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When Holly’s email went viral …
“We are very disappointed by this matter. While intended as a joke, this is a stark reminder of the need to exercise careful judgment when using email.” Thus spaeketh a spokesman for biggie London accuntants Deloitte after an email from graduate trainee Holly Leam-Taylor made its way around the world. Leam-Taylor, who “joined Deloitte as a consultant analyst in August this year, “sent her tongue-in-cheek email, entitled Deloitte First year analysts Christmas Awards, on Tuesday afternoon, says the Telegraph .
Continue reading »Vevo strikes on December 8
We’d file this under the Who gives a flying sexual intercourse? heading. But USA Today says it’s “long awaited”, as in, “Rio Caraeff (right) isn’t just preparing to introduce a new company on Dec.
Continue reading »DVRs – entertainment’s ‘new best friend’
p2pnet news view TV | P2P:- Digital Video Recorders, “once considered a mortal threat by the entertainment industry, have now become its new best friend,” says Tim Jones in the EFFs Deep Links . It’s just the latest example of how the industry’s “constant warnings of the dangers of ‘piracy’ frequently turn out to be baseless hysteria,” he says, continuing »»» Remember 2001? Digital Video Recorders (”DVRs”) like TiVo and ReplayTV were poised to win mainstream adoption, allowing consumers to fast-forward past advertisements more easily than before.
Continue reading »Passenger Advocate Sues Delta for Allegedly Hacking Her E-Mail
An airline passenger advocate has accused Delta Airlines of hacking her e-mail accounts and computer in order to sabotage her organization’s lobbying efforts to pass federal legislation to help stranded fliers, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas Tuesday. Kate Hanni, the executive director and founder of the Coalition for an Airline Passengers’ Bill of Rights , also known as FlyersRights.org , recently learned from America Online that her organization’s AOL e-mail — which included spreadsheets, lists of donors and other data — was being redirected to an unspecified location. Hanni alleges in her complaint (.pdf) that the e-mail hacking began in 2008.
Continue reading »When isn’t a sound recording a sound recording?
“Earlier this year,” blogs Ottawa copyright lawyer Howard Knopf on Excess Copyright , “I posted about the NRCC’s attempt to get a tariff on the use of sound recordings as embodied in the soundtracks of movies and as performed in theatres and on TV ( here and here ). “It will be recalled that the Copyright Act defines ’sound recording’ as: “sound recording” means a recording, fixed in any material form, consisting of sounds, whether or not of a performance of a work, but excludes any soundtrack of a cinematographic work where it accompanies the cinematographic work; (Emphasis added) He goes on »»» The definition of ‘cinematographic work’ is this: cinematographic work” includes any work expressed by any process analogous to cinematography, whether or not accompanied by a soundtrack. Sections 15, 17, 18 and 19 are also pertinent.
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