http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-01T04:59:00-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/01/2nd_cir_elements_of_halloween_costumes_may_be_copyrightable.php The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has declared that elements of Halloween costumes may be copyrightable in a unanimous decision written by the famous Guido Calabresi, former dean of Yale Law School.This appeal by plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee Chosun International, Inc. (“Chosun”) poses... 6256@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-01T04:59:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/31/an_evoting_machine_goes_boo.php What is more frightening on Halloween than an attack on the reliability of our voting system? This is the question cartoonist Tom Tomorrow asks in an episode from his comic strip This Modern World (This Modern World: Something Truly Terrifying).... 4855@http://importance.corante.com/ Civil Liberties 2003-10-31T11:09:10-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/31/independent_creation_the_halloween_mask_and_classic_movie_makeup.php 4854@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2003-10-31T10:22:30-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/31/pumpkin_carving_drm.php SpookMaster is one of the leading websites for those interested in advanced jack-o-lantern patterns. The website is a commercial enterprise, and though they have some free designs, they make money by selling the pumpking carving patterns. They have somewhat traditional... 4853@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2003-10-31T09:12:45-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/31/knotts_pirates_offer_a_solution_to_file_sharing.php Every year in October since 1973, Knott's Berry Farm (a theme park in Southern California) is transformed into Knott's Scary Farm, one huge, fiendishly frightening park with more than a dozen haunted mazes and other horrific attractions. It is the... 4852@http://importance.corante.com/ File Sharing 2003-10-31T08:38:30-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2003/10/31/happy_halloween_nosferatu_no_thanks_to_copyright.php Tonight, while the trick-or-treaters visit, I will be screening Nosferatu in my driveway on an 80" HDTV projection screen. Released in silent black and white in 1922, Nosferatu is an unauthorized adaptation of the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker and... 4851@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2003-10-31T00:29:42-08:00