INFO/NYT: Canadian Internet Rebroadcasting of US Television

        REGARDING A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE WITH LINK AND EXCERPT BELOW:      Copyright, technological develoment and patents merge in the case of a Canadian company retransmitting television programs over the internet in Canada but being forced to avoid having any USA users as it would violate United States copyright law. To enforce this a new device has been patented that will determine if the transmission is being received in the United States.

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Source: New York Times (NYT)
Author: DENISE CARUSO
Title: Case Illustrates Entertainment Industry's Copyright Power Source Date: March 13, 2000
Resource Type: News Article
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March 13, 2000
DIGITAL COMMERCE
Case Illustrates Entertainment Industry's Copyright Power By DENISE CARUSO

The most chilling aspect of the case, and there are many, was Craig's response. That is, he did not argue the legality of the action against him, but instead responded by inventing a technology that could stop the discussion dead in its tracks.

He contends that the Internet's "haphazard" design makes it impossible to determine precisely where a user's computer is located, and thus the copyright laws that he or she is subject to. If he wanted to keep his business, he says, "we had to find another barrier to determine that someone is indeed in Canada."

So his company promptly developed a technological protection mechanism -- he says patents are already being filed -- that will pinpoint where users of iCraveTV are located geographically, thus barring anyone under the jurisdiction of United States-style copyright restrictions from viewing protected programming outside Canada.

Web Sites Related to This Article:

iCraveTV.com
<http://www.icravetv.com/>

Motion Picture Association of America
<http://www.mpaa.org/>

Lawrence Lessig column on iCraveTV in The Industry Standard
<http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,10885,00.html>

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, from Thomas
<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:HR02281:|TOM:/bss/d105query.html|>

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Received on Mon Mar 13 2000 - 18:34:56 GMT