Co-authored by: Julian Darwall When you think of “Peggy Sue” by Buddy Holly, “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry, and “My Girl” by the Temptations, you think classic, iconic, rock and roll. Now, in light of the most recent legal setback against music sharing website Grooveshark, these songs may also represent a potentially significant limitation… Continue Reading
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Google Responds to Suit by Hendrix Photographer Against It and Mr. Brainwash
Posted in UncategorizedLast month, Google, Inc. responded to the Third Amended Complaint of Jim Marshall Photography, LLC against Thierry Guetta, Guetta’s affiliated company It’s a Wonderful World, Inc., Google, Inc. and John Doe defendants in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Google denied the claims of copyright infringement and contributory and vicarious copyright infringement… Continue Reading
Twitter Transparency Report Reveals a Curious U.S. Government
Posted in UncategorizedOn the same day that a New York court decision requiring Twitter to produce user information went public, the company released its first ever Transparency Report. Going forward, this report will be issued on a biannual basis. The report provided a breakdown of requests for user information and content, by country, and compared the number… Continue Reading
Copyright Etiquette
Posted in UncategorizedPinterest is one of the world’s most visited sites, arising interest in and attracting both individual and business users. As of December 2011, Pinterest entered the top 10 social networks in terms of hitwise data, with 11 million visits per week. Today, it closely rivals both Twitter and Facebook in popularity. Unlike, Twitter and Facebook however,… Continue Reading
Ninth Circuit to Consider the Impact of Viacom
Posted in UncategorizedThe Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court might re-examine the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”) copyright infringement safe harbor standards. The Ninth Circuit ruled last year in UMG vs. Veoh, a case dealing with user-uploaded music videos, that Veoh, a video-sharing website was protected under the safe harbor provision of the DMCA. Now,… Continue Reading
Viacom v. YouTube: A Question of Fact
Posted in UncategorizedViacom recently asked a federal court to order YouTube to pay it more than $1 billion in damages for about 150,000 videos that Viacom claims it owns and YouTube users have shared. It accused YouTube of harnessing video-sharing technology permitting users to infringe copyright on a massive scale, harming not only Viacom but also “one… Continue Reading