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Online video distributor ordered to stop rebroadcasting network TV signals

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 25 2011

To the plaudits of the major television broadcast networks, a New York district court judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction against the streaming of live broadcast television signals by online video distributor Ivi, Inc

EU Advocate General says ISPs cannot be forced to block illegal downloads

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • April 22 2011

In a development with implications for the European Commission (EC) investigation into net neutrality, European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General (AG) Pedro Cruz Villalon concluded in an advisory opinion that a Belgian court order that forces Internet service providers (ISPs) to filter or block web content in the interest of preventing unauthorized downloads of copyrighted material violates the fundamental rights of Internet users

Online firms warn that legitimate websites could be targeted under antipiracy bill

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 18 2011

On the eve of a House Judiciary Committee hearing conducted on Wednesday, representatives of Google, eBay, Twitter and other online technology firms warned lawmakers in a letter that pending online piracy legislation that would block payments to foreign websites that traffic in pirated films and other content would “expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities.”

Broadcasters file suit against Aereo online video service

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 9 2012

The four major television networks joined with various other media groups in filing two separate lawsuits late last week that seek to block a new service that would stream broadcast television signals to customers with web-enabled devices in the New York City area