The Hobbit Pub in Southampton in England has been threatened with legal action for copyright infringement by lawyers representing the Saul Zaentz Company. The company has offered to allow licensing of the copyright for a fee. The show of public support for the pub has been enormous, with actors Sir Ian Mckellen and Stephen Fry offering to pay the licensing fees.

The UFC is known in the entertainment industry for their hard line stance against copyright infringement. They were strong supporters of SOPA and have brought legal action against websites illegally streaming their pay-per-view shows. Their latest lawsuit against Greenfeedz.com is different because they state that they intend to go after the end users who watched the illegal stream as well.

Japan, Mexico, and Canada are attempting to join negotiations to form the TransPacific Partnership – a trade agreement that will reduce trade barriers between member states around the Pacific. If the states join, they will bolster the size and importance of the trade agreement. Despite the economic advantages provided by the decreased barriers to trade, many in the intellectual property community are concerned that the restrictions incorporated in the treaty resemble failed domestic legislation that aimed to regulate behavior on the Internet.

Up-and-coming rapper Tyga’s album has been recalled for sampling ten seconds of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ‘s “I Have a Dream” speech. After months of negotiations, Jay Z and Kanye West finally settled a sampling dispute involving their recent album. These two recent sampling disputes highlight the strained relationship between hip hop and copyright law.

Hadopi, France’s agency responsible for protecting intellectual property rights on the Internet, has sent its first load of cases of Internet users who allegedly illegally downloaded films and music for prosecution.

Fox Television has launched a copyright infringement suit against network founder Barry Diller, claiming his new digital streaming television service Aereo infringes upon the copyright protection afforded the content of broadcasters’ television programming.

Earlier this year Newt Gingrich was sent a cease and desist letter for his use of “Eye of the Tiger” during his campaign, but it was hardly the first time a politician got in trouble for their use of (sometimes anachronistic) songs in their campaigning.

This article presents context and discussion in response to a Washington Post blog discussing copyright access and Internet freedom, and specifically to five proposals authored by freedom advocates for consideration in the next copyright infringement debate.

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A Croatian journalist alleges that Angelina Jolie copied the storyline from his book, The Soul Shattering, in her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey. Both works feature a romance between star-crossed lovers engaged in a struggle for survival among the tragedies of the Bosnian Civil War.