Over the last 12 month , IP spectators saw a lot of action in the arena of copyright and related law . We would tell you all about it , but that would be cheat .
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2 . Zoe _ _ _ _ _ _ , member of Congress who take in one of EFF ’s 2014 Pioneer Awards , in part for her allegiance to reforming the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
7 . First name of the fictional police detective who — thanks to the Supreme Court ’s refusal to take up the compositor’s case — is formally in the public domain
8 . Former Panamanian dictator who used the “ right of publicity ” to attack the creators of Call of Duty for admit him in their biz
9 . Code - sharing website from which PopcornTime torrent software , was take away after an elaborate takedown postulation from the MPAA
10 . Company that lost a major case before the Supreme Court over letting users rent dime bag - sized transmitting aerial to immortalise television programming
13 . Cindy Lee _ _ _ _ _ _ , actor who filed a right of first publication suit against Google over her five - second operation in the notorious “ Innocence of Muslims ” video
14 . Blog site , run by Automattic , that clear all the potential star in EFF ’s inaugural Who Has Your Back right of first publication and trademark report
17 . accord to a dangerous decision by the Federal Circuit Court in Oracle v. Google , these Java spec may be deal copyrightable .
18 . “ mess around _ _ _ _ _ ” ( see crossword background ) was the nitty-gritty of a controversy when a photographer did n’t like that it was uploaded as a public domain range to Wikimedia Commons
19 . you may now do this to your cell to bring it to a dissimilar carrier , thanks to a bill signed by President Obama in August
20 . News and gossip site that Quentin Tarantino filed a copyright lawsuit against after it linked to a leak script of his upcoming movie The Hateful Eight
21 . Photography licensing caller that made its images “ devoid to embed ” and announced it would dial back its right of first publication enforcement
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1 . Porn trolling Malibu Media filed more than 1,600 copyright lawsuits in 2014 , using this name in piazza of many of the yet - to - be - identified defendants
3 . An collection courtyard ruled that you ca n’t copyright the build of this tobacco appurtenance
4 . Outgoing “ IP Czar ” Victoria Espinel has taken the top problem at the Business Software Association . In political circles , this move is known as the revolving _ _ _
5 . Image - host website owned by Yahoo that raised some hackles when it announced it would be sell prints of some user ’ Creative Commons licenced prints
6 . Company whose leaked emails revealed a mystical anti - piracy meeting organized by the Department of Homeland Security
7 . Comedy Central show Nathan For You tested the limits of fair use with its travesty coffee bean shop , “ Dumb _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ”
11 . Brian Knappenberger released his Aaron Swartz docudrama , “ The Internet ’s _ _ _ _ _ _ ” under a Creative Commons License
12 . In December , Swedish constabulary raid this notoriously springy torrent site , lend it down worldwide
15 . “ Blurred Lines ” singer Robin _ _ _ _ _ proceed to lawcourt to necessitate for a asserting judgment that his song does not conflict Marvin Gaye ’s “ start out To Give It Up . ”
16 . Jehovah of single - do brewing pods that introduced something akin to DRM for burnt umber machine
This crosswordfirst appear on the Electronic Frontier Foundationand is republish here under Creative Commons permit .
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