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Ninth Circuit Calls for Takedown Notices to Address Fair Use
This past Monday’s ruling from the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in Lenz v. Universal Music Group, a/k/a the Dancing Baby Video case, is being hailed as an important one in establishing the role of fair use in the online world. The case involved a common enough occurrence: a homemade video clip of someone’s child, with music (Prince’s “Let’s […]
Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight Exposes Live Event Streaming Piracy Challenges
Will there be an equivalent to Google’s Content ID for live streams?
Digimarc Launches Social DRM for E-books
Digimarc finally realizes the synergies of its acquisition of Attributor two years ago.
Copyright Alert System Releases First Year Results
Comparison of data from the US Copyright Alert System with HADOPI in France suggests that the threat of fines and Internet service suspensions does deter online file-sharing.
UK ISPs to Implement “Educational” Graduated Response System
Does a system for monitoring ISP users’ illegal downloads need to be punitive to be effective?
Getty Images Reaches Image License Deal with Pinterest
Getty Images extracts license fees for commercial images that Pinterest’s users post to the site. In return, Pinterest gets image metadata.
Comcast Adds Carrots to Sticks
Internet service providers that have Hollywood studios as corporate siblings behave differently, regarding copyright issues, from those that don’t.
Copyright Alert System Launches in U.S.
The U.S. finally embarks on its own, more laissez-faire style of graduated response.
Digimarc Acquires Attributor
Another sign of the growing importance of monitoring the Internet for copyright infringement.
Getty Images Launches Automated Rights Licensing for Photo Sharing Services
Getty Images PicScout makes it easy for social image-sharing sites to do the right thing on copyright. So how many such sites will want to do the right thing?
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