Comments on: On the library of libraries http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/05/14/on-the-library-of-libraries/ Academic commentary about patent law, i.p. law, creativity, and more Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Law http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/05/14/on-the-library-of-libraries/#comment-10168 Law Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:29:23 +0000 http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/05/14/on-the-library-of-libraries/#comment-10168 <strong>Markus</strong> It was quite useful reading, found some interesting details about this topic. Thanks. Markus

It was quite useful reading, found some interesting details about this topic. Thanks.

]]> By: The Fire of Genius » A different kind of moneyball … http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/05/14/on-the-library-of-libraries/#comment-38 The Fire of Genius » A different kind of moneyball … Tue, 23 May 2006 02:02:52 +0000 http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/05/14/on-the-library-of-libraries/#comment-38 [...] Both Frank and Kaimi expressed some dismay at Major League Baseball’s right of publicity claim against CDMsports, a fantasy baseball service website. Frank, riffing on MLB, called Baseball’s demand for royalties for the use of named palyers’ statistics “Misusing Law Brazenly,” as well as “bizarre” and “astonishing[].” Kaimi, for his part, links the fantasy baseball story to Kevin Kelly’s meditation on the universal library, to which I’ve linked previously. Like Frank, I reacted to the story with deep skepticism about the strength of MLB’s royalty claim. Not knowing that much about right of publicity law, however, I thought I would investigate a bit. It turns out that MLB’s claim appears to have some merit in the expansive doctrine that the right of publicity has become. So much the worse for the right of publicity. [...] […] Both Frank and Kaimi expressed some dismay at Major League Baseball’s right of publicity claim against CDMsports, a fantasy baseball service website. Frank, riffing on MLB, called Baseball’s demand for royalties for the use of named palyers’ statistics “Misusing Law Brazenly,” as well as “bizarre” and “astonishing[].” Kaimi, for his part, links the fantasy baseball story to Kevin Kelly’s meditation on the universal library, to which I’ve linked previously. Like Frank, I reacted to the story with deep skepticism about the strength of MLB’s royalty claim. Not knowing that much about right of publicity law, however, I thought I would investigate a bit. It turns out that MLB’s claim appears to have some merit in the expansive doctrine that the right of publicity has become. So much the worse for the right of publicity. […]

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