Will New Solicitor General Take Harder Line On Copyright?
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To fill the key legal post of Solicitor General, the Obama administration has turned to a lawyer with deep entertainment-industry roots who… Read more »
Updated: One More IP Infringement Suit: Huawei vs. Motorola
The mobile lawsuits keep on coming. But this latest fight does not have to do with mobile handsets, or with patented technology being used w… Read more »
How ‘Cyberlockers’ Became The Biggest Problem In Piracy
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Since Napster exploded into the public consciousness when it was founded 12 years ago, the world of digital piracy has been associated with… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Starbucks; Nintendo 3DS; Clearwire/Sony Ericsson;
– Starbucks: Did the mobile money industry just get a caffeine jolt? The coffee chain Starbucks (NSDQ: SBUX) is today debuting a feature in… Read more »
After 200 Lawsuits Against Sites, Righthaven Targets Online Commenters
So far, the copyright-enforcement venture Righthaven has only made a few thousand dollars per settlement with its publisher targets, accordi… Read more »
FilmOn CEO Alki David Loopier Than Ever In New Video
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Alki David-the eccentric billionaire founder of FilmOn.com and now enemy of the major television networks-has cranked out yet another wacky… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01.14.11
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» Rupert Murdoch’s long awaited “iPad newspaper” has a name — The Daily — and Poynter’s Damon Kiesow got a first look by checki… Read more »
The Associated Press, Shepard Fairey Reach Settlement In Fair Use Lawsuit
After nearly two years battling it out in court, the Associated Press and street artist Shepard Fairey have agreed to settle their main copy… Read more »
So Who Owns ‘App Store’? Not Apple, Says Microsoft
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has been working really hard at breaking into the smartphone apps race that’s dominated by Google’s Android and Apple… Read more »
It Begins: Content Execs Prepare To Lobby Again
Didn’t we predict that the government’s new intellectual property review would see a replay of all the entrenched dogma that was flung in Di… Read more »
Chocolate-Milk App Lands Hershey In Court
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Hershey may be the king of chocolate milk in the supermarket aisles, but when it comes to the digital world, the Pennsylvania company has an… Read more »
British Library Goes For Apps As UK Preps To Close 20 Pct Of Local Branches
More moves from old-school institutions into the world of apps: the British Library today announced a new app for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iOS and… Read more »
Appeals Court Kills Universal’s Lawsuit Over Re-Selling Promo CDs
An appeals court confirmed today that consumers have a right to re-sell promotional CDs, which could have implications for other copyrighted… Read more »
Court To AFP: Pics Aren’t Free Just Because They’re On Twitter
Updated with comment from Agence France-Pressse attorney.
Agence France-Presse stunned the Twitter-sphere last month when the wire service… Read more »
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 »
