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Karl Friedrich von Savigny (* 19. September 1814 in Berlin; † 11. Februar 1875 in Frankfurt am Main) war ein preußischer Diplomat und katholischer Politiker. Er war enger Mitarbeiter Bismarcks in der Zeit, als Deutschland vereinigt wurde (1864–1871). Danach trug er zur Bildung der katholischen Zentrumspartei bei.

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Savigny war der Sohn des bedeutenden preußischen Rechtsgelehrten und Staatsmanns Friedrich Carl von Savigny und der Kunigunde Brentano, einer Schwester der schriftstellerisch bekannt gewordenen Clemens Brentano und Elisabeth Brentano, die sich nach ihrer Heirat Bettina von Arnim nannte.

Nach dem Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in München und Berlin trat Savigny in den preußischen Staatsdienst ein und lernte während seiner Tätigkeit im Regierungspräsidium Aachen Otto von Bismarck näher kennen. 1840 trat er in das Diplomatische Corps Preußens ein und war in den Gesandtschaften in Dresden (1840), Lissabon (1842), Kassel (1844) und Den Haag (1845) tätig. Im Revolutionsjahr 1848 war Savigny in diplomatischer Mission in London, Paris und Frankfurt tätig.

Im Juni desselben Jahres wurde Savigny zum Wirklichen Legationsrat und Vortragenden Rat in der politischen Abteilung des Außenministeriums und war im November 1849 in der engeren Umgebung des späteren Kaisers Wilhelm tätig.

Politik
Es folgten 20 Jahre, in denen er als preußischer Gesandter in verschiedenen deutschen und europäischen Hauptstädten war. Von 1849 bis 1859 in Karlsruhe, dann bis 1862 in Dresden und den anderen sächsischen Herzogtümern und von 1862 bis 1864 in Brüssel.

Im Jahr 1864 wurde er Gesandter Preußens beim Bundestag des Deutschen Bundes in Frankfurt am Main. In seine Amtszeit fallen die beiden ersten Einigungskriege gegen Dänemark und Österreich. Seine Tätigkeit endete im Sommer 1866: Nach dem Bundesbeschluss vom 14. Juni (gegen Preußen) erklärte Savigny, dieser rechtswidrige Beschluss habe den Bund aufgelöst. Anerkannt wurde dies von Österreich und den anderen Mittelstaaten freilich erst nach ihrer Niederlage im Deutschen Krieg.

Nach dem Sieg über Österreich und seine Verbündeten war Savigny Bismarcks Beauftragter für Verhandlungen zur Gründung des Norddeutschen Bundes und anschließend Vorsitzender einer Regierungskonferenz, die die Verfassung des Norddeutschen Bundes ausarbeitete. Savigny erarbeitete einen der Entwürfe.

Bismarck hatte ursprünglich das Amt des Bundeskanzlers als eine mehr ausführende Tätigkeit gedacht, vergleichbar dem Präsidialgesandten im alten Bundestag. Für diese Position hatte er Savigny ausgewählt. Als der konstituierende Reichstag jedoch die lex Bennigsen angenommen hatte, wodurch der Bundeskanzler die Bundesexekutive wurde, übernahm Bismarck selbst das Amt. Savigny ging daraufhin 1868 in den einstweiligen Ruhestand und schied nach einer kurzen Tätigkeit während des Deutsch-Französischen Kriegs 1871 endgültig aus dem Staatsdienst aus.

Bereits seit 1867 saß Savigny für die Freikonservativen im Norddeutschen Reichstag. Dem Preußischen Abgeordnetenhaus gehörte er 1867 und 1868 sowie erneut von 1870 bis 1875 an.

Von 1871 bis zu seinem Tode vertrat von Savigny für die Zentrumspartei den Wahlkreis Regierungsbezirk Koblenz 3 (Koblenz – St. Goar) im Reichstag. Dort setzte er sich sowohl für die Hegemonie Preußens in Deutschland als auch für die Belange der katholischen Bevölkerungsteile im neuen Reich ein. Er war maßgeblich an der Gründung der Zentrumspartei beteiligt, deren Fraktionsvorsitzender er sowohl im Reichstag, als auch im preußischen Abgeordnetenhaus wurde. Mit dem von Savigny vorgeschlagenen Namen "Zentrum" sollte auch Protestanten der Eintritt in die neue Fraktion erleichtert werden.

Zusammen mit Ludwig Windthorst, den Brüdern Peter und August Reichensperger und Hermann von Mallinckrodt war er eine der wichtigsten Personen in der frühen Phase des Zentrums. Als Fraktionsvorsitzender hatte er maßgeblichen Anteil daran, die verschiedenen Positionen innerhalb des Zentrums zu einem Ausgleich zu bringen.

Familie
Er heiratete 1853 in Boitzenburg  Freda Sophie Karoline Marie (geb. von Arnim-Boitzenburg) (1831–1906), eine Tochter des Innenministers Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1803–1868). Das Paar hatte vier Söhne und fünf Töchter, darunter:
 Leo (1863–1910), Professor für Staats-, Verwaltungs-, Völker- und Kirchenrecht in Marburg und Münster ⚭ Freiin Maria von Amelunxen (1882–1957)
 Karl (1855–1928), Mitglied des preußischen Abgeordnetenhauses und des Reichstages ⚭ Freiin Maria von Amelunxen (1882–1957)
 Adolf (1857–1920), preußischer Gerichtsreferendar
 Elisabeth (1856–1902) ⚭ Freiherr Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg (1842–1902)
 Maria Freda (1859–1890), Barmherzige Schwester vom heiligen Karl Borromäus in Osnabrück
 Helene (1864–1908), Ordensfrau vom heiligen Herzen Jesu, Oberin in Graz
 Hedwig (1867–1898), Ordensfrau vom heiligen Herzen Jesu
 Josepha (1874–1945) ⚭ Freiherr Adolf von Schönberg (1864–1927), Fideikommißherr auf Niederzwörnitz

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 Willy Real (Hrsg.): Karl Friedrich von Savigny. Briefe, Akten, Aufzeichnungen aus dem Nachlaß eines preußischen Diplomaten der Reichsgründungszeit. Zwei Bände, Boldt, Boppard 1981.
 Willy Real (Hrsg.): Katholizismus und Reichsgründung. Neue Quellen aus dem Nachlaß Karl Friedrich von Savignys. Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 1988.
 Willy Real: Karl Friedrich von Savigny 1814–1875. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990.

