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AIME Sues UCLA for Copyright Infringement

Submitted by lke on September 13, 2011 - 1:09pm

Several months ago, I wrote a piece about the copyright dispute between UCLA and the Association for Information and Media Equipment (AIME) (Streaming Video:  AIME Takes on UCLA, http://sloanconsortium.org/node/1132).  AIME is a trade association representing companies that produce and distribute educational films and videos.  Prior to being contacted by AIME originally, UCLA permitted faculty members to copy films and vid

                Recent court filings in the case of Cambridge University Press et al v.

Georgia State University Case Finally Set for Trial

Submitted by lke on April 26, 2011 - 12:15pm

The closely watched and much awaited copyright infringement case against Georgia State University officials is about to go to trial.  As of this writing, short of a delay or settlement on the court house steps, the case brought by Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc. and Sage Publications, Inc. is set to begin on May 16, 2011 at the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia.   

Fair Use: Derivative Works and Transformative Works

Submitted by lke on February 1, 2011 - 8:28am

Streaming Video: AIME Takes On UCLA

Submitted by lke on February 26, 2010 - 11:09am
Linda K. Enghagen, J.D., Professor University of Massachusetts at Amherst Isenberg School of Management

In a widely reported dispute, the Association for Information and Media Equipment (AIME) is challenging the manner in which the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) permits faculty members to stream video to course Web sites. While no lawsuit has been filed to date, UCLA issued a press release on February 11, 2010 announcing it “temporarily suspended the posting of streamed content, effective at the start of winter quarter in January 2010.”