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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Indiana comics shops have to register as &#8220;adult bookstores&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a law going into effect July 2008 in Indiana which will require any store which sells sexually explicit books to register with the state, with a charge of $250.  The state will then notify the store&#8217;s local government (county, city, zoning boards) of the store&#8217;s registration.  Selling &#8220;sexually explicit&#8221; material without registration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Horse challenges Oregon censorship law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dark Horse Comics and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are two of the plaintiffs suing the state and counties of Oregon to block a new law banning the sale or other distribution of certain material to children, and another applying even harsher penalties for &#8220;sexually arousing&#8221; material provided to teenagers.  The law went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local comics store owner shot in robbery</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/local-comics-store-owner-shot-in-robbery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This has nothing to do with the law per se.  It happens to be a criminal legal case, but that&#8217;s not the point.  I&#8217;m reporting this more as a personal interest item.
Apparitions, one of the handful of comics shops here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was robbed at gun-point this weekend.  Which would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orphan copyrights 2008</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/orphan-copyrights-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Copyrights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote recently about the tempest over a bill that had been introduced in Congress two years ago, which would establish some boundaries and procedures for how to deal with &#8220;orphan works&#8221; (works that are copyrighted, but the owner can&#8217;t be located&#8230; read the previous article for more background on the subject).  The furor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plagiarism in the Internet Age</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/plagiarism-in-the-internet-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Copyrights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Darren Di Lieto, the operator of the Little Chimp Society web site, has blogged about a troubling incident in which the series of interviews of illustrators, which he conducted for the LCS web site, were stolen wholesale and published in book-and-CD form, along with the sample illustrations he included with the interviews.  Luc Latulippe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Lee case dismissed</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/gordon-lee-case-dismissed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[(Updated) The charges against comics retailer Gordon Lee have finally been dismissed.  Neil Gaiman made an announcement of this at an appearance at the New York Comic Con on 18 April, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced the details today, the 23rd.
Lee is the owner of Legends, a comic book store in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orphan copyrights</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/orphan-copyrights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Copyrights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a blogosphere hullaballoo over an article by Mark Simon on Animation World Network about a piece of legislation that would deal with the copyright status of so-called &#8220;orphan works&#8221;.  By his own admission Simon is full of piss and vinegar over this, but he&#8217;s also full of misinformation.  He&#8217;s upset - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whoever owns the Man of Tomorrow?</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/whoever-owns-the-man-of-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[comics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;m &#8220;retired&#8221; from blogging these days, I&#8217;ve had a number of people asking me about the Siegel family getting half the rights to Superman.  It&#8217;s a somewhat complicated situation, and depending on whom you ask it&#8217;s either a landmark victory for the little guy or a shameless money grab spelling doom for the greatest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By the way: comics are work for hire</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/by-the-way-comics-are-work-for-hire/</link>
		<comments>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/by-the-way-comics-are-work-for-hire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Copyrights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Brady has an interesting article on Newsarama that explores the legal implications of a single word that appears in the judge&#8217;s ruling in the case in which Neil Gaiman sued Todd McFarlane for the rights to certain characters. I&#8217;ll write more about it later, after I&#8217;ve had a chance to look it over myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icon icons</title>
		<link>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/icon-icons/</link>
		<comments>http://briefs.toddverbeek.com/icon-icons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions that&#8217;s come up following the announcement of Marvel&#8217;s new &#8220;Icon&#8221; imprint is with the name itself. The comics industry is often a trademark minefield that&#8217;s difficult to navigate safely, so any new name has to be carefully chosen.
The first trademark question that popped up was about the character Icon, who starred [...]]]></description>
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