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When you visit little bears and they say, "Hallo, Pooh, you're just in time for a little smackarel of something", and you are, then it's what I call a Friendly Day.
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What I like doing best is Nothing. It's when people call out at you just as you're going off to do it, "What are you going to do?" and you say, "Oh, Nothing", and then you go and do it. Doing Nothing means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
Well, what I like best… Pooh stopped to think. Because although Eating Honey Cake is a very good thing to do, there is a moment just before you begin to eat it which is better than when you are…
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Bond. James Bond.
Little bears are very excited, Daniel Craig is coming back as James Bond in 2019.
Eon Productions, the London-based company that oversees all things 007, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which holds rights to the franchise, said on Monday that the next installment would arrive in theaters in North America in November 2019. Eon and MGM also said that the script would be written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who have teamed up on the screenplays for the last six Bond installments, starting with The World Is Not Enough in 1999. The next Bond movie — the 25th in the series, if you include Never Say Never Again from 1983, which was made by an outside production company — will be produced by Eon's Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006)
When he was cast as Bond, filling the position most recently vacated by Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig did not seem like an obvious choice. He was an actor's actor known for his intensity of focus and his wide range of challenging, counterintuitive roles. He has played, among other things, a sharp-lapeled pornography baron from Manchester in the BBC mini-series Our Friends in the North; a college professor pursued by a male stalker in Enduring Love; a builder sleeping with his girlfriend's sexagenarian mother in The Mother; a drug-dealing businessman in Layer Cake; a killer full of murderous rage and heartbreaking tenderness in Infamous; the poet Ted Hughes in Sylvia and the physicist Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen.
Traditionalists were appalled. The British tabloids sniped that he was too short, too blond, too actory, too potentially Lazenbyesque; they spread the rumor that he didn't know how to drive a stick shift, let alone one attached to an Aston Martin.
But from the first scene in Casino Royale (2006), in which Bond brutally kills a man with his bare hands and then coolly shoots and kills his own corrupt boss, Daniel Craig proved to be a rare combination of plausibility, physicality and charisma. He got rave reviews, and not just from little bears 🙂
Even the meanest-spirited, most Sean Connery-nostalgic critics in Britain seem to have been charmed out of their bad attitudes by Daniel Craig's performance as a gritty, steely James Bond. Contrary to their predictions, they say, Daniel Craig is not too blond, too wimpy, too dough-faced or too lightweight for the part.
Skyfall (2012) – Filming at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar was only allowed on Sundays when it was closed to prevent any harm to the 400,000 daily visitors.
The release of the dazzling Skyfall coincided with the 50th anniversary of the series, which began with Dr. No in 1962. It earned over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing Bond film ever. The film won two BAFTA awards (Outstanding British Film and Best Original Music), two Academy Awards (Best Original Song for Adele's Skyfall and Best Sound Editing), two Grammys (Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Song Written for Visual Media for Adele's Skyfall), a Golden Globe (Best Original Song for Adele's Skyfall) and a SAG (Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture). The last Bond film to pick up an Academy Award was Thunderball, winning in the sound effects category in 1965.
Skyfall (2012) – Production worked during the National Portrait Gallery's closing hours at night to film the meeting between Bond and Q, aka Paddington Bear 🙂
Even the Vatican's daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, offered no fewer than five glowing articles about Skyfall! It declared Skyfall one of the best instalments in the Bond film franchise. The paper raved that the film makes its protagonist more human, real and emotional. While still surrounded by beautiful Bond girls 🙂 and drinking the essential vodka martini.
There are a few James Bond anniversaries this year: You Only Live Twice (Sean Connery, 1967); The Spy Who Loved Me (Roger Moore, 1977); The Living Daylights (Timothy Dalton, 1987); Tomorrow Never Dies (Pierce Brosnan, 1997).
Little bears will watch none of them, their preferred Bond is now Daniel Craig. They think he looks quite good! For a human 🙂
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Bond. Ionic Bond.
Two chemists go into a bar. The first one says "I think I'll have an H2O." The second one says "I think I'll have an H2O too" — and he died.
Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium?
A: It went OK.
The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half with liquid and half with gas.
Q: Why can you never trust atoms?
A: They make up everything!
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Q: Why are chemists great for solving problems?
A: They have all the solutions.
A photon checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. He says, "No, I'm travelling light."
Organic chemistry is difficult. Those who study it have alkynes of trouble.
The name's Bond. Ionic Bond. Taken, not shared.
I had to make these bad chemistry jokes because all the good ones Argon 🙂
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Beautiful Hanna's late husband has left her a very rich woman. In fact, she's so rich that the economy of her homeland depends on her marrying a local — so the ambassador springs into action with the help of his wife (a former cancan girl) to find Hanna the right husband. But it's a tricky affair because the wily widow already has someone in mind: Count Danilo, an old flame, who has no intention of giving up bachelorhood. He's got a bevy of beauties delighted to keep him happy with no strings attached.
Alexander Lewis as Count Danilo and Taryn Fiebig as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow is one of the greatest operettas ever written. It's a masterpiece, brimming over with wonderful melodies and a delightfully sentimental story. Oohhh…. And Hanna Glawari is operetta's most irresistible heroine.
The world of operetta introduces us to an enormous variety of female protagonists. Gilbert and Sullivan present everyone from a clever milkmaid to a regal princess and a demure Japanese maiden, while Offenbach's most famous women range from an impoverished street-singer and a man-hungry duchess to mythology's Eurydice and Helen of Troy. As for the Viennese operetta repertoire, it gives us commoners and noblewomen, servants and seductresses of every ilk.
Of all these ladies, it may well be die lustige Witwe – the merry widow herself, Hanna Glawari – who exudes the greatest appeal. It helps that her music is surely the most captivating that the incomparable Franz Lehár ever created for any of his sopranos. Hanna's alluring entrance song, as well as her achingly beautiful Vilja, her rollicking military-style duet with Count Danilo, and their justly celebrated waltz – these numbers are all integral to making Hanna the charmer she is. But besides her memorable music, she offers so much else that can draw audiences to her and hold them in her thrall. She's smart, glamorous, witty – the mistress of any situation. Most important is that although she's worth 20 million francs, she's a woman for whom love rather than wealth is everything. That makes her unfailingly sympathetic, from her arrival at the Pontevedrian Embassy in Act One right to that heart warming moment toward the end of The Merry Widow when Danilo finally takes her in his arms and utters those three little words Hanna has been longing to hear.
As a pair, Hanna and Danilo stand apart from just about any other love relationship in operetta. These are two people who have been around the block a few times. They're confident in themselves, yet vulnerable, too. Consequently, their interactions are emphatically adult in their complexity, their gradations of emotion, their subtle give-and-take.
Taryn Fiebig as Hanna Glawari and Alexander Lewis as Count Danilo in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Together with her beloved Danilo, Hanna stands at the centre of a work that is actually quite topical today. Its look into how the upper crust lives still fascinates people to a degree matching the love affair with the world of Lord and Lady Grantham in Downton Abbey. The phenomenally successful six-season TV series might have ended but it will live on — for a few years at least — in Downton Abbey: The Exhibition, presented by NBCUniversal International Studios and by Imagine Exhibitions. The multiyear, worldwide tour began at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on June 17.
Hanna started as a commoner who was compelled to marry early in life. Danilo's family had considered Hanna not good enough for him.
So her only choice had been a materially lavish existence with an older man she didn't love. The rich man she married died on their wedding night, leaving Hanna has so much money that if she moves her wealth to Paris, the entire economy of her native Pontevedro will crash.
