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Big Telecom versus Video Games: Big Implications

Big Telecom versus Video Games: Big Implications

As reported on Kotaku.com – "British Telecommunications, a multinational mega-conglomerate with origins dating back to the 1800s, is suing Valve, a video game company that can't count to three". British Telecommunications (BT) alleges that on-line services offered by Valve infringe on four U.S. patents held by BT. The patents at trial are broadly worded and could implicate […]

Do War Criminals Have Copyrights? The Role of Morality in Controversial Works

Do War Criminals Have Copyrights? The Role of Morality in Controversial Works

At first, a request for royalties by the estate of Nazi propagandist Goebbels was considered a joke by counsel for Random House. But the publisher now finds itself in the middle of a legal controversy after releasing a biography about the notorious World War 2 Nazi, which largely draws from Goebbels’s diaries.