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Big Names in Music Industry Sue Website to Stop Conversion of Streamed Music

by thefriedfirm | Nov 8, 2016 | Blog

Piracy seems to be the music industry’s hydra monster, the mythical beast with regenerating heads: every time it gets a handle on one mode of unauthorized distribution, another one pops up. This time it’s battling the rise of stream ripping, the process of turning a...

Rights-Policing Partner of Warner Bros. Accidentally Flags Warner Bros. for Piracy

by thefriedfirm | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog

Earlier this year, we wrote about some of the issues with automated copyright infringement reporting systems after Fox included a YouTube user’s personal gameplay footage in an episode of Family Guy, and then later flagged the same gameplay footage as infringement....

Appeals Court Rules For Vimeo in Major Copyright Liability Case

by thefriedfirm | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog

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...

Fox Took a Video From a YouTube User’s Account For Its Show and Later Claimed Infringement Over It

by thefriedfirm | May 31, 2016 | Blog

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. In 2009, a Youtube user named...

Facebook’s New ‘Rights’ Tool Aims To Curb Copyright Infringement

by thefriedfirm | May 10, 2016 | Blog

Internet access lowered the barriers to entry for video content creators who otherwise would have a hard time getting their work out to audiences. With sites like YouTube, Vine and Facebook, a few clicks means a video upload that can go viral in a matter of hours. The...
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