He's left her not simply a millionaire, but so wealthy that whoever she marries next must be a fellow Pontevedrian. That's the crux of The Merry Widow's plot. It's what so terrifies Pontevedro's ambassador, Baron Zeta; if Hanna marries a man who isn't a compatriot, then Pontevedro has a catastrophe on its hands! Zeta is only worried about saving his country – he has no real concern for the feelings of Hanna herself.
Taryn Fiebig as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Hanna totally understands her situation at this point in her life. In other words, she actually recognizes that for any of her various suitors, she's basically a meal ticket. Yes, she's respected and adored, but when men look at her, it's 20 million francs that they see. Her awareness of this comes through in no uncertain terms at her very first appearance onstage; despite protestations to the contrary from all the bachelors kneeling at her feet, she makes clear to them that she knows exactly what accounts for their interest in her.
Taryn Fiebig as Hanna Glawari, Sam Roberts-Smith as Count Nicolas Cascada, Jonathan Brain as Raoul de St Brioche in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Hanna is not bitter; she endures the gossip, the objectification, which she carries with grace, aplomb, humor, and with confidence in her own power. This crucial element of Hanna's character has much to do with her appeal, and with making The Merry Widow such an irresistible piece in performance.
Hanna is an utterly independent woman, who could have anyone in Paris, but follows her heart. Count Danilo may be nobility, but he's still a middle-tier bureaucrat. However, were she never to get together with Danilo, she'd do just fine in life, thank you very much.
The world premiere of The Merry Widow took place in 1905 in Habsburg-ruled Vienna. At the time the story of a commoner who dared to love a nobleman and, more importantly, a nobleman who was ready to defy his family to marry a commoner, was still something of an eye-opener, as was the notion that the two of them could end up happy together and acclaimed by all.
What makes this operetta quite contemporary is that the conflict here is essentially about romantic love. It's love and nothing else that we find at the heart of all the Hanna-Danilo interplay. In the stratum inhabited by these two, marriages generally had everything to do with money and power; they were alliances. (Of course, Hanna and Danilo could simply have had an affair, because that's what one did in that era!) Danilo is nobility and Hanna is not – she's just money. You can imagine Maggie Smith as Downton Abbey's Dowager Countess deploring such a match ("It just wouldn't do!"). It is our modern sensibility that a match should turn on romantic love, rather than money or pedigree, and it would have seemed mighty strange to folks sitting in the boxes of Vienna's Theater an der Wien in 1905, attending the premiere of The Merry Widow.
To a certain extent, Hanna and Danilo have become, if not exactly cynical, then certainly worldly-wise, ever since that moment back in Pontevedro years before, when each thought their true love had left them. That's why Danilo became the playboy who's seemingly allergic to attachments – because he believed he had no chance of ever winning Hanna. He thought she loved him for himself, but now he thinks she married for money, making him doubt that she ever really loved him. For her part, after being given thumbs-down by his family, she'd begun to assume that he never loved her. So, since all men were going to be like that, why not marry a rich old coot? Why not lose faith in all men?
Yet Hanna exudes irrepressible joie de vivre, self-confidence, and an ability to laugh at the irony of her situation.
Alexander Lewis as Count Danilo in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
When Danilo is asked to pursue Hanna on behalf of Pontevedro, he doesn't want to carry out the assignment; he's willing to defy his country's wishes, and is ready to let Pontevedro fall rather than marry Hanna for her money. Neither duty, wealth, nor pedigree enters his mind. What finally makes the difference in his decision to marry Hanna is the realization that, in spite of being driven away by his family, she really loved him all along. She aligned herself with an extravagantly wealthy husband out of desperation. And she still loves Danilo; even when all the young and most eligible Parisian gentlemen are begging for her hand, she really does just want him. She finally understands that back in Pontevedro, Danilo was defying his family and really did love her. After Hanna married, Danilo, in all his playboy dalliances, found women who were surely little more than passing amusements compared with Hanna and his true feelings for her. Now, at their moment of truth in Paris, he cares not one bit for her millions.
The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Michael Scott-Mitchell's lavish set, Justin Fleming's new streamlined English translation and Jennifer Irwin's dazzling costumes were the backdrop for a dance-infused show where every act was a party fizzing with romance and comedy. They swapped Belle Epoque for Art Deco Paris.
Detail bronze latticework, The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Immense bronze latticework set the scene for the Embassy Ball, with sequined dresses and the gilded braiding of 1920's Parisian high society shimmering under Damien Cooper's creamy lights. The breathtaking Monet garden setting for Act Two's Pontevedrian party drew spontaneous applause as the curtain lifted on a waterlilies backdrop, pastel frocks and dreamy lighting. Lehár's Love Unspoken wafted through this setting like an evening breeze and Taryn Fiebig as Hanna and Alexander Lewis as Danilo delivered a heart-melting waltz.
But it was not enough to break Danilo's scruples about money and Hanna becomes embroiled in the fledgling affair between the Baron's wife Valencienne and a young Frenchman Camille.
John Longmuir as Camille de Rosillon and Emma Pettemerides as Valencienne in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
It was not until the Act 3 nightclub party where Hanna joined the 'Grisette' girls that this high-kicking heroine revealed the details of her inheritance and stole back Danilo's heart. Hanna's third act Marlene Dietrich turn with the sexy Gristettes is a stand-out in more ways than one, her fine account of the famous Vilja Song in the second act notwithstanding.
Taryn Fiebig as Hanna Glawari and the Grisettes in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
The Grisettes in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Actor Michael Loney proved he could also sing and dance in a show-stealing camp rendition of Quite Parisian.
Michael Loney as Njegus in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
Baritone Andrew Foote's comic excellence was put to good use as the foolish Baron Zeta while Sam Roberts-Smith and Jonathon Brain were quite ridiculous in their rivalry for Hanna's fortune.
Mark Antoni Hurst, Mark Alderson, Jonathan Brain, Alexander Lewis, Sam Roberts-Smith, Thomas Friberg and Andrew Foote in The Merry Widow, WA Opera
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The hiring situation within the banking sector is continuing to change and develop as financial services organisations respond to the changing economic climate. One shift we have observed is the tendency for many banks to reduce the number of interim and temporary staff on their books.
Especially pronounced in 'business-as-usual' finance and accountancy positions, this development could be due to the overall improvement seen in the UK's fiscal stability, meaning banks are happy to bring in staff on permanent deals rather than rely on flexible contracts.
However, it seems clear that the major driver is cost reduction, as banks attempt to reduce their outgoings and operate more efficiently in line with the new regulations and pressure being placed on the sector.
Financial reporting, management information reporting, technical accounting and commercial finance have all registered big drops in the number of temporary staff coming in. Interestingly, programme and change management are still dominated by people on interim contracts, despite the shifts being recorded elsewhere.
This could be good news for people looking for a new role in the sector and hoping for the security of a permanent contract - but what of the existing temps who face a change in circumstances?
Many of them will be offered the choice between having their contracts terminated or signing a new, long-term one.
As this process continues and even becomes more obvious, the landscape of the London financial services sector is set to undergo major changes, potentially bringing the volume of permanent finance and accountancy positions within the capital back to pre-credit crunch levels.
With the macroeconomic situation of the UK looking set to improve steadily - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development recently posited that advanced economies such as Britain's are entering a period of stable growth - this trend appears to be gaining plenty of traction.
How can jobseekers take advantage of this shift and find a new position that appeals to them? After all, there are still a host of talented finance professionals in the UK, especially in London.
"This is a great time to contact the banking recruitment team at Marks Sattin for a confidential career review and market update – perhaps now is the time to make that move," said principal consultant Jamie Carter.
Working with a group of industry recruitment specialists could be a good idea even though the number of jobs available is set to rocket, for a number of reasons.
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Getting the advice and support of expert recruiters will make it easier for you to gain access to positions that could otherwise be held aside for other candidates, while it can never hurt to re-examine your CV and portfolio before taking the step of finding a new role.


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At least 150 militants attacked the Riaz Shaheed Police Post in Sarband area of Peshawar on January 12 injuring nine Security Forces (SFs), reported Express Tribune. In a late night attack on a security check post in Sarband area heavily armed militants opened fire with rocket propelled grenades and other heavy arms. "The Police and Frontier Corps (FC) were pushed back, but we are gearing up for a counter-operation," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Tahir Ayub said, adding, that the attack was in reaction to an operation by SFs which had been launched in Bara-Badhaber area, bordering the Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on January 12. "We, along with the paramilitary forces, destroyed three of their important hideouts," said the SSP, confirming the attack by 150 militants and nine injuries of SFs. Read less...
At least seven Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants and three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Sarbanda, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the late night of January 12, reports Dawn. Earlier, The Express Tribune reports that only Read more...
At least seven Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants and three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost in Sarbanda, a suburb of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the late night of January 12, reports Dawn. Earlier, The Express Tribune reports that only nine SF personnel were in injured in the attack. Thirteen Police and Frontier Constabulary personnel were injured. According to Police, the LI militants attacked the post after entering the area from Bara in Khyber Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Ares (FATA). According to FC sources, about 150 militants armed with heavy weapons and rocket launchers attacked the Toot post of Police and FCB. FC trooper Mohammad Yaqoob and Policemen Naveed Nasir and Ahmed Saeed were killed. Read less...
Four militants, involved in attack on Riaz Shaheed Police Post in Sarbanda, the suburb of Peshawar, in the night of January 12, were arrested during a search operation in the area on January 15, reports Dawn. At least seven Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants and three Security Force (SF) personnel were Read more...
Four militants, involved in attack on Riaz Shaheed Police Post in Sarbanda, the suburb of Peshawar, in the night of January 12, were arrested during a search operation in the area on January 15, reports Dawn. At least seven Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militants and three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed in an attack on a checkpost. Several new pickets were set up in the area to counter any fresh assault from Bara side of Khyber Agency. Read less...
Intelligence agencies and Security Forces (SFs) on January 18 denied the custody of Mohammad Hasnain, a missing official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Communication and Works (C&W) Department, reports Dawn. Deputy Attorney General Mohammad Iqbal Mohmand informed a Peshawar High Court bench consisting of J Read more...
Intelligence agencies and Security Forces (SFs) on January 18 denied the custody of Mohammad Hasnain, a missing official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Communication and Works (C&W) Department, reports Dawn. Deputy Attorney General Mohammad Iqbal Mohmand informed a Peshawar High Court bench consisting of Justice Mian Fasihul Mulk and Justice Azmatullah Malik that he had filed replies on behalf of the Interior and Defence Ministries and intelligence agencies that they had stated that Mohammad Hasnain, a road inspector in the C&W department, hadn't been in their custody. Ghulam Nabi Khan, counsel for the missing official, accused intelligence agencies and SFs of taking away many people and said the number of missing persons was the highest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The bench was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Mohammad Hussain, father of Hasnain. The petitioner claimed that his son was taken into custody by officials of an intelligence agency from a Khyber Bazaar hotel in Peshawar on January 24, 2011. Read less...
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan said on January 19 that the cases of missing persons was a major issue of fundamental rights and because of their efforts around 700 such persons had been shifted to internment centres so far, reports Dawn. The Chief Justice said that they were h Read more...
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan said on January 19 that the cases of missing persons was a major issue of fundamental rights and because of their efforts around 700 such persons had been shifted to internment centres so far, reports Dawn. The Chief Justice said that they were here to defend the Constitution of Pakistan and fundamental rights of individuals and would not allow any of the state agencies to violate those rights. The chief justice said that the high court had drafted a law to set up mobile courts in the province and the same would now be submitted to the provincial Government for legislation. The establishment of mobile courts is aimed at providing speedy justice to people at their doorstep. Read less...
Unidentified militants shot dead an elder from Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) at Bakhshi Pul area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 20, reports Dawn. An official said that Fazal Maula Mohmand had shifted from his nati Read more...
Unidentified militants shot dead an elder from Mohmand Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) at Bakhshi Pul area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on January 20, reports Dawn. An official said that Fazal Maula Mohmand had shifted from his native tribal region to Bakhshi Pul area few years ago owing to lawlessness in the agency. "So far no one has claimed responsibility for his murder but it seems that he had contacts the with peace committees supporting security forces in Mohmand Agency," Police said. Read less...
three German nationals were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in 'suspicious activities' from a house located in University Town of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The suspects, who were interviewed after reports they were living in the house on the Park Lane Street illegally, failed to produ Read more...
three German nationals were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in 'suspicious activities' from a house located in University Town of Peshawar, reports Dawn. The suspects, who were interviewed after reports they were living in the house on the Park Lane Street illegally, failed to produce documents validating their stay in Pakistan. They were identified as Curtain Wild, a colonel in German Army who has spent time in Afghanistan and Kosovo, Lauren and Rhodwolf Smith. An official said statements of the three men did not match with each other. First, they claimed to be associated with a non-governmental organisation but later they said they were staff of the German embassy living in Peshawar. The official said four Pakistanis, who were working for the Germans, had also been held. They included two security guards whose services had been acquired without informing the Police. "They said they were deputed by their embassy to keep an eye on the German-funded development projects but they had no documentary proof to this effect," the official said. The Germans came to Peshawar during the Soviet war in Afghanistan more than 30 years ago, he said, adding the house was raided after the Police came to know about their suspicious activities. Read less...
A 'commander' of Ansarul Islam (AI), identified as Haji Akhunzada, and three others, including his nephew and son-in-law, were killed in a suicide attack on January 30 in Pakha Ghulam area, on the outskirts of Peshawar, reported Express Tribune. Seven people were also injured, of whom five were repo Read more...
A 'commander' of Ansarul Islam (AI), identified as Haji Akhunzada, and three others, including his nephew and son-in-law, were killed in a suicide attack on January 30 in Pakha Ghulam area, on the outskirts of Peshawar, reported Express Tribune. Seven people were also injured, of whom five were reported in critical condition. "The attacker was between 20 and 25 years of age. He targeted Haji Akhunzada, a commander of the AI," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tahir Ayub said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Peshawar Police pointed fingers at Lashkar-e-Islam (LI). According to Akhunzada's son Khan Taj, the family had been living in the area for four months and had been receiving threats. "Earlier, my father had a narrow escape because he was helping the Government against LI," Taj said, adding that earlier, LI members opened fire at Akhunzada's vehicle in Hayatabad area in Peshawar. Read less...
unidentified militants shot dead the leader of a tribal militiaman, identified as Malik Wazir (70), at Bakhshi Pul area on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, reported Dawn. Wazir headed a peace body in Baizai area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). His wife said that they had Read more...
unidentified militants shot dead the leader of a tribal militiaman, identified as Malik Wazir (70), at Bakhshi Pul area on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, reported Dawn. Wazir headed a peace body in Baizai area of Mohmand Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). His wife said that they had no enmity with anyone and that the family had shifted to Fakirabad area of Peshawar owing to the deteriorating law and order situation in the Agency. Read less...
13 persons, including three Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (PESCO) officials were abdcuted by unidenfied militants in Badhber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 31, reports Daily Times. Sources said that the linemen of PESCO and labourers Read more...
13 persons, including three Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (PESCO) officials were abdcuted by unidenfied militants in Badhber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on January 31, reports Daily Times. Sources said that the linemen of PESCO and labourers were repairing a power pylon at Khushal Khwar area when militants abdcuted them. An official said that a tower had been blown up by militants in the area few days ago and PESCO officials were repairing it to restore power supply but militants did not let them do so. However, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sahibzada Sajjad said that the number of abdcuted persons was 12 as a tractor driver, Juma Khan, was later released by the militants. The official claimed that Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) was involved in the abduction as the area was close to Bara tehsil (revenue unit) of Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and militants could easily cross the border Read less...


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Sunrise Propane explosion – landlords added to class action
13 Mar 2013 | By Dianne Saxe
Here's an update on the Sunrise Propane explosion in Downsview, Ontario, and the gradual progress of the class action by the aggrieved neighbours.
In July 2012, the Ontario's Superior Court of Justice certified a class action against all proposed defendants except the Teskey defendants, which owned the properties on which the Sunrise propane facility was located (2094528 Ontario Inc. ("Teskey 209"), Teskey Construction Co. Ltd., Teskey Concrete Co. Ltd. and HGT Holdings). The Court found that the plaintiffs had failed to establish the first criterion of the 5-part test for certification [s. 5(1)(a) of the Class Proceedings Act, 1992] i.e., the proposed class proceeding failed to disclose a cause of action.
In November, the Court heard a motion by the plaintiffs seeking to amend the statement of claim and certify the action against the Teskey defendants. The plaintiffs dropped the trespass action, leaving three causes of action remaining: negligence, nuisance and strict liability.
In one of the first analyses by a Court in a post-Smith v. Inco world, Mme Justice Horkins found that the plaintiffs failed to follow the clear directions set out in that case, by not pleading the four criteria required to support a claim in strict liability. Thus, their strict liability (Rylands) claim failed.
Nor did the plaintiffs correctly plead nuisance; instead of describing the tort in conformity with its legal definition, the plaintiffs defined it in terms of a "dangerous propane condition", which is not, per se, a nuisance. Justice Horkins noted that an essential element of nuisance is significant interference with a plaintiff's land; in this case, the interference arose only when the explosions occurred and the propane escaped onto adjacent property. Even reading the pleading generously to allow for frailties in drafting, the nuisance claim would fail: the Teskey defendants did not reasonably contemplate that Sunrise would permit illegal truck-to-truck propane transfers or smoking in the area, and that this would create the possibility of an explosion occurring causing such damage.
The plaintiffs pleaded negligence based on the Occupiers' Liability Act; this cause of action failed, as under that Act, the occupier owes a duty to "persons entering onto the premises", not to those who were not on the premises. At no time did the plaintiffs allege that anyone in the class entered the Murray Road premises.
As for common law negligence, the Teskey defendants argued that there was no landlord/tenant relationship between Sunrise and Teskey Concrete, Teskey 209 or HGT. Only Teskey Construction was a party to the Sunrise lease, and as landlord exercised no control, therefore did not owe the plaintiffs a duty of care.
The Court disagreed with the Teskey defendants' argument that, at common law, a landlord is immune from the negligence of its tenant. The Teskeys relied on cases that predated the Occupiers' Liability Act, and which dealt with losses that occur on the landlord's property; here, damage occurred off site. The judge found the law is not settled in this area, and the negligence cause of action should not be struck as against Teskey Construction. It was not clear that the other three Teskey defendants were not landlords.
Held: The Court certified the action as a class proceeding based on negligence. The proposed statement of claim met the s. 5(1)(a) criterion and granted the plaintiffs leave to amend the statement of claim to reflect a single cause of action: in negligence, against the Teskey defendants.
Both Teskey and the Plaintiffs have brought Motions seeking leave to appeal Justice Horkins' decision. Teskey wants out completely. Plaintiffs want the other causes of action included. The Motions seeking Leave are scheduled to be heard on April 17, 2013.


