Facebook is wading into territory that domain name registrars found themselves in 10 years ago. Namely, trying to figure out 'who owns a name?' Some notable examples include:J. Crew forced the owner of...
created by mtippett | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 218 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
This is in response to Cinema Shill Sony CEO Michael Lynton's article on Huffingtonpost.com. This is Michael Lynton, "I'M A GUY WHO DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING GOOD HAVING COME FROM THE INTERNET, PERIOD." At a panel...
People who don't produce books or music probably can't understand the impact of copyright infringement on those who dedicate their lives to their art. Most people assume that when an artist releases a CD, they will earn millions. Only the mega-stars, such as Bono, earn...
Thousands and thousands of $$ have been made from the sale of one of the most recognizable images of Pres. Obama, designed by street artist Shepard Fairey. Now the AP wants credit and compensation; the...
created by upandcoming27 | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago 39 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
" Over a period of twelve hours, between this Thursday night and Friday morning, American Rights Counsel LLC sent out over 4000 DMCA takedown notices to YouTube, all making copyright infringement claims against...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 278 views | 10 recommendations | 6 comments
"In a decision that should bode well for larger video sharing sites that are in legal trouble such as YouTube, a federal judge has absolved Veoh of any responsibility in the unauthorized posting of copyrighted...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 180 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
After YouTube postings, work by the Bollywood film music hit-maker Pritam has been exposed as copied and taken from other artists and composers around the world. Pritam has been responsible for producing many hit...
created by desiblitz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 510 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Previous article written about eBay paying $61 million to Fashion Companies over sales of fake Good can be read here.With the recent courtroom defeat of eBay, there is finally a reason for them to celebrate as...
Update | - Three weeks after Canada's Liberal Party released its "green-shift" carbon plan, Toronto environmental consulting company Green-Shift Inc. is suing the Liberals $8.5 million for trademark...
created by julianw | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 608 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
"NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked an outcry on...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 202 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This is somewhat disturbing: Google has been ordered by a federal court to hand over all of YouTube's viewer records to Viacom, as the media giant continues its crusade against copyright infringement. This...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 318 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
It was a happy morning to wake up and find out I was not the onlyone destined to have an aggravating first day back to work. Seemslike the legal teams and front offices of these two web gorillas willbe pretty...
created by Mikasi | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 270 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Leave to an MIT crew like Free Culture to come up with YouTomb, a place to resurrect the online carcasses of videos that have been killed by YouTube for allegedly violating copyright.This is an interesting...
Just when we all got used to the comforting routine of lobbyists for the recording industry suing the Pirate Bay, and the Swedish peer-to-peer tracker getting around the suits due to differing laws in the US...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 120 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment