Driver Claims Corporation is Second Passenger in HOV Lane

A Californian man driving with a pack of papers in his front seat claimed that a corporation was his second passenger. It was a creative but unconvincing argument and he was found guilty of violating the vehicle occupancy requirement.

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3D Printers and Emerging IP Issues

3D printers allow users to create a multitude objects out of a wide range of materials. If you can create a computer model of the object, you can print it. A growing number of people are sharing modeling files and using printers to create three dimensional objects... protected designs, machine components, and even records with music. Now that these printers and modeling files are becoming more commonplace, there is growing concern with the protection of intellectual property.

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Is it Legal to Resell Your Digital Music?

ReDigi has created software that purports to remove old digital music files from the user's equipment and then allow that user to resell these files through ReDigi's on-line marketplace. Capitol Records filed suit against the company in 2012 claiming copyright infringement. The first sale doctrine seems to suggest that a purchased copy can be legally sold. But is a digital copy a true "copy" under copyright law?

UPDATE: In April 2013 the Court granted summary judgment for Capitol Records, finding that ReDigi's online sale of digital music constitutes copyright infringement. This ruling creates a distinction between physical items and digital ones. While this case applies to digital music, it may affect the resale of all digital works including e-books. ReDigi may appeal.