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Princess Emma Bakayishonga of Rwanda & the $2.4 million Watussi Woman artwork
April 29, 2016 1 Comment Written by sola rey
Watussi Woman is a sublime portrait of a noblewoman in the court of HM Mwami Rudahigwa III, monarch of the Watussi in the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, then part of the Belgian Congo. In an extraordinarily fortuitous development, the identity of the sitter has been confirmed as Emma Bakayishonga in Rwanda in 1942. Famous for her beauty, Emma Bakayishonga was also immortalized in sculpture by the Belgian artist Alphonse Darville. The information is kindly given by her brother, the current monarch, HM Kigeli V.
–Bakayishonga Emma, daughter of King Musinga / Photo Great Lakes April 1950.
–Princess Emma Bakayishonga, daughter of King (Mwami) Yuhi wa V Musinga and sister of King Mutara III Rudahigwa.
Prior to encountering the people of Rwanda themselves, the artist, a product of her time, was aware of the prevailing colonial mythologies about the feudal Watussi Kingdom. The nobility were portrayed as being exceptionally tall, descendants from Nilotic ancestry, exceptionally beautiful and noble in bearing and unimaginably privileged – aristocrats never being required to walk or work – borne in palanquins by enslaved servants who enabled this life.
It is exceptionally rare to find portraits identified by name among Stern's African works. One notable exception is the portrait of the Sultan of Zanzibar, Sheik Said Bin Ali El Magheri (1939), in a private collection. Recent research into the back stories of some notable work from her period in Rwanda has revealed the identity of members of the Watussi royal family. This is further confirmed by the recorded archives of the colonial history of the Watussi dynasty and its transformation during the period of occupation by another royal dynasty – that of Leopold and thence Baudoin, of Belgium. Thus pivotal new information re-frames her work from this period to one containing historical significance and additionally presenting evidence for the artist's sympathetic engagement with real individuals, rather than idealized types. It also emphasizes the point that Irma Stern's accounts can be verified and they were not unduly exaggerated or embellished.
On 8 July 1942, Stern wrote to her friends Richard and Freda Feldman from Astrida (now present-day Butare in Rwanda): "I am here since about 10 days or so – have seen two dances of the Watussi – this is the Watussi country. I have painted the dancers and after that – the slave musicians…I intend staying here till July 21 – then I go to a nearby place called Kigali where there will take place a huge Watussi dance – lasting two days…I am expecting a Watussi lady in tomorrow. They are grand – they do not walk or work – they are nobility – the rest are slaves to them. They are carried about in litters by four men. It is very quaint."
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Irma was extremely excited and enthusiastic about finding Watussi subjects to paint. Indeed this was pivotal to her Congo trip and the area of her main focus:
"I painted the king and the queen and the queen mother of the Watussi. Their movements were dignified beauty, their features – long necked, long faced – were exquisite, a beautiful and timeless majesty. Here I had found as I thought, the quintessential of beauty."
Renewed interest in her Rwanda portraits have doubtlessly been stimulated by the tragedy that befell Rwanda from 1994. Queen Rosalie Gicanda, exquisitely portrayed as the young wife of Rudahigwa in the charcoal drawing entitled Rwandan Queen (1942) in the Permanent Collection of the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, was tragically one of the first victims of the genocide in 1994 at the advanced age of 80 years. A superb matching charcoal portrait of her husband, HM Mwami Rudahigwa (1942), now in a private collection, shows the king wearing a ceremonial headdress of beadwork and white plumes. Rudahigwa died suddenly at the height of his power in 1959 of suspected poisoning by the Belgian administration. This precipitated a political crisis for Rwanda, briefly relieved by the succession of his younger brother HM Kigeli V whose rule was short lived when in 1962, he went into exile in the USA.
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Irma Stern's $2.4m Watussi Woman artwork returns to auction
The stunning 1942 work will head Bonhams' upcoming South African art sale in London
A rarely seen Irma Stern work, Watussi Woman, is expected to star at Bonhams' South African art sale in London on October 25 and 26.
Stern produced the oil on canvas in 1942 when, at the height of her artistic abilities, she travelled to the Belgian Congo to seek inspiration for her craft.
The work depicts Emma Bakayishonga, the sister of the Watussi king Mutara III Rudahigwa, and is expected to achieve between 1m and 1.5m.
In her journal, Stern details her fascination for the painting's subject.
"She purses her lips as the Egyptians did," she writes.
"From beneath her long flowing robe her bare foot emerges. Never have I seen such beauty; it is like the black basalt foot of an Egyptian statue. It is expressive of a highly-bred cultured ancient race."
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Develop "an attitude of gratitude." Throughout the day, notice and shift all victim thinking. If you don't like something, change it, leave it, or embrace it. If you choose to neither change nor leave, then own your choice and appreciate the good qualities in the situation.
Take a moment to visualize setting your boundaries at the beginning of each day. Throughout the day, take a moment to reset them through visualization. Take stock of where you might be at a given moment and correct if necessary, softening walls and strengthening appropriate containment and protection.
Avoid all boundary-violating behaviors by staying on your side of the line. Speak from the "I," not the "you" or the "it." Remember, there is nothing that you need to say that cannot be said from the "I" with practice.
