District Court Judge Louis Stanton has confirmed, once again, that YouTube operates well within the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and therefore is protected by safe harbor. In enacting the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Congress...
The company said that the page will provide clear insight into the microblogging service's handling of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which requires site operators to remove copyright-infringing materials.
In August Google began deranking websites that offer "pirated" material, saying that it was basing its reordering on the number of valid Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests a website had received.
The requests are made to Google under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA), which removes liability from the firm if it provides inadvertent access to sites offering illegal material, if they comply with requests to remove content flagged...
The company said that it would be adding a number of criteria to its ranking process which will take into account the number of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests a site has received.
After Google rejected a May 2012 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown request over a photo of himself sticking his tongue out, a minority owner of the Miami Heat has sued the search engine and the blogger responsible for posting the...
We have never imposed any limit on the number of DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act] notices that a copyright owner or reporting organization may send us, although we do have some technical safeguards in our trusted partner program as a...
Judge Jose Cabranes reversed an earlier decision that had protected YouTube from damage claims under the safe harbour provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Court of Appeals has resurrected Viacom's $1 billion copyright...
Don’t we have the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) already? In a December 13th post called It’s Still a Blacklist and It’s Still a Disaster, the EFF pointed out that the bill still gave the Attorney General and copyright holders the right to...
Why, they ask, is SOPA necessary when many of the provisions it is being pushed through on are already covered under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? Mike Essex hopes to spur SEOs into action with recommendations for protesting eight issues...
The site protects its actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that limits website owners' liability for what others post to sites. An Australian doctor has brought a defamation suit against Google over Ripoff Report listings...
Google fought fairly well in that legal battle, and in 2010 it was ruled that YouTube was "protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Google has finally reached a deal with a group of music publishers who filed a...
Potentially the problem was related to Google's new DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) compliance rules, which means Google will respond to copyright infringement allegations more swiftly with removals and bans," Tech Eye stated.
In June, the company promised to appeal after it lost its battle with Google-owned YouTube when a judge decided that the video-sharing was protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright...
Most reporters are focused on the United States Copyright Office declaration that it is it legal to unlock or 'jailbreak' a mobile device from the manufacturer and network provider from which it was purchased from, which permits users to install...
This means that the court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement. David Lieberman of USA TODAY says, "Entertainment companies may find it...
How the Wal-mart Grinch Stole Black Friday Link Love LINK LOVE When Wal-mart invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to get online news sites to remove links to its Black Friday sales circular, Wal-mart missed out on some link love.
How the Wal-mart Grinch Stole Black Friday Link Love LINK LOVE When Wal-mart invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to get online news sites to remove links to its Black Friday sales circular, Wal-mart missed out on some link love.
It's the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Viacom claims YouTube was engaging in "massive intentional copyright infringement" for making available a ton of unauthorized clips of Viacom's entertainment programming.
The judge's reasoning was that Veoh is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) safe harbor provisions. Judge Throws Out Copyright Infringement Suit Against Online Video Site Veoh Posted by Nathania Johnson Aug 28, 2008 A...
