copyright infringement
Legal Eye: Bogus brands face web crackdown
Comment Liability vs responsibility Auctions sites and brand owners will have to work together increasingly in monitoring infringement. Brand owners and sites need to work together to police against infringement if they are to stand any chance of... [22 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google. [04 Jul 2008]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment Corporate copyright policy on downloading and editing or attribution infringement. But video in particular eats up network bandwidth while raising issues relating to copyright and idle channel surfing. [29 Nov 2007]
Copyright Conundrum - Liability of ISPs for Online Copyright Infringement
White Paper As digital rights holders become increasingly proactive in asserting their rights against infringers, Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") are more frequently becoming embroiled in online copyright infringement disputes. [24 Oct 2007]
Briefing Paper: Internet Service Provider Safe Harbors and Expedited Subpoena Process in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Recent Bilateral Free Trade Agreements
White Paper Trade Representative is seeking to incorporate provisions in bilateral free trade agreements regulating the liability of Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") for copyright infringement that are modeled on similar provisions in the U.S. [19 Oct 2007]
Apple slapped with copyright suit - report
News Rap singer Eminem has accused Apple of copyright infringement in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, according to a story in The Detroit News. Eminem's music publishers have not given Apple permission to offer the artist's music for download, according... [01 Aug 2007]
ISPs: 'Don't blame us for illegal activity'
News Speaking yesterday in the wake of a controversial ruling in a Belgian court and following comments made by the Conservative leader David Cameron, a spokesperson for Ispa maintained ISPs should not be "set up to play judge and jury" over alleged... [12 Jul 2007]
In Brief: Apple gets social, YouTube goes mobile, Yahoo! upholds censorship and IT disappoints
News Sticking with web businesses, YouTube is testing software which could help it fight copyright infringement by identifying unique parts of a video clip, a major issue for the Google-owned site which has already resulted in multimillion-pound lawsuits. [13 Jun 2007]
YouTube copyright battle hots up
News He said: "We formed a firm conclusion that on Google and YouTube there is rampant copyright infringement. The Federation Francaise de Tennis and Ligue de Football Professionnel, as well as New York-based Cherry Lane Music Publishing, have joined a... [06 Jun 2007]
YouTube copyright filter nearly ready: Google
News Viacom filed a $1bn lawsuit against Google last month and accused Google of massive intentional copyright infringement. Google is very near enacting a filtering service that would prevent copyright content from being uploaded to video-sharing site... [17 Apr 2007]
Media behemoths found web video network
News Earlier this month, entertainment giant Viacom sued Google for more than $1bn in damages, citing "massive intentional copyright infringement". Media giants NBC Universal and News Corp.on Thursday announced plans to join forces with AOL, MSN, Yahoo! [22 Mar 2007]
BPI bests CD Wow in 'grey imports' row
News The legal battle between music industry body the BPI and CD Wow over 'grey imports' ended at the High Court today with the e-tailer convicted of copyright infringement. The pair have been facing off across a courtroom for some years after the BPI... [20 Mar 2007]
Google sued over YouTube clips
News Viacom has slapped YouTube and parent company Google with a lawsuit, accusing the wildly popular video-sharing site of "massive intentional copyright infringement" and seeking more than $1bn in damages. [14 Mar 2007]
MySpace hit with Universal copyright lawsuit
News In a copy of court documents filed on Friday in US District Court in Los Angeles, Universal also accuses MySpace of aiding copyright infringement by reformatting clips so users can transfer them to friends or post them to other sites. [20 Nov 2006]
Seven years inside for piracy website owner
News Peterson pleaded guilty in December in Alexandria, Virginia, to two counts of copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling more than $20m in software. Last month, Ellis sentenced Danny Ferrer, a Florida man who pleaded guilty to... [11 Sep 2006]
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