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New Media and Technology Law Blog
Facebook Takes a Page from Ticketmaster’s Playbook: Block Unauthorized Web Site Access with Carefully Drafted Terms of Use
In 2007, Ticketmaster brought a multi-count complaint against RMG Technologies, a software company that supplied ticket brokers with software that enabled them to automatically and rapidly access Ticketmaster’s Web site,…
Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law
“Good faith” in DMCA take-down notice should mean simple honesty.
DMCA Section 512 gives copyright owners an efficient means of responding to online infringements and provides a safe harbor protection for online providers. But some courts suggest that “good faith”…
The Trademark Blog
“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…
Media Law Prof Blog
CNN and That DMCA Takedown Notice
Ben Sheffner comments here on CNN's DMCA takedown notice sent to YouTube over Susan Roesgen's encounter with some "Tea Party" protesters on April 15th. Here's comment from blogger The Legal…
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DMCA Alive and Well? An Analysis of the Veoh Decision
By Erin Bailey
On Aug. 27, 2008, in the case Io Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks [1] (Veoh), U.S. Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd granted Veoh’s motion for summary judgment, that it qualified…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Hot News Meets DMCA
Hot News! ... for IP lawyers. Hot news is still good law. After 90 years, a dusty 1918 Supreme Court case (International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215…
Media Law Prof Blog
Fan Site Shuts Down Links To Fan-Edited Films
Via the IMDB.com blog Studio Briefing News comes this item: the website Fanedit.org has shut down in the face of a legal threat from the Motion Picture Association of America,…
Media Law Prof Blog
McCain Campaign Objects To YouTube Policy of Taking Down “Infringing” Clips
The McCain campaign and YouTube are having a difference of opinion on how the popular video sharing site takes down clips alleged to have infringed on copyright. The campaign would…
The Trademark Blog
Fair Use Project Sues Michael Savage Re DMCA
TechDirt: "Fair Use Project Sues Michael Savage For Stifling Free Speech of His Critics"
The Trademark Blog
McCain Campain Letter to YouTube Re Fair Use
McCain campaign letter to YouTube re Copyright Fair Use and DMCA. Prof Lessig commentary. UPDATE: NewTeeVee commentary. EFF Commentary. and 43(b)log: if the campaign is really serious about its First…