copyright

Another Copyright Infringement Case Over Unauthorized Database Distribution of Court Filings

Michel-Adrien Sheppard
March 21, 2012 23:08

This is a follow up to the Library Boy post of February 27, 2012 entitled Thomson Reuters Sued Over Use of Facta in Litigator. That post described a class action lawsuit that was recently certified by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge and that alleges that the database company Thomson...

SXSW Lesson 2: Big Copyright Doesn’t Get the Web

March 21, 2012 20:14

Big copyright holders, IE: RIAA and the MPAA, don't truly understand the Web or the tech community. The surprise is that they aren't even trying.In yesterday’s SXSW Lesson regarding what the Web didn’t learn from SOPA and PIPA, I made a promise to address how the major copyright...

3 Count: Veto Power

March 21, 2012 17:02

Amazon gets involved in Pinterest's copyright woes, Senator Wyden wants to end treaty secrecy and Righthaven loses five more cases.Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.1: Amazon.com Takes an Interest in Pinterest’s Copyright WoesFirst off today, The Daily...

Between Life Events…

C.E. Petit
March 21, 2012 16:25

Life has intervened for a few days, and will intervene some more here shortly... The UK Supreme Court issued its opinion in Flood v. Times Newspapers Ltd., [2012] UKSC 11 (PDF), a libel matter significant for authors of all kinds. Although Flood does not reduce either the urgency of...

Universal be not proud

Walter Olson
March 21, 2012 11:21

Veoh, like YouTube, pioneered the idea of enabling users to self-post video to the Internet. Then Universal, the entertainment company and owner of many copyrights, began a particularly aggressive campaign of litigation against it. Though Veoh Networks won a judicial decision in its favor,...