In the latest development in the case between ISP Grande Communications and Universal Music Group, a judge has ruled that Grande shouldn’t be able to use the DMCA’s ‘safe harbor’ defense since the ISP failed to terminate infringers. __________________________ Guest post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt We’ve written a few…
Category archives: DMCA
SoundCloud Troll’s DMCA Takedowns Demonstrates Weakness Of System
DMCA takedown notices have received plenty of flack for their inaccuracy and rampant dissemination. Most recently trolls posing as rights holders have been able to take advantage of the DMCA’s failure to closely look into any allegedly infringing material by getting them to issue takedown notices against completely legitimate content….
Breaking: US Judge Orders Cox Communications to Pay BMG $8.4 Million
A US District Court judge has now ordered Cox Communications to pay $8.4 million in fees. That follows an earlier, $25 million judgment for copyright abuse. More bad news for Cox Communications. After getting dismantled in a copyright case by litigants BMG Rights Management and Round Hill Music, the ISP is now facing another setback. […]
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A2IM, RIAA and Concord support Capitol Records in Vimeo lawsuit
Brief relates to pre 1972 recordingsThe post A2IM, RIAA and Concord support Capitol Records in Vimeo lawsuit appeared first on Music Business Worldwide.
Investigations Are Underway Over Fake DMCA Takedown Notices
The scammers were so good they fooled Cox… According to TorrentFreak, scammers are using anti-piracy tracking company – IP-Echelon and rights holders like Lionsgate to send false DMCA notices and settlement agreements to internet service providers (ISPs). There are two antipiracy companies which are known for sending direct DMCA notices with a settlement fee, to ISPs – […]
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Battle For DMCA Reform Heats Up, YouTube Under Fire…
YouTube slammed for the ‘value gap’ and for not paying copyright holders fairly… On Monday, 180+ music artists sent an open letter to congress pleading for urgent DMCA reforms. This was part of a continued effort to prevent online platforms, like YouTube from exploiting the work of artists by hiding behind safe harbor provisions. This letter came after […]
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Google’s DMCA Takedown Notices Quadruple In Just Two Years
Year-on-year increase in DMCA take down requests, but is anything being done about this? DMN takes a look… Google have experienced a year-on-year increase in the number of DMCA takedown requests. But over the past two years there has been a major incline – DMCA takedown requests have quadrupled. In 2014, Google reportedly processed a […]
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2nd Circ: Pre-72s Are Covered By DMCA Safe Harbor
DMCA safe harbors apply to pre-1972 recordings, according to a Second Circuit ruling… Today (June 16th), The Second Circuit ruled that the DMCA’s safe harbors protect online hosts like YouTube, from liability of infringing content posted by users. This protection is also applied to pre-1972 recordings that are not covered by federal copyright law. Before 1972, federal law didn’t […]
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The Internet Archive: Notice and Staydown Would Be An “Absolute Disaster”
Copyright holders vs. Content platforms… For some time now content creators and major rights holders have been fighting for the current takedown system to be reviewed. They have been struggling to control massive online infringement for a nearly two decades, and now latest efforts surround a major modification to the longstanding ‘Takedown’ policies, powered by a Digital […]
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