Cherishing is the deliberate cultivation of your capacity to take pleasure in and celebrate what you have. Cherishing your partner's progress by giving him specific positive feedback is the best way to engender more of the behaviors you'd like.
You cherish your relationship by making time for it putting energy into it, and by giving your partner gifts in word and deed that demonstrate your care.
You cherish yourself through active self-care.
You cherish your commitment to continued growth and relationship practice by becoming partners-in-health, sharing information and inspiration.
And you cherish abundance by stepping into your particular passions and gifts with no attempt to either own or disown them, but rather with joy and respect for your own success and a wish to contribute to the world.
CNI are your Core Negative Images of your partner. With your partner, draw up a list of CNI-confirming and CNI-busting behaviors – behaviors that are like or very much unlike your partner's negative expectations, or core negative image, of you. This list serves as your relationship compass, as specific operating instructions for how best to please your partner. Decrease CNI-confirming behaviors and increase CNI-busting behaviors.
Use the relationship grid to provide a snapshot of where you are, and correct for any imbalance by doing self-esteem and boundary work.
Contracts always concern behaviors, not attitudes or feelings, and are best when they are specific and close-ended.
In both ordinary moments and, especially, in moments of upset, stop, either look down or close your eyes for a few seconds, and breathe. Feel the sweetness of a good, deep breath. Feel the warmth or coolness of the air on your skin. Feel the beauty of your surroundings, the sun, or the sight of trees outside the window. Remember that your life is abundant, that this moment is abundant, and that a particular disruption in your relationship or your circumstances will not take that abundance away.
In even the healthiest of relationships, getting what you want often involves assertively going after it. If something is important to you, and your partner doesn't "get it," you may need to stand up for your wants and needs by fighting for them. This means being willing to behave in ways that your partner will be uncomfortable with – acting as unhappy as you are about the issue, and, while remaining moderate and respectful, not backing down.
When you use a dead-stop contract, nothing short of physical safety takes precedence over your goal of stopping your repetitive pattern, no matter what you think of your partner's perception or motivation.
If your partner describes something you might do differently, it is now your turn to acknowledge and give what you can.
Remember, the speaker role and the listener role are two different roles. As the listener, listen. Focus on your partner and not on your rebuttals, explanations, or concerns, either spoken or merely thought. Turn points of connection into points of curiosity.
Instead of focusing on what your partner has done wrong, discipline yourself to focus on what he could do now or later that would be right. You shift from a negative/past focus to a positive/future focus.
On those occasions when your partner is obviously operating from an immoderate, childish part of himself, hunker down and stay moderate yourself. Try two or three times to help your partner reseat himself in his functional adult self, as in, "Honey, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to put you down. All I meant was…" If, after a few such efforts, it becomes clear that your partner is simply behind a wall and not listening, politely and respectfully disengage. Don't bother getting indignant or hurt, but also stop banging your head against the wall. Don't argue, reason, or cajole. Just let go and give your partner space to figure it out.
Before bringing up a difficult topic, recall that the person you're about to speak to is someone you are about and that your goal in speaking is to make things better. Keep your eyes on the prize!
When responding, lead with agreement, not argument.
Anytime you say no to someone, you are taking distance, and should do so responsibly.
Check to see where you are – one-down, one-up, or same-as – and correct if necessary.
In your mind's eye, reach down if you are in a toxic shame state and visualize pulling yourself up into your body so that you look squarely out of your eyes at the other person, from a level, same-as, position.
In your mind's eye, reach up if you are in a grandiose state and visualize pulling yourself down into your body so that you are looking squarely at the other person, from a level, same-as position.
Giving your partner more of what he's asking for by asking yourself, "What will giving this cost me?" Things that aren't difficult to give but that mean a lot to your partner, such as remembering an important date, admitting when you were wrong, or agreeing to do something you intended to do anyway, are low-cost, high-yield investments.
When reconnecting after a time-out, you must take a twenty0four hour moratorium on the subject that triggered the initial fight.
Contract with your partner to do the process; don't just dump.
4. Let go of outcome.
Leads to endless objectivity battles.
Fuels the psychological violence of self-righteous indignation.
Can be direct or indirect (manipulation).
Short of outright coercion, control is an illusion.
People don't like being controlled. Payback is inevitable.
The Idea that all sharing is authentic and will increase closeness.
Rarely endangers generosity in others.
Can be explicit or covert (passive aggression).
Differs from responsible distance taking.
Stems from either resignation or retaliation.
Often masquerades as mature acceptance.
Move from a negative/past to a positive/future focus. Don't criticize – ask!
Acknowledge the gifts the responder has offered.
Ask what you might do to help the responder deliver.
Acknowledge whatever you can and give whatever you can.
Give your partner specific positive feedback.
Nourish yourself and your relationship with time and energy.
Inhabit your talents and gifts without owning or disowning them.


