Showing posts with label DCMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DCMA. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 July 2019

THE COPYKAT

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The United States Copyright Office has chosen the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) as the new entity tasked with licensing and admini...
Friday, 2 February 2018

US appeals court tells ISP that safe harbor comes at a cost

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A US appellate court has reversed a $25 million verdict against the US Internet Service Provider Cox Communications in what might be seen ...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017

T Bone Burnett takes aim at DCMA safe harbours

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T Bone Burnett by Kulturvultur (2007) Congress enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) nearly two decades ago, aiming to p...
Friday, 10 June 2016

Does Axl's photograph claim carry any weight?

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Guns N Roses and now AC/DC frontman Axl Rose has filed six DCMA take down notices in what is seen as an attempt remove an unflattering pho...
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Revenge porn - the need to legislate between privacy and copyright?

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You may rememer the case between Tulisa Contostavlos (who shot to fame as a member of hip hop group N-Dubz and landed a high-profile role as...
Sunday, 4 August 2013

The CopyKat: Kiwis, eagles and mockingbirds - all on this Kat's takeaway menu.

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Viacom has asked for a new judge it its now seven year battle with YouTube saying in papers filed to the appellate court (Second Circuit)...
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Monday, 27 May 2013

RIAA calls for DCMA 'safe harbor' and takedown review

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Back in November 2011 we blogged that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) wanted “DCMA clarity” from Congress  - and ...
Friday, 22 March 2013

BitTorrent file-sharing website isoHunt "induces" copyright infringement

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The US Court of Appeal for the 9th Circuit (California) unanimously ruled yesterday that Gary Fung, the Canadian owner of BitTorrent web...
Monday, 22 October 2012

The Blind Ostrich Head In The Sand Protocol

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Here are two questions for our esteemed readers, and if anyone is minded to respond, answers, on a postcard please, to our comments sectio...
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Monday, 15 October 2012

Is dancing baby takedown notice an abuse of the DCMA?

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Tomorrow the Federal Court of California will be asked to decide whether a takedown notice issued by Universal Music in respect of a home vi...
Friday, 27 July 2012

Apply some pressure

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Based on the premise that “The internet is the greatest engine of economic growth the World has ever known” a new US based trade group repre...
Friday, 30 December 2011

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All The Way, Oh What Fun We Had, With Safe Habour and the DCMA!

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Here’s hoping that my headline doesn’t offend post Meltwater and Infopaq , but this is my (personal) take on copyright and the business of...