Appeals Court Rules for Vimeo in Major Copyright Liability Case
The “safe harbor” provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) – section 512(c) – is probably the most well known part of it. In short, it says that as long as websites take certain measures, they won’t be held liable for any copyright infringement by their users.
June 28, 2016
Judge Says Navajo Nation Mark isn’t “Famous”
The Navajo Nation was recently dealt a blow in its lawsuit against Urban Outfitters, when a U.S. district court judge dismissed two trademark dilution claims. Judge Bruce Black in New Mexico ruled that the tribe, one of the largest in the United States, hadn’t proved that the “Navajo” mark was famous.
June 21, 2016
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Madonna in “Vogue” Lawsuit
Madonna got to strike a (winning) pose this month, after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a horn sample used without permission in her song “Vogue” was not copyright infringement.
June 14, 2016
Kanye West Sues for Copyright Infringement Over a Song From His 2013 Album Yeezus
Hungarian composer Gábor Presser has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against rapper Kanye West for allegedly using one of his songs without permission in West’s “New Slaves” from the album Yeezus, which was released in 2013.
June 07, 2016
Fox Took a Video from a Youtube User’s Account for Its Show and Later Claimed Infringement Over It
Here’s a story that really reflects some of the issues that arise as a consequence of current automated copyright infringement reporting processes online, and the imbalance of power between corporate copyright holders and individuals.
May 31, 2016
Was Google’s Use of Copyrighted Code Fair Use or Infringement?
Oracle and Google are finally back in court over Java, the programming language for web content, to continue their six-year-long copyright fight. Google will now have to prove that the inclusion of 37 Java application program interfaces (APIs) in its Android operating system was fair use and not infringement.
May 24, 2016
Advocates for the Creative Mind
