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Bad Press for Trademark Lawyers

By Marty Schwimmer on November 13, 2002

Professor Lessig shines the spotlight on lawyers for the Metropolitan Opera, for shutting a fansite named Metmaniac.com.  The issue, however, doesn’t seem as clear-cut as the professor makes it sound.  Prof. Lessig does provide a link to a cached copy of the site, which indicates that it was faciliating the swapping of tapes of broadcasts.  At some point swapping tapes with friends becomes a business in infringing works.

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    Intellectual Property, Trademark
  • Blog:
    The Trademark Blog
  • Organization:
    Martin Schwimmer
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