Read Baase: all of chapter 1, chapter 4 sections 4.1, 4.2
Start reading chapter 2 on privacy
Sometime during last week's Thursday class, the jury hearing the Apple v Samsung patent-damages decision made their decision: Samsung owes $539 million. This is up from a previous judgement of around $400 million, but down from the original 1.05 billion.
One issue with this verdict is that it is entirely for design patent infringement: Samsung allegedly copied parts of the iPhone design. One patent covered the rectangular shape and rounded corners; those are very generic features. Another patent covered the rectangular grid of icons; these go back to Windows 1.0 (the Mac didn't originate this). Apple did not win on any of its technology claims.
Music sampling and the Amen break
Criminal infringement
Transformative use
Cariou v Prince
Laws & Cases
MGM v Grokster
DMCA
Viacom v YouTube
Server-based filesharing
Google Books
Privacy