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News Roundup - November 2009

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 12:33 am
Net disconnection requires involvement of judge, says Commissioner (LINK) Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers (LINK) Why do people keep buying CDs? (LINK) EU waits for wise ...
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Look Who's Twittering Us Now

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Nov 22, 2009, 5:24 pm
It's always nice to see that people out there are paying attention to this fledgling enterprise! Here are some of the people and posts that are attracting attention: http://twitter.com/moviepira...
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(FM) Google Books - Satan's Library...

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 8:36 pm
...or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet. The Google Book Project has been controversial since it first began in October, 2004. My intention with this post, my last guest blawging h...
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(FM) Meanwhile, Somewhere Over the Atlantic Ocean...

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Nov 1, 2009, 4:17 pm
“The privacy and dignity of our citizens life.”(1) If a police officer were to come to your house and ask to come in and conduct a search without a warrant most people, assured of their rights fr...
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News Roundup - October 2009

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Oct 31, 2009, 12:07 pm
Aussie censor wants power to ban iPhone apps (LINK) Music Pirates are Immoral Cheapskates, Or Are They? (LINK) Copyright Threats Against Compulsive Singer Withdrawn (LINK) Special Interests See ‘Cla...
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(FM) Massive Tools becomes Industry Tools

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 8:31 pm
What is the world coming to? Musicians everywhere are putting down their microphones/lip synching devices and squaring off against one another over the issue of punishing file sharers. Following talk...
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(FM) "I'm not Blockbuster Boy"*

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Oct 18, 2009, 4:40 pm
I'd like to discuss a news story that particularly annoys me. The story proclaims that Blockbuster is to close as many as 960 of its stores in the US as a means of streamlining their operations. T...
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(FM) Piracy - The Who, The How and The Y?

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Oct 16, 2009, 7:05 pm
“The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.”(1) For my first post I would like to shed so...
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Moving Forward Part 2

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 12:59 pm
My time guest blawging on ourforwardmovement.blogspot.com is over and so over the next few weeks I will be reposting my work on this blog (perhaps with some minor updates). You can find them by looki...
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A Copyright Czar

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 7:42 pm
If you have a Drug Czar who is charged with overseeing the war on drugs, then does that mean a Copyright Czar will be devoted to waging war on copyright?! Probably not, but I guess we will find out s...
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News Roundup - September 2009

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 12:18 pm
Tucker Max: Live Outside The US? Please Pirate My Movie (LINK) Lawsuit: Copyright Filtering Technology Infringes (LINK) Pirate Bay Buyer Faces Bankruptcy (LINK) Brazilian Court Bans P2P Software (LINK...
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Thinking Outside the Goggle Box

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 25, 2009, 5:54 pm
A recurring theme of this blog is that with the rise of the internet, the increasing availability of high speed connections and the lower cost of digital technology new business models are required to...
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Forward Movement

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 21, 2009, 8:24 pm
Just a brief note to let you know that I will be guest blawging on ourforwardmovement.blogspot.com so updates to this blog will be sporadic at best. Thanks to Stephanie Soondar at Forward Movement fo...
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The iPhone Meets File Sharing

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 17, 2009, 12:27 pm
It was inevitable that the iPhone would eventually come into contact with the sticky world of file sharing. This instance involved a torrent tracking app which has been rejected by Apple. A similar ...
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Online Video Killed the Movie Star

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 15, 2009, 3:15 pm
Unless large rights holders change their business models then they are not going to like where they end up. One such possible end point is discussed below. Source Online Video Will Kill the Movies ...
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The Google Books Debate Rages On

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 10, 2009, 5:57 pm
As promised here are a few of the latest developments in the ongoing Google Books debate. 1. Librarians are lining up against the project. They are citing problems with conducting research. Librari...
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The Internet Television Law Blog Gets a Mention

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 10, 2009, 2:58 pm
Exciting news for the blog as it is featured in the current issue of Blawg Review #288, Law is Cool. The reviewed post in question can be found HERE. Also, the Internet Television Law Blog is now li...
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What's New With Youtube

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 7, 2009, 11:56 am
Here's an update on all the latest headlines involving Youtube. 1. Youtube has struck a deal with right's holders and music videos return to the UK version of the site. Meanwhile, protests o...
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Lessig

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 5, 2009, 3:14 pm
Lawrence Lessig is a renowned author and proponent of "copyleft" who has a number of interesting thoughts in the field of copyright law. I highly recommend that you read some of his works, especially...
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Irish ISP Blocks Pirate Bay

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 3, 2009, 12:24 pm
Bad news for Irish file sharers as Eircom, the country's largest ISP, has made good on the terms of its deal with rights holders and blocked access to the Pirate Bay. This is of concern for two ...
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The Television Industry CAN be Saved

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Sep 1, 2009, 10:54 am
According to Ashley Highfield, Microsoft UK's Managing Director of Consumer and Online, the television industry can be rescued if it embraces a few ideas from the internet, most especially "the de...
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News Roundup - August 2009

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 31, 2009, 11:08 am
1. Last-Ditch Effort to Scuttle RIAA File Sharing Verdict (LINK) 2. An open letter to the RIAA: Illegal file sharing problem solved? (LINK) 3. YouTube Embraces Pre-Roll Video Ads (Updated) (LINK) 4. ...
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Mobile TV's Loss Could Be Internet TV's Gain

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 25, 2009, 7:08 pm
A leading blogger for ZDNet believes that watching live television on your cell phone is unlikely to catch on, for technological reasons and because there really is not much need for it. Good news fo...
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The "piratebay" sale, An Update

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 24, 2009, 11:54 am
The Pirate Bay was due to be sold to GGF in the near future, however the sale has been halted by Swedish stock market authorities due to a lack of immediately verifiable funds. Also, a number of Pira...
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Google Books

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 23, 2009, 2:40 pm
In 2007, while I was a student in University College Cork, I authored a paper entitled "Don't Be Evil - The Google 'Book Search' Project". The paper dealt with an examination of Google...
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What place does 3D have in Television?

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 21, 2009, 4:11 pm
3D movies are gaining in popularity and the upcoming "The Final Destination" is sure to be a seat filler in your local multi-plex. So popular is 3D, that now the television industry is getting in on ...
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The New Copyright Model

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 20, 2009, 3:07 pm
The Pirate Bay is apparently up for sale, and if it ends up being purchased by Global Gaming Factory X the new owners intend to implement a new system that will appease copyright holders while still a...
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Britain Renews the Fight against Sites that Link

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 19, 2009, 3:05 pm
In previous years, tv-links and Oink have been shut down and their respective owners arrested, although the former was never made stand trial. Now another site that links to allegedly infringing cont...
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Youtube/Hulu's New Direction?

Rory O'Sullivan posted an article on Internet Television Law Blog - Aug 18, 2009, 4:14 pm
According to businessinsider.com well known content providers may be moving towards an agreement that would see full-length movies being put on sites like Youtube/Hulu, supported by online ads. Altho...
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About Me

Rory Patrick O'Sullivan is a recent graduate of the National University of Ireland, University College Cork (U.C.C.). He received his L.L.M. (e-Law) from U.C.C. in December 2008. Pursuant to this he researched a minor thesis entitled: "Internet Television: A Copyright Analysis of Online Streaming Media". He received his B.C.L. (Intl.) Honours degree from U.C.C. in 2007.

Rory was admitted to the New York State Bar in January 2009, and currently resides in St. Louis, MO.

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