No Sharing Allowed

A several-decade-long dispute may be over between the Beatles' Apple Records company and that OTHER ubiquitous Apple company (you know, the one selling those cute white mp3 players in every crev...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2006/05/everybody-wants-bite.html

As a matter of law, every purchaser of a copyrighted work has the right to enjoy that work for all fair use. In the case of music, this includes acts such as private home exhibition. And, as many...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2006/03/riaa-claims-ripping-isnt-fair-use.html

It's been quite a while since I posted anything on this blog. That was, in large part, due to the escalating demands of law school as last semester drew to a close. Then, with the race for employ...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2006/03/settled-but-far-from-over.html

The panel last Friday was a great success. Each professor from UA and ASU had a unique perspective based on their are of expertise. The panel opened with moderator Robert Clinton noting the law ...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/10/notes-from-grokster-panel.html

The University of Arizona (UA) and Arizona State University (ASU) Intellectual Property Student Associations will jointly present a panel on the Grokster decision on Friday, Oct 21, from 3:40-5:1...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/10/grokster-panel-in-phoenix.html

Well, who ever said Grokster wouldn't be a big thing? The events of the past two weeks would be enough for them to eat their words pretty quickly. The RIAA was the center of attention in recent...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/10/riaa-throws-its-weight-around.html

Grokster (the company, not the court decision) has been acquired by Sony, inc. and will be rereleased under the name Mashboxx , a legitimate, "label-friendly" p2p service. Apparently , the servic...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/09/grokster-acquired-by-sony.html

Well, as my first year of law school continues, I'm finding myself unable to update this blog with the regularity I had anticipated. That being said, no one reads it anyway, so I suppose that doe...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/09/belated-update.html

Being that this blog is meant to outline the Grokster case (not simply general legal news), and because the title of this blog embraces a general ban on sharing, I will NOT tell you that John Rob...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/09/in-theme-of-this-blog.html

Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist died Saturday evening , overtaken by thyroid cancer. The justice made important marks on the legal community during his 33-year tenure, not the least...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/09/rehnquist-dies-kazaa-under-fire.html

A big thanks to Denise Howell of Bag and Baggage for linking up to this site. Denise is actually part of the Grok news today, as she is moderating an ABTL Panel Dinner to discuss the Grokster d...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/08/off-and-running.html

Here we are, just five months after the Grokster decision was handed down, and already it's being called into use as a precedent case. Perfect 10, an adult entertainment company, is suing Google ...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/08/grokster-decision-tested.html

While some have misgivings about the effect of MGM v. Grokster on the tech industry, the music industry has taken the decision to mean support for legitimate digital trade, bolstering the industr...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/08/blessing-in-disguise.html

On the surface, the Grokster decision seems a slap in the face to both innovators and the casual downloader, as it could be interpreted to place inventors of technology at risk for liability if t...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/08/first-impact.html

The first step in understanding where the Grokster decision is headed is to understand what the decision is. The facts of the case are that MGM and several other hollywood movie studios brought s...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/08/understanding-supreme-court-decision.html

Welcome to No Sharing Allowed, the first weblog dedicated to the MGM v. Grokster decision and its effects both in industry and in court. For those unacquainted, MGM v. Grokster was a case recen...

http://nosharing.blogspot.com/2005/08/unofficial-source-for-all-your-grok.html