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U.S. Copyright Office to Hold Public Hearings on 1201 Rulemaking

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2006 - 2:59am.
Washington - The U.S. Copyright Office announced on Thursday that it plans to hold public hearings in connection with its Section 1201 rulemaking proceeding, which will determine whether there are particular copyrighted works which should be exempt from the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that prohibits circumventing the copyright controls on a digital device. The Copyright Office will hold hearings at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. on March 23 and 24, and at the Library of Congress in Washington on March 29 and 31, and April 3 and 4. Requests to testify must be received by March 10.
tags: Hearing | Public | U.S. Copyright | Hold | 1201 Rulemak |

E-Stand Offers Pro Digital Sheet Music Software to Public

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 19, 2006 - 2:58am.
Skokie, Ill. - E-Stand, a developer of music viewing and annotation software, announced on Thursday the first availability of its software to the general public. The Illinois-based company's software is used by musicians -- including Itzhak Perlman and John Williams -- on PCs or touch-screen tablets to follow a musical score and make annotations, eliminating the need for traditional sheet music.
tags: Music | Software | Public | E-Stand |

M-Qube to Distribute Mobile Content for Public Enemy Album

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 28, 2005 - 10:16am.
Boston - M-Qube, a developer of mobile entertainment and delivery applications, announced on Monday that it has partnered with hip-hop group Public Enemy to develop and distribute mobile content for the group's new album, "New Whirl Odor." Boston-based m-Qube will build mobile storefronts for Public Enemy's website, and also distribute polyphonic and master recording ringtones, full-track downloads and wallpapers to wireless network operators.
tags: Mobile | m-Qube | Public | Enemy Album |

Google Launches Online Library of Public Domain Works

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2005 - 3:42am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google on Thursday announced the availability of the first large collection of public domain books on its Google Print program, which aims to digitize the world's printed works and make them searchable in an online index. Works now available from Google Print include those whose copyrights have expired, such as U.S. Civil War history books, government documents, and the writings of author Henry James -- which users may now search and browse every page online. Google partnered with the New York Public Library and university libraries at Harvard, Michigan, Oxford and Stanford to provide public domain works for scanning. "Today we welcome the world to our library," said University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman. "As educators we are inspired by the possibility of sharing these important works with people around the globe. Google's digital library project has angered many authors and publishers, however, who say the company should not be profiting from their works used without permission. The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers have separately filed suit against the company for copyright infringement.
tags: Internet | Google | Public | Domain | Library |

Akamai Raises $208 Million in Public Offering of Common Stock

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 1, 2005 - 4:41am.
Cambridge, Mass. - Akamai Technologies, a provider of Internet content delivery services, has raised $208 million in a secondary public offering of stock. The company sold 12 million shares at a price of $17.34 a share. Shares in Akamai were down $0.70 at $16.64 in the final hour of trading on Tuesday, a loss of about 4%.
tags: VC | Akamai | Stock | Public |

Copyright Office Holding Public Hearings on Circumvention Exceptions

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 19, 2003 - 4:44am.
Washington -- The U.S. Copyright Office has announced that it will hold public hearings -- in both Washington and California -- in its rulemaking on the possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The controversial section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in question has led to the prosecution of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, teen-aged Norwegian DeCSS creator Jon Johansen, and a company that makes software that allows foreign toner cartridges to work in printers. The hearings will seek to determine whether there are particular "classes of works" as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make non-infringing uses if they are prohibited from circumventing such technological measures. Hearings will be held in Washington, D.C., on April 11, April 15, April 30, and May 2, 2003; dates for California hearings during May have yet to be announced. http://www.copyright.gov/1201/index.html#hearings
tags: Copyright | Public | Circumvention Exceptions |