Can Record Labels Really Quantify The Damage From Limewire Downloads?
The record labels’ lawsuit against the Limewire file-sharing service is nearing its final stage-a January trial has been set to calculate th… Read more »
FilmOn To CBS: ‘We’ll Fight You Hypocritical, Thieving Liars’
FilmOn may have been handed a temporary restraining order preventing it from re-streaming four U.S. TV networks, but the service’s billionai… Read more »
The Details Behind The Government’s Recent Domain-Name Seizures
When Immigrations & Customs Enforcement agents seized 82 web domain names over the Thanksgiving weekend, it was an unprecedented event-not j… Read more »
Japanese Publishers Say Apple App Store Has Pirated Books
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Chinese translations of the complete works of the best-selling Japanese authors like Haruki Murakami were recently selling on Apple’s App St… Read more »
Newspaper Publishers Back Viacom On Copyright Takedown Notices
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A friend-of-the-court brief filed in favor of Viacom show one thing clearly-that the U.S. publishing industry really doesn’t like the idea t… Read more »
Publishers Win An Unusual Victory In Costco v. Omega
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A 4-4 split decision issued today by the Supreme Court will leave intact a lower-court ruling that favors luxury watchmaker Omega in a copyr… Read more »
Drudge Report Sued By Copyright Enforcer Righthaven
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Copyright enforcement company Righthaven is going after its biggest target yet-widely read news aggregator The Drudge Report. Righthaven is… Read more »
Viacom’s Unusual Legal Tack Against YouTube–And Why It Just Might Work
There’s a curious thing about Viacom’s recently appealed copyright case against YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). Viacom’s evidence and allegations focu… Read more »
Warner Bros.’ Newest Consumer Segment: Pirates
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Prosecuting the criminals that steal content is one way of fighting piracy. Over at Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), they’re adopting a more opport… Read more »
PRs Appeal UK High Court’s Pay-For-Links Ruling
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The Public Relations Consultants Association is appealing the ruling made in November by a High Court judge, who said PRs should pay newspap… Read more »
It’s Okay If You Confuse Comedy Central’s Logo For A Copyright Symbol
Comedy Central held a small press conference today to herald its new clean, minimal logo: a small “c” enveloped in another larger, backwards… Read more »
YouTube, Feeling Good About Content ID, Drops 15-Minute Limit On Uploads
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) announced today that it’s getting rid of a 15-minute limit on the duration of videos uploaded by users. Ditching the li… Read more »
‘Hurt Locker’ Studio Copyright Czar Calls For End To Screeners
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UPDATED: The top piracy watchdog at Summit Entertainment called on Hollywood to stop using screeners, the DVDs that are used in postproducti… Read more »
MediaNews Partners With Copyright Enforcer Righthaven
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So far, Righthaven has been known more for the novelty of its business plan than the size of its client roster. In fact, nearly all the laws… Read more »
The Messy Falling Out Between The AP And iCopyright
Updated with response from AP:
Back in 2008, the AP and iCopyright talked excitedly about their new partnership, an early attempt to make… Read more »
Viacom Appeal: YouTube Should Be The Copyright Cops, Not Us
A fundamental question around content in the Web 2.0 world is: Who should be in charge of policing online copyright? So far, two federal jud… Read more »
Memo To TV Networks: FilmOn And ivi TV Are Different Companies
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The similarities between ivi TV and FilmOn are clear: both companies stream live television channels over the internet. They launched within… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 12.03.10
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» So this is what prompted Google’s anti-piracy announcement: Viacom (NYSE: VIA) is ready to file its long-awaited appeal in its… Read more »
Google Promises To Kick Pirate Websites Out Of AdSense
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced today it will implement several new anti-piracy measures, including a promise to work with content owners to k… Read more »
Video: Dolly The Sheep And The History And Future Of Copyright
Just as 80s movies are being paid homage in flash new remakes, so some publishers are looking to invoke the origins of copyright as their to… Read more »
