January 27, 2012
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Copyright made big headlines last week. File-sharing site Megaupload was shut down following a dramatic FBI raid. The Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) generated widespread web protests, resulting in a postponement of both bills. And the Supreme Court upheld a decision to restore copyright to works that previously had been part of the public domain - like Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” We’ll break down these convoluted stories with our go-to copyright expert, intellectual property lawyer Jon Reichman.

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