Second Round
Who’s on Second? A look at secondary liability and the DMCA

A couple of weeks ago, I reprised my talk on secondary liability and the DMCA for the State Bar of California’s IP Section. I updated my original talk – initially delivered last fall to the ABA – to reflect the current status of the UMG v. Veoh and Viacom v. YouTube appeals, which in the interim were fully briefed (and, in the case of Veoh, argued). You can review the revised and updated outline here.

The outline also notes a late-breaking development in the YouTube case stemming from the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Global-Tech v. SEB, a patent case addressing the doctrine of willful blindness. I have posted a fuller analysis of this development over at The 1709 Blog, which you can read here.

Sharing the Love
Naomi Jane Gray joins The 1709 Blog team

I am pleased to announce that I have joined the team of The 1709 Blog, which is dedicated to “all things copyright, warts and all.”  The blog takes its name from the year of passage of the Statute of Anne, the copyright act that started it all, to which I am eternally indebted for my livelihood (h/t Her Maj. Queen A.).  Thanks to Jeremy Phillips, dean of the IP blogosphere, for the invitation.  You can also view the announcement of my joining The 1709 Blog over at Jeremy’s sister blog, The IPKat.

I will, of course, continue to post regularly here at Shades of Gray, so please keep reading!