U.S. Government Seizes Websites, Treats File-Sharing As Criminal Matter
In a sign that the Obama Administration is taking a harder line on intellectual-property crimes, the government has seized dozens of web-dom… Read more »
In Online TV Re-Streaming, UK’s TVCatchup Dealt A Legal Blow
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A High Court judge has dismissed an application by UK TV re-streaming site TVCatchup to throw out a copyright case brought against it by Bri… Read more »
Pirate Bay Co-Founders Lose Appeal
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The Pirate Bay’s co-founders today lost their appeal against convictions for encouraging illegal filesharing, and have had their collective… Read more »
Interview: NLA Happy That Ruling Extends Photocopy Levies To Web
Newspaper Licensing Agency commercial director Andrew Hughes declared the umbrella organisation “obviously pleased” with Friday’s High Court… Read more »
Interview: Meltwater CEO Says Ruling Hurts Web, But Is ‘Just An Interlude’
The CEO of paid online news monitor Meltwater says the High Court’s determination, that its UK customers should pay an extra levy for receiv… Read more »
NLA Ruling Summary: How PRs Break Copyright Law Online
A High Court judge concluded that PRs who subscribe to paid news monitors are breaking UK law by effectively copying a substantial part of o… Read more »
Court Says UK Papers Can Command Levies From Pay-For News Monitor Customers
In an important first-instance ruling, the UK High Court has upheld a stipulation that operators and customers of paid digital news monitor… Read more »
Sarah Palin’s Publisher Settles Suit With Gawker
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Well, that was quick. The Palin v. Gawker copyright fight over a leak of Sarah Palin’s memoir has been resolved just four days after the sui… Read more »
Why Gawker May Have A Strong Legal Case In Its Fight With Palin
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Last week, after Sarah Palin’s publisher, HarperCollins, sued Gawker for copyright infringement over publication of 21 pages of leaked text… Read more »
U.S. TV Networks Win Restraining Order Against FilmOn
Correction: An earlier headline for this story didn’t make clear that while the judge’s order at least temporarily shuts down FilmOn’s servi… Read more »
Time Warner Balks At Subpoenas In Mass Copyright Suits
The biggest headache when suing 10,000 people for copyright infringement? Finding out who they are.
Lawyers from Time Warner Cable (NYSE:… Read more »
It’s The Year Of The 7,000-Defendant Copyright Lawsuit
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In the past several months, tens of thousands of “John Doe” defendants have been sued for copyright infringement in federal courts. It’s an… Read more »
Righthaven’s Retreat On ‘Partial Copying’ Cases Shows Firm’s Vulnerability
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In a sign that Righthaven is on the defensive, the controversial copyright enforcement company has offered to permanently drop one of its la… Read more »
‘Harry Potter’ Leak Seems More Like Publicity Than Piracy
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The first 36 minutes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I suddenly popped up on Bittorrent sites Tuesday, just a few days before… Read more »
Why The Music Industry Isn’t Suing Mashup Star ‘Girl Talk’
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DJ Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is arguably the most famous “mash up” musician around, filling up sizable venues with his high-energy live pe… Read more »
Briefing.com Admits It Broke Copyright Laws, Pays Dow Jones
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Briefing.com has settled a lawsuit brought against it by Dow Jones (NSDQ: NWS) & Company, paying an undisclosed sum of money for publishing… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11.15.10
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» Zagat’s high-rise paywall has kept the guidebooks’ reviews from being plundered all over the internet — but it has also allowe… Read more »
After The Warnings, Ministry Of Sound Tries Monetising Its Video
After this month having to abort sending warnings to 25,000 BT (NYSE: BT) broadband customers it suspected of illegally downloading its musi… Read more »
Music Videos: Glaenzer, Shazam On Spotify, Sales And ‘Copyright Blah-Blah’
“This whole copyright blah-blah, I can’t stand it. This is the wrong way of attracting innovation. We should not rely on a law that was set… Read more »
Why Publishers Are Tracking The Costco v. Omega Supreme Court Case
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The “first sale” doctrine in copyright law limits the rights of copyright holders to sue for infringement after they’ve sold their work-it a… Read more »
