USA - April 11 2012
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday set aside a 2010 federal district court decision that had granted summary judgment to YouTube and Google, based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor for storage at the direction of users.
USA - April 6 2012
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday set aside a 2010 federal district court decision that had granted summary judgment to YouTube and Google, based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor for storage at the direction of users.
USA - March 30 2012
Intellectual property rights holders have proposed aggressive legislation to pull the rug out from under Internet infringement by cutting off advertising and credit card payment services to domains allegedly used for “piracy” — in effect broadening secondary liability for copyright infringement — and by giving the government expansive powers to block Internet access to websites that are said to “facilitate” infringement.
USA - December 21 2011
In an important decision upholding the application of the safe harbors of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and addressing claims against investors for secondary copyright infringement, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld summary judgment and a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal in favor of Veoh Networks Inc. and its investors.
USA - October 26 2011
A decade ago, when what would later be known as “cloud” services began to darken the skies of music copyright-holders, and mobile devices were in their adolescence, entrepreneur Michael Robertson launched a business that provided users with access to “their” music anywhere they could get online.
