The website is called "Verteidige dein netz" or Defend your network, and Google has launched it to warn people in Germany about proposed changes to German law, specifically the Copyright Act of the Federal Republic of Germany
German publishers have been lobbying government for at least a few years to bring into law a licensing system for search engines that link to news content. No, this is what German publishers want and the proposed law is now in its second draft.
Only copyright holders know if something is authorized, and only courts can decide if a copyright has been infringed: Google cannot determine whether a particular webpage does or does not violate copyright law," Singhal noted.
So Katz is seeking damages under international law. When people malign others, the law protects them. After Google rejected a May 2012 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown request over a photo of himself sticking his tongue out, a...
Google recently commissioned a top first amendment rights academic to make their case that they are a media outlet, much like the New York Times, and are therefore protected by freedom of speech law. TF1 sued YouTube and Dailymotion back in 2008...
Florian Mueller, an intellectual property law blogger who has been following the case, said that the instructions from Judge William Alsup and the language used in the document had been hotly debated by both sides in the case.
Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc.that buying ads based on a competitor's name doesn't violate trademark law. Under Australian law, the court could not levy a monetary fine against Google, though they ordered that the search giant pay the plaintiff’s...
The court delivered a definitive, common sense message – intentionally ignoring theft is not protected by the law. Court of Appeals has resurrected Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against video-sharing service YouTube.
House Judiciary Committee), Smith and co-sponsors of the bill would like to make a law requiring proactive monitoring and retention of all IP addresses. In addition to proposing limiting retention to just child pornography investigations, some have...
Content creators, law professors, copyright holders, philosophers, the MPAA, and the RIAA, there’s a place at the table for them,” Hedger said. Smith said in response to the White House’s show of opposition to the bill in its current form, "It is...
Adult Magazine and Web Site Files Law Suit Against Google Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Perfect 10 failed to show a causal connection, however, by not providing a statement from any former subscribers and by not proving it was sound...
Remember before publishing anything online make sure to carefully review copyright law for the country of origin, and your country. One needs to review copyright laws to find out what is free. Let's explore how this can be done.
However, Linden Lab is not a law enforcement agency or a court. They can only respond to them within the boundaries of the law. But the upshot of both discussions, in a meta sense, is how DMCA, as the "law of the west" on the digital frontier is...
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We're pleased that the [Spanish] court is considering asking guidance from Europe's top court on whether Spain's [data-protection agency] has overridden European law. Though freedom-of-expression provisions of Spanish law protect newspapers, legal...
Did Fox get permission to do that, or is this fall under the "fair use" exception in U.S.copyright law? But Nielsen Sports media research says close to 50 percent of viewers will actually watch the commercials more than they watch the game.
The Venezuelan Vice President Elías Jaua has asked his country's government to pass a law that would allow regulation of the internet and create one central access point for all distribution of the internet.
The innovative use of the tools currently available to law enforcement to seize these domain names is similar to the remedy that would be specifically authorized under the bipartisan Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act for websites...
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Byron Gordon of SEO-PR interviewed Stanford Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig about copyright issues back at SES Chicago 2008. Most reporters are focused on the United States Copyright Office declaration that it is it legal to unlock or...
