Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube has handed Viacom yet another loss in the latest round of a copyright infringement court case that has lasted six years – so far –according to the Hollywood Reporter.
DCMS has been central to the roundtable discussions about the online infringement of copyright. This is part of a wider campaign to tackle online infringement, which includes working together with payment facilitators (such as credit card companies...
Or please specify if the alleged infringement is in the background, avatar, etc. Twitter has posted a set of guidelines designed to help users understand how it handles copyright takedown requests. The company said that the page will provide clear...
The only bigger news would be if Viacom International announced that it was dropping its suit against YouTube for copyright infringement and would be putting all of Viacom's programming, including “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “The Daily Show”, on...
The BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said it was a good first step in the ongoing battle against copyright infringement and that it would be assessing the impact of the change overtime. Google has announced an update to its search ranking algorithm...
While the $4 million bill wouldn't pose any significant financial damage to Oracle, the filing adds salt to Oracle's wounds following its failed attempt to win damages from Google for copyright and patent infringement.
Raanan Katz claims Google and the blogger, identified as Irina Chevaldina, are guilty of direct and contributory copyright infringement, based on their alleged unauthorized use of Katz’s copyrighted image.
The agreement covers the outstanding copyright infringement claims Oracle had made against Google. Here, the presiding judge, William Alsup, ruled that APIs were not subject to copyright protection. By agreeing to settle for zero damages, Oracle...
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is urging Google to make some changes to their copyright infringement report system. In a blog post, the RIAA bemoans Google's polices dealing with copyright infringement takedown requests.
TF1 sued YouTube and Dailymotion back in 2008 for intellectual property abuse, seeking damages for alleged copyright infringement on sports and movies that were uploaded to YouTube by users. YouTube is still responsible for removing content in...
Oracle had previously won a partial victory on the matter of copyright infringement, though the jury remained split on other elements of the case. The patent portion of the trial represented a far less important phase than the copyright matter...
Google receives more than 250,000 requests to take down URLs accused of copyright infringement each week. This month alone, Microsoft has requested a total of 543,378 URLs to be taken down over fears of copyright infringement.
But according to numerous reports, Judge William Alsup, who is hearing the case, said that the most Oracle may end with as a result of that infringement was statutory damages – which are limited to just $150,000.
The jurors found that while Google had infringed upon Oracle Java API copyright in certain claims on the case, other claims of infringement made by Oracle regarding documentation were not valid. Google has moved that its patent infringement case...
Targeting a site’s most valuable backlinks, a competitor sends emails notifying the webmaster that the page containing a link to your site is considered a copyright infringement and should be removed immediately.
The high-profile patent infringement battle between Google and Oracle has entered jury deliberations. Oracle Copyright Suit Seeks Billions from Google The juror panel will now decide whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java patents in developing...
Rosetta Stone’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Google, first filed in 2009 and dismissed by a Virginia court in August 2010, has been revived by a federal appeals court. At issue: whether the sale of trademarked search keywords to the...
Court of Appeals has resurrected Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against video-sharing service YouTube. Judge Jose Cabranes reversed an earlier decision that had protected YouTube from damage claims under the safe harbour provisions...
His question asking why the U.S.is trying to extradite a British student for copyright infringement was rebuffed by the Prez, who said he’s not doing anything, since his office doesn’t prosecute anyone.
SOPA and PIPA are badly drafted legislation and won’t be effective at their stated goal – to stop copyright infringement. One of the changes in the amendment, for example, cut out the proposed ability to cut off a website at the DNS level after a...
