Fox Columnist Fired for Promoting Wolverine Piracy
Fox News Corp. isn’t amused that its freelance columnist, Roger Friedman, has watched a pirated version of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and apparently promoted such piracy in a column he posted on Fox News’ website. According to Nikki Finke, Friedman has apparently been canned and his column deleted.
This just reinforces the futility of trying to protect intellect property online where there remains a strong demand for pirated copies. At least one can give Fox credit for taking action (although rumors have it that Friedman might get a reprieve). That’s different than the see-n0-evil response of RIAA to music piracy hypocrites when their own illegally download songs.
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Copyright Infringement Damages – Are They Constitutional?
In an unusual copyright infringement case, a defendant (Denise Barker) admits that she engaged in downloading copyrighted materials using Kazaa’s peer-to-peer (P2P) network. What makes this case unique is that the defendant is challenging the constitutionality of the damages music companies are trying to extract from her in the lawsuit.
As I’ve discussed in this blog previously, RIAA (and the MPAA) have abused copyright law to financially destroy individuals. Guilty or not, defendants are forced into settlements rather than fight teams of entertainment and intellectual property (IP) lawyers with the likelihood of being hit with Read more
