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Limited damages available under DMCA 512(f) for wrongful takedown notice

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

Although DMCA 512(f) allows an award of "any damages" for wrongful removal of alleged infringing material as a result of misrepresentations to a service provider, such damages "must be proximately caused by the misrepresentation to the service provider and the service provider's reliance on the misrepresentation," a district court ruled

Music downloader's due process rights violated by copyright statutory damages award of $22,500 per song

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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September 30 2010

A jury award of $22,500 per song, resulting in a total award of $675,000 in statutory damages against an individual who downloaded copyrighted music files on a peer-to-peer network, violated the individual's due process rights, where he reaped no pecuniary reward from the infringement and the infringement caused the plaintiffs "minimal harm," a district court ruled

Posting entire news article on nonprofit organization's blog constitutes fair use

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The re-posting of an entire news article on the blog of a nonprofit organization is fair use as a matter of law where the purpose was to educate the public, a district court ruled

Google Books settlement would usurp congressional role in revising copyright law

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Judge Chin found that the settlement was not "fair, adequate and reasonable," as required by the federal rules, and suggested that it might be able to be approved if it was changed to an opt-in, rather than an opt-out, settlement

Web site addition of hyperlinks to a previously posted online article does not restart defamation statute of limitations

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

The addition of hyperlinks to an allegedly defamatory online article does not restart the statute of limitations for defamation, a district court ruled

Download of copyrighted digital music file not a public performance under Copyright Act

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

Downloading a copyrighted digital music file does not constitute a public performance under the Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled

Operator of BitTorrent P2P file-sharing network induced copyright infringement and is ineligible for DMCA safe harbors

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

The operator of a file-sharing network that utilized the BitTorrent file-sharing technology is secondarily liable for inducing copyright infringement by users of the network, a district court ruled

Advertiser protection under CDA Section 230 for user-generated online contest submissions held an issue for jury

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

Material issues of fact concerning an advertiser's role in the creation of user-generated videos submitted in an online contest preclude a grant of summary judgment on the issuer's defense under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a district court ruled

Under Pennsylvania law, no tort action lies for internet posting of external photographs of residence

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

Taking external photographs of a private residence and making the photographs available on a publicly accessible Web site does not give rise to a tort action under Pennsylvania law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled

Manufacturer of device containing DVD player has standing to assert violations of DMCA anti-circumvention provisions

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

The manufacturer of a device containing a DVD player that implements DVD copy protection technology has standing to bring an action against a party who allegedly disabled the copy protection technology on such devices before selling them in online auctions, a district court ruled