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Question on web browsing and copyright infringement referred to CJEU

McDermott Will & Emery
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Belarus, United Kingdom
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April 30 2013

On 17 April 2013, the Supreme Court of England and Wales provisionally held in Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing

DMCA safe harbor analysis now the same in both Ninth and Second Circuits

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 30 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has withdrawn its 2011 opinion applying the "safe harbor" provision of the Digital Millennium

Vicarious copyright infringement requires a showing of supervision or control

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 30 2013

In an opinion that elaborates on the degree of third-party supervision required in order to attach vicarious copyright infringement liability, the U.S

No “safe harbor” for BitTorrent website operator

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 30 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of seven film studios finding that the defendant induced

ISP not responsible for preventing illegal downloading: CJEU decision finds filtering system would infringe ISP’s business rights and customers’ freedom

McDermott Will & Emery
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European Union
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January 12 2012

In Scarlet Extended SA v Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL C-7010 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that imposing an injunction on an internet service provider (ISP) requiring it to install a filtering system to prevent illegal downloading is unlawful under European law

How deep is the safe harbor?

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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May 30 2012

In a case that has now been in litigation for more than five years, and in an appeal that drew close to a hundred amici briefs, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has explained its position on the contours of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DCMA's) safe harbor provision that limits the liability of online service providers who permit users to post content on their websites

Web-linking is not necessarily copying

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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September 28 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has determined that an entity that provides a link to copyrighted material should not be held liable as a contributory copyright infringer if users of the site bookmarked, but did not upload, the copyrighted material to the site servers

Online infringement of copyright cost sharing: UK government decision

McDermott Will & Emery
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United Kingdom
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November 4 2010

The Digital Economy Act (DEA) created an anti-piracy notification scheme allowing copyright holders to report suspected infringers to their Internet Service Providers (ISPs

Searching for photos? Go ahead, Google those thumbnails

McDermott Will & Emery
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Germany
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June 30 2010

The German Federal Supreme Court has decided that Google is not liable for unlawful copyright infringement for displaying thumbnail preview images of the artist's photographs in its search engine

Second Circuit revives copyright infringement suit against non-resident for uploading copyrighted material online

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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June 30 2011

Employing the standard set out by the New York Court of Appeals in internet copyright infringement cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has revived a copyright infringement suit brought by a New York resident against a non-resident based upon defendant’s alleged uploading of copyrighted materials onto the internet

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