DMCA NewsDMCA News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Toronto gallery hangs show of art in opposition to the Canadian DMCA- July 7, 2008 Toronto's Edward Day Gallery has a wonderful response to Canada's proposed new copyright law, Bill C-61, which mirrors the American DMCA.http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/toronto-gallery-hangs-show-of-art-in-opposition-to-... Purported ACTA Wishlist Would Put DMCA To Shame- July 6, 2008 The list includes such gems as forced filtering of materials by the ISPs, gutting the parts of the DMCA that provides safe harbor to the ISPs, and even restricting supplies of 'optical grade polycarbonate' in ...http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/purported-acta-wishlist-would-put-dmca-to-shame?fro... BUSINESSWEEK Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy- July 5, 2008 Just before the holiday weekend, media giant Viacom won a legal victory over YouTube that set off fireworks across the Internet.http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/businessweek-viacom-vs-youtube-beyond-privacy?fromr... Court Rejects Attempt to Expand the DMCA- July 4, 2008 Yesterday, a district court dismissed several claims in the case Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire , in which we had, in March, filed an amicus brief .http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/court-rejects-attempt-to-expand-the-dmca?fromrss=1 Mark Cuban's Wrong: Porn Filtering On YouTube Doesn't Mean It Loses Safe Harbors- July 3, 2008 Mark Cuban has a weird obsession with trying to convince people that YouTube is illegal, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/mark-cubans-wrong-porn-filtering-on-youtube-doesnt-... Judge Protects YouTube's Source Code, Throws Users To The Wolves- July 3, 2008 The ongoing GoogleYouTube-Viacom litigation has now officially spilled over to users with a court order requiring Google to turn over massive amounts of user data to Viacom.http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/judge-protects-youtubes-source-code-throws-users-to... Wall-E is a copyright criminal- July 2, 2008 Jesse Willis went to see the new DisneyPixar movie Wall-E and discovered that the lovable little robot is actually a dire criminal -- because he undertakes a variety of copying activities that will be illegal ...http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/wall-e-is-a-copyright-criminal?fromrss=1 EMI Sues VideoEgg, Hi5 Over User Video Uploads- July 2, 2008 The record label EMI has sued ad network VideoEgg and social networking site Hi5.com for copyright infringement based on music videos uploaded by users.http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/emi-sues-videoegg-hi5-over-user-video-uploads?fromr... Associated Press vs. Drudge Retort and blogosphere: facts and outcome- July 1, 2008 Chances are you've heard all about the now-'resolved' dispute that opposed the Associated Press to social news sharing site Drudge Retort , over the fair - or unfair - use of AP quotes.http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/07/associated-press-vs-drudge-retort-and-blogosphere-f... The Threat to "Fair Use" in the Blogosphere- July 1, 2008 I got a comment from Ian Lamont, managing editor of The Industry Standard, wondering why we didn't introduce the concept of "Fair Use" in our story about media companies using content recognition systems to go ...http://www.topix.net/news/dmca/2008/06/the-threat-to-fair-use-in-the-blogosphere?fromrss=1 |