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Turtles Seek to Upend Streaming Business Models for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
posted inPublic performance, State law	on May 4, 2015 with 0 Comment	by	Naomi Jane Gray
On Friday I had the privilege of speaking at the AIPLA Spring Meeting in Los Angeles on the subject of pre-1972 sound recordings and the current series of lawsuits brought by the successors of the Turtles against Sirius XM regarding royalties over pre-1972 sound recordings. Copyright law in the United States is almost exclusively governed by the federal Copyright Act, which preempts equivalent state laws. As originally drafted, however, federal copyright law did not extend copyright protection to sound recordings, leaving those works to be regulated by the states. Congress amended the copyright law in 1972 to add federal protection for sound recordings, but it granted this protection on a prospective basis only. Sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972 thus remain subject to state law. A series of lawsuits brought by Flo & Eddie, Inc. ("Flo & Eddie"), the entity that owns the copyrights for sound recordings created by the 1960s rock group the Turtles, is upending rules thought long established regarding performance rights of pre-1972 sound recordings under state law. Continue reading »
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Aereo settles broadcasters' claims in bankruptcy
posted inPublic performance	on April 21, 2015 with 0 Comment	by	Naomi Jane Gray
Aereo Inc. has reached a proposed settlement with the broadcasters that have sued it for infringing their copyrighted works. The settlement would result in payment of $950,000 to the broadcasters in satisfaction of their claims seeking over $99 million – amounting to less than a penny on the dollar.
This development follows lengthy legal proceedings that saw the dispute go all the way to the Supreme Court on the issue whether Aereo was publicly performing the plaintiffs' television shows, originally broadcast over the air for free, by streaming them to subscribers over the Internet. Section 106 of the Copyright Act reserves to the copyright owner six exclusive rights, including the right to publicly perform literary, musical, dramatic and motion picture works. In the so-called "Transmit Clause," the statute provides that "to perform or display a work 'publicly' means … To transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work . . . to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance or display receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times." 17 U.S.C. § 101. The Transmit Clause was added to the Copyright Act when it was amended in 1976 as a result of two Supreme Court cases: Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc. and Teleprompter Corp. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. In those cases, the Court had held that community cable systems that retransmitted free, over-the-air broadcast signals did not "perform" the copyrighted works in the broadcasts and did not infringe the copyright owners' public performance rights. Congress added the Transmit Clause to the 1976 Act to overturn these decisions. Continue reading »
Pandora's Box:
Turtles Actions Threaten to Upend Music Streaming Models
posted inExclusive rights, Public performance, State law	on April 17, 2015 with 0 Comment	by	Naomi Jane Gray
Copyright law in the United States is almost exclusively governed by the federal Copyright Act, which preempts equivalent state laws. As originally drafted, however, the Copyright Act of 1976 – the current iteration of the Act – made an exception for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, leaving those works to be regulated by the states. State law thus applies to determine the rights and remedies available to the copyright owner of pre-1972 sound recordings. Continue reading »
Name That MP3Tune:
Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt
posted inRemedies, Secondary Liability, Statutory damages	on September 29, 2014 with 0 Comment	by	Naomi Jane Gray
Breaking: This morning, Judge Pauley of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion granting in part and denying in part (but mostly denying) the defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law in Capitol Records v MP3Tunes, in which the jury had found liability for copyright infringement and awarded over $48 million in damages. The opinion is lengthy and fascinating, especially in its characterization of the parties, and particularly the defendant. This post summarizes the rulings on each issue and sprinkles in some of the court's more colorful commentary. Continue reading »
Round One to HathiTrust – Wins fair use ruling
posted inFair Use	on May 3, 2013 with 0 Comment	by	Naomi Jane Gray
This lawsuit stems from the Google Book Project, an ambitious program launched by Google in 2004 to digitize the library collections of the University of Michigan, Harvard, Stanford, the University of Oxford and the New York Public Library and make the collections available for searching online. In 2008, a group of universities established HathiTrust as a repository to combine, archive and share their digital libraries, and make the collection available to the public. At the time of the commencement of suit, the repository reportedly contained 10 million volumes. The Authors' Guild, an authors' trade association, and other authors' groups sued HathiTrust for copyright infringement and swiftly moved for a judgment on the pleadings that HathiTrust could not rely on the fair use defense to the claim of copyright infringement. Continue reading »