Democratic National Committee sues, among others, Russia, Wikileaks, the Trump Campaign, and many others, over DNC email hack
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9 Cir: Ventura Content v Motherless, Inc. – DMCA Safe Harbor
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for defendants and its order denying attorneys’ fees in a copyright case alleging infringement of pornographic content. The panel held that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor applied to defendants because the material at issue was stored at the direction of the
Text of 2d Cir Decision in Capitol Records v Vimeo
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. 512(c), establishes a safe harbor which gives qualifying Internet service providers protection from liability for copyright infringement when their users upload infringing material on the service provider’s site and the service provider is unaware of the infringement. Plaintiffs filed suit against Vimeo
BWP Media USA v Clarity Digital Group, 10th Cir re Use of DMCA re Content Generated by Independent Contractors
Justia summary: Plaintiff-Appellant BWP Media USA, Inc. d/b/a Pacific Coast News and National Photo Group, LLC (“BWP”) appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Clarity Digital Group, LLC n/k/a AXS Digital Media Group, LLC (“AXS”). BWP owned the rights to photographs of various celebrities. In February 2014, BWP filed
DMCA ‘Interference’ With Copyright Is Not Copyright Infringement
Actors’ Equity Association apparently polices YouTube on behalf of its actor members. Plaintiff uploaded a video and AEA sent a DMCA notice, erroneously believing that the uploading was without authorization of an AEA member. In fact plaintiff owned copyright in the work. Plaintiff sues AEA on copyright grounds. Held: AEA may have interefered with plaintiff’s
This Photo Was Reportedly The Subject of a DMCA Notice
A website named Photoshop Disasters reproduced a Ralph Lauren magazine ad. Boing Boing ran the photo. Ralph Lauren’s attorneys sent a DMCA notice. Boing Boing reported on the letter and ran the photo again, and Chilling Effects reproduced the DMCA letter as well.
Maybe the model is really skinny, maybe it’s the angle, maybe it’s
“Twitter and the DMCA: A Fine Mess”
Plagiarism Today: “Twitter and the DMCA: A Fine Mess“:
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been getting a lot of requests for information about Twitter and their DMCA procedure. Most of these issues stem from avatar or backgrounds that are infringing, not the tweets themselves. It seems the exponential increase in Twitter members has
Google: 37% of DMCAs Are Not Valid Copyright Claims, Or They Are, Or They Aren’t
NZ PC World: Google Submission Hammers Section 92A [proposed NZ DMCA type regulation]:
Google has made a detailed submission to the Telecommunications Carriers Forum that heavily criticises the draft code of practice for ISPs in relation to section 92A of the Copyright Act.
In its submission, Google notes that more than half (57%) of the
PEREZ HILTON v PEREZREVENGE.COM
Gossip website Perez Hilton sues PerezRevenge.com on trademark and ‘frivolous’ DMCA cause. Complaint indicates that there is a history between the parties.
Complaint Perez Hilton
“No End In Sight for Critical Viacom-YouTube DMCA Case”
NewTeeVee: No End in Sight for Critical Viacom-YouTube DMCA Case” (Discussion of discovery dispute regarding BayTSP, a vendor Viacom employs to police copyright).