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Notice of past infringements on online photo site does not obligate operator to proactively screen site

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

An online photo-sharing site does not have a duty to search its site for material that infringes an artist's works, even if it has received past notices of infringement of the same works from the artist, a district court ruled

Infringement and circumvention of massively multiplayer online video game yield $300,000 damages award

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The court entered a default judgment for statutory damages for trademark and copyright infringement and circumvention of technological measures resulting from the distribution of unauthorized copies of the plaintiff's videogame

Mobile carriers not secondarily liable for copyright infringement on multimedia messaging system

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Mobile carriers are not liable for inducing infringement of copyright on their multimedia messaging system because they did not design the system with the object of promoting infringement, nor did they take any specific, affirmative steps to actively encourage or induce infringement by users of the system, a district court ruled in a copyright infringement action brought by a producer of multimedia messaging content

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

Developer of automated videogame-playing program violated DMCA but did not infringe copyright

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

The developer of an automated videogame-playing software program violated the anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but is not liable for copyright infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled

Excerpting and linking to online news article protected by fair use doctrine

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

A blogger's posting of an eight-line excerpt from a 30-line online newspaper article, coupled with a link to the full article on the newspaper Web site, is protected by the copyright fair use doctrine, 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

No fair use defense for online post of 21-page book excerpt

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

The blog posting of images of 21 pages of a soon-to-be-published book is not protected by the fair use doctrine and thus may be temporarily enjoined, a district court ruled

Music downloads and ringtones are licensed, not sold, under royalty agreement

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

Sales of music by digital downloads and by ringtones sold through carriers must be accounted to an artist under a royalty contract with a recording company as licenses rather than sales of the music, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled