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Can watching YouTube be the basis for arrest under the Copyright Act?

  • Nishimura & Asahi
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  • Japan
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  • December 17 2012

On June 20 2012 the Diet passed a bill to amend the Copyright Act containing a provision on penalising illegal downloading. Somewhat surprisingly, this

Quirk v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.,

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

District court grants motions for summary judgment dismissing copyright and implied contract claims alleging that defendants copied plaintiff’s novel

Video wars II: the nuclear option

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 15 2013

In our January 18 blog, we reported on the continued court battle between two major industries concerning the rights of the on-line community to

Moral right to the integrity of a sculpture work. Does it include the right to decide the location of the work?

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Spain
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  • March 7 2013

Our copyright law recognizes the author, amongst other moral rights, the right to demand respect for the integrity of the work and to prevent any

Davis v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 4 2010

Court holds that the author of two action-mystery books about a modern-day warrior and protector named Ely Stone failed to state a claim for copyright infringement against ABC, the producers of “Eli Stone,” a comedy-drama television series about an attorney named Eli Stone, finding that the common elements between the two works are not protectible

Google saved again by DMCA - im"Perfect" notices do not establish actual notice

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 5 2010

A federal court dismissed on summary judgment most of the copyright infringement claims against Google, ruling, in part, that Plaintiff's notices were not compliant with the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"

"Come and have a go": tv format claimant told to go - High Court throws out "simply unreal" copyright infringement claims

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 14 2010

It is rare that UK copyright cases concerning the protection of TV formats give rise to fully reasoned decisions because such cases are usually settled before trial

ivi TV: transmission in the second degree or theft in the first?

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2010

ivi, Inc.’s new service, offering live television broadcasts on computers and mobile devices may soon be a thing of the past

Internet previews of music can be fair dealing under copyright

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • August 11 2010

The Federal Court of Appeal recently released an important ruling on the scope of the fair-dealing exception, in a judicial review of the Copyright Board’s decision on SOCAN Tariff 22.A

Second Circuit issues decision in music download case

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 12 2010

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has issued a long-awaited decision confirming that websites that offer music downloads do not need licenses for the copyright public performance right