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DMCARealNetworks Appeals Injunction Against Sales of RealDVDAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2009 - 11:20am.
San Francisco
- RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) has filed an appeal of a judge's injunction against the sale of
the company's RealDVD software, which can make copies of DVDs, CNET News.com
reported.
Report: YouTube Employees May Have Uploaded Viacom ClipsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2009 - 8:12am.
 San Francisco
- Viacom (NYSE: VIA), the media conglomerate that filed a $1 billion copyright infringement
suit against Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, may have uncovered evidence that YouTube employees themselves
uploaded Viacom content to the site, CNET News.com reported, citing three
sources with knowledge of the case. The evidence is reportedly found in emails,
which "indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of
unauthorized content on the site with employees but chose not to remove the
material," CNET reports.
Google: Pirate Bay Homepage Removal Was "Internal Error"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2009 - 10:41am.
Mountain View,
Calif. - The homepage of the
website for file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay was removed from Google's (NASD: GOOG) search
index on Friday as a result of "an internal error and not part of a DMCA
request," Google said in a statement. Reports last week indicated that Google
had received a takedown notice for ThePirateBay.org under the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA). The Web page does not itself host any copyrighted
content, but allows users to search out links to bits of files that may be
downloaded from third-party locations.
Google Removes Pirate Bay Homepage from Search ResultsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 2, 2009 - 7:39am.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has removed the
homepage of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay from its search results after
receiving a takedown request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA),
TorrentFreak reported. Users searching for "The Pirate Bay" no longer
see the site's homepage (ThePirateBay.org) in search results -- although the
site's "Browse" and "Movies" pages still come up. The top
result is now PirateBay.com, while the second link is to a Wikipedia entry.
"Second Life" Parent Linden Lab Sued by Virtual Sex Items MakerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2009 - 11:07am.
San Francisco
- Linden Lab, operators of the "Second Life" virtual world, have been
sued in federal court by a maker of adult-themed virtual items for copyright
and trademark infringement, Wired.com reported.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Linden Lab | DMCA | Copyright | Second Life | Virtual Worlds | Virtual Items | Eros LLC | Trakemarks | SexGen |
Court Tosses Universal Music's Copyright Suit Against VeohAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 10:42am.
 Los Angeles
- A federal court has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by
Universal Music Group against video-sharing site Veoh, finding that the company
had satisfied all requirements under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA). The judge
noted that "the record presented demonstrates that, far from encouraging
copyright infringement, Veoh has a strong DMCA policy, takes active steps to
limit incidents of infringement on its website and works diligently to keep
unauthorized works off its website."
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Music | Universal Music | Veoh | DMCA | Copyright | User-Generated | Safe Harbor |
Ustream Sued Over Unauthorized Boxing Match Video FeedsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2009 - 9:25am.
Palo Alto,
Calif. - Ustream, a provider of
live video webcasting services, has been sued by a boxing promoter over unauthorized
streams of a Roy Jones Jr. fight that were allegedly viewed by over 2,300
Ustream users, TechCrunch reported.
Appeals Court: DVD-Copying Kaleidescape Device IllegalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 13, 2009 - 3:35am.
 San Jose,
Calif. - A federal appeals court
has overturned a favorable ruling for Kaleidescape, a maker of high-capacity
DVD home video servers, and ordered a lower court to make another
determination on whether the devices violate a license for the studios' DVD encryption technology. The 6th
District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the DVD Copy Control Association
(DVD CCA), a standards body created by the Hollywood
movie studios that own the encryption technology on DVDs, which had argued that
the Kaleidescape machine circumvents that encryption to copy DVDs to its
server.
Judge Declares RealNetworks' DVD-Copying Software IllegalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 12, 2009 - 11:48am.
 San Francisco
- A federal judge has ruled that RealNetworks' (NASD: RNWK) DVD-copying RealDVD software
product violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and has banned
its distribution. "This is a victory for the creators and producers of
motion pictures and television shows and for the rule of law in our digital
economy," said Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan
Glickman.
Apple Backs Off of Copyright, DMCA Claims Against BluwikiAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 23, 2009 - 9:55am.
San Francisco
- Digital civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has
dismissed a lawsuit it filed against Apple (NASD: AAPL), after Apple dropped legal threats
against public wiki hosting site Bluwiki.
RIAA Wins Copyright Judgment Against Usenet.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 6:00am.
 Los Angeles
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday
that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit
it filed against Usenet.com. According to CNET's coverage, U.S. District Judge
Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York found Usenet.com -- which
offers access to the twenty-year-old Usenet network -- guilty of direct,
contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Judge to Decide Fate of RealNetworks' DVD-Copying SoftwareAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 22, 2009 - 8:49am.
 San Francisco - Testimony wrapped up this week in a case
that will determine whether a DVD-copying product from RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) violates
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), as alleged by the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA), which filed the complaint. U.S. District Judge
Marilyn Hall Patel previously issued a preliminary injunction halting sales of
RealDVD, and after hearing testimony this week will decide whether to make the
injunction permanent.
RealNetworks Sues Studios for Collusion Over DVD CopyingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 14, 2009 - 10:41am.
Seattle
- RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), which is currently embroiled in a copyright infringement
lawsuit with the major movie studios over its DVD-copying RealDVD software, has
asked the judge in the case for permission to file an antitrust complaint
against the studios.
RealNetworks CEO Testifies in RealDVD Disc-Copying CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 8:18am.
San Francisco
- The CEO of RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) testified in federal court on Tuesday that his
company's RealDVD disc-copying software does not facilitate piracy, and that
consumers have a legal right to back-up their movie collections, according to
published reports. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sued the
company for copyright infringement and violation of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, arguing that the $30 software circumvents the CSS encryption on
DVD discs.
Apple Sued for Stifling Web Speech About iPhone, iPod SecurityAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 28, 2009 - 8:49am.
 San Francisco
- Apple (NASD: AAPL) has been sued by digital civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) over its stifling of discussion about methods of putting
non-Apple software on iPhones and iPods on the Internet. Apple sent OdioWorks,
the operator of a website called BluWiki where users were discussing such
methods, a letter demanding the discussions be removed. The company argues that
the discussions violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), under
which it is a crime to circumvent copy-protection security measures.
Taiwan Passes "Three-Strikes" P2P Law; Adds ISP Safe HarborAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 27, 2009 - 8:40am.
Taipei, Taiwan - Taiwan has enacted a new law that
criminalizes the distribution of peer-to-peer file-sharing applications, and
also provides that Internet service providers may restrict Internet access to
subscribers who download copyrighted material more than twice, according to
published reports.
Warner Music Targets User-Generated Videos on VimeoAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 7, 2009 - 12:59pm.
San Francisco
- Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has expanded its campaign to rid user-generated videos of
its copyrighted music beyond YouTube (NASD: GOOG) to Vimeo, where the wife of a ZDNet
columnist saw her video slideshow of friends drinking removed under a Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice. The reporter believes the
music in the video to be a "fair use" of Warner's content. The
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) noted that a recent court ruling
stipulated that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending DMCA
takedown notices, or face charges of misrepresentation under the DMCA.
Unauthorized Store to Offer Banned iPhone ApplicationsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 6, 2009 - 12:05pm.
New York - An independent programmer plans to soon launch an
online store that will sell applications that run on Apple (NASD: AAPL) iPhones that have
been "jailbroken" so that they can run any application, including
those not approved by Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported.
MPAA: RealNetworks Destroyed Evidence in RealDVD CaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 6, 2009 - 11:46am.
 Seattle
- The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has accused RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) of
destroying evidence that would help its case against the company over RealDVD,
a software program that can copy the contents of a DVD, according to published
reports. A court has already granted a preliminary injunction against the sale
of RealDVD, which the MPAA argues violates a portion of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) that prohibits circumvention of copy protections on a
digital device.
Judge: Universal Can't Include Veoh Investors in Copyright SuitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2009 - 6:52am.
Los Angeles - A federal judge has thrown out Universal Music Group's request to include investors in video-sharing site Veoh as defendants in its copyright infringement lawsuit against the company, TechCrunch reported. tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Music | Universal Music Group | Veoh | DMCA | Copyright | Safe Harbor |
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