states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat. During the 2012 crop year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 1,369 counties across 31 states as disaster areas due to droughtmaking all qualified… Continue Reading
"Amazon" Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis
CRS – “Amazon” Laws and Taxation of Internet Sales: Constitutional Analysis, Erika K. Lunder – Legislative Attorney; John R. Luckey – Legislative Attorney, July 26, 2012 “As more and more purchases are made over the Internet, states are looking for new ways to collect taxes on these sales. While there is a common misperception that… Continue Reading
Committee Print – For Profit Higher Education: The Failure to Safeguard the Federal Investment and Ensure Student Success
News release: “[July 30, 2012]Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, unveiled a report on the findings of the Committees two-year investigation of the for-profit higher education industry. The report outlines widespread problems throughout the sector, as evidenced by the thousands of pages of never-before-released internal documents… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board – final rule establishing risk-management standards for financial market utilities designated as systemically important
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board announced the approval of a final rule establishing risk-management standards for certain financial market utilities (FMUs) designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council. The final rule also establishes requirements for advance notice of proposed material changes to the rules, procedures, or operations of certain designated FMUs.… Continue Reading
