In piracy cases, companies are offered protection by Google by way of making infringing content less accessible. Clearly, the technology is there to offer the same protection for private citizens victimized by manipulation of Google’s algorithms...
Investigative journalism, thanks to recent technological advances, may take the form of an individual - the blogger - publishing content on their own channel - the blog - and yet still finding protection under freedom of speech and fair use laws.
Here, the presiding judge, William Alsup, ruled that APIs were not subject to copyright protection. The agreement covers the outstanding copyright infringement claims Oracle had made against Google. By agreeing to settle for zero damages, Oracle...
Lamar Smith is trying to resurrect H.R.the Child Protection/Data Retention bill. Siwek for the Institute for Policy Innovation, The True Cost of Copyright Industry Piracy to the U.S. The Committee will continue work with copyright owners, Internet...
Congress and Senate to demand an explanation from the companies who created the piracy problem as to why the solution should now be legislated on their terms, for their protection. It can’t just be up to the copyright holders.
The site uses the act to support not taking the listings down - as actively editing content could void the protection. Google, for their part, sees the alleged consumer protection site as a "trusted site" despite numerous complaints and lawsuits...
True, artists and right holders deserve to have their intellectual property protected, but not with laws that can be easily applied beyond their protection. Last year there was COICA, this year there is PROTECT IP, legislation in the US Senate...
This week has generated a lot of questions about the responsibility of the provider of a virtual world commerce platform (in this case that would be Linden Lab) in regards to security and protection from fraud and IP theft, as well as other types...
XXX Gets Own Domain: For Child Protection Or Cash? Google calls for the UK to adopt American-style copyright laws - The Next Web The Challenges Facing David Cameron's Quest To Overhaul UK Copyright Law - paidContent
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. The European Commission, as part of its data-protection overhaul, has proposed...
We will wait and see if Google will solve the problem with the blurring," said Johannes Caspar, head of the Data Protection Agency for Hamburg. Late last week, the videos were taken off the site, under the guise of copyright infringement.
Canada's privacy commissioner declared that Google violated the country's privacy laws, which followed news that Spain's Data Protection Agency plans to fine Google between due to the Wi-Fi data Google collected with its Street View cars.
With a background in offline publishing and book retail and 30+ published books to my credit, I'm an ardent supporter of copyright protection. Merely to allow your competition to harass you with copyright infringement suits should they find proof...
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA): In addition to transfer of disputed domains, trademark owners can also go after monetary damages. True, you technically have an existing copyright from the moment you create your work and publish it.
Last month, the judge threw out Universal's argument that Veoh didn't have DMCA protection because it changed the . Veoh Gets Another Victory in Copyright Case Brought by Universal Posted by Nathania Johnson Feb 6, 2009 Online video site Veoh is...
Last month, the judge threw out Universal's argument that Veoh didn't have DMCA protection because it changed the format of videos and made them into smaller bits than the original video. Online video site Veoh is enjoying yet another victory in a...
Techdirt reports that one of the main arguments being made by Universal was that Veoh didn't have DMCA safe harbor protection because it changed the format of the video and made smaller chunks than the original.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act gives you the protection you need to pursue legal recourse against those who steal your content. Library of Congress Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Description of the trademark, including countries of registered/claimed protection As with copyrights, there is no requirement that you register a trademark for it to be considered for protection. Goldman offers some alternatives to litigation...
With a growing number of trademark infringement lawsuits against search engines, and a general ignorance by state and federal legislators on the true application of trademark law itself, few legal guidelines are currently in place for search...
