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- EFF filing brief in TorrentSpy case
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation has plans to file an amicus brieffor TorrentSpy as it defends itself against copyright violation charges filed by the Motion Picture Association of America, reports CNET News.comThe case is notable because TorrentSpy had attempted to guard against lawsuits by simply not logging any user information. But...
- Tags: Privacy, Courts
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
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- 'Insane' $1.9 million verdict could prove RIAA's downfall
- So Jammie Thomas-Rasset is a thief - a willful copyright infringer - who uploaded 24 songs to the Internet. At least, the jury in her second trial so found in delivering a $1.9 million verdict: $80,000 per song. Under the law the jury...
- Tags: Damage, RIAA, Public Relations, Government, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Apple is being accused of stifling free speech; again
- In November 2008 Virginia-based OdioWorks, operator of BluWiki a non-commercial wiki that promises publishing without censorship, received a takedown notice from Apple demanding that it remove user postings about how to “write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Hash, Digital Media, Digital Music, Wiki, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Wiki sues Apple over DMCA claims
- Last year, Apple lawyers contacted OdioWorks, the operator of BluWiki.com, claiming that certain user postings violated the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and copyright law. Apple threatened to sue Odioworks if the documents weren't removed and OdioWorks complied. Now, with the assistance of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, OdioWorks...
- Tags: DMCA, Apple Inc., OdioWorks, Wiki, E-mail, Digital Media, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use
- I passed Jason's post about getting DMCA'd by Warner Music onto Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You'll recall that Jason and his wife put up on Vimeo a reunion slideshow with several tracks of music and that Warner Music Group promptly filed a DMCA take-down notice. Fred's...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, YouTube Inc., DMCA, Warner Music Group Corp., Fred, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videos
- Thousands of user-created videos- or at least their audio tracks - have disappeared from YouTube, and the question is who's fault is it? The New York Times reports that many YouTube users have found themselves in the same position as high school sophomore Juliet Weybret, who...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Bopaboo may feel like eBay but will end up looking like original Napster.
- A startup called Bopaboo surely has the lawyers at the Recording Industry Association of America putting in some overtime. Bopaboo has launched a service that has created - get this - an eBay-like marketplace for "used" digital music files. That's right. If you're tired of your old...
- Tags: RIAA, eBay Inc., Napster Inc., Bopaboo, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Muxtape has RIAA problems
- The roll-your-own radio site Muxtape has temporarily closed down due to some "legal kinks" with the RIAA, Cnet's Webware blog points out. EFF's Fred von Lohmann addressed sites like Muxtape in a News.com article, saying that in theory they should be protected by...
- Tags: RIAA, Radio, Muxtape, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory
- A federal district judge has delivered a pretty resounding blow to a theory the RIAA has been using to win verdicts in its copyright-infringement lawsuit campaign. In Atlantic Records v. Howell, Judge Neil Wake refused the RIAA's motion for summary judgment based on the "making available" theory. ...
- Tags: Theory, RIAA, Judge, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy SummitLike patriotism, "innovation" is the last refuge of scoundrels.Whenever government contemplates restrictions in defense of IP rights, the argument that preventing theft inhibits innovation is likely to be heard. Actually, the best way to encourage innovation would be to make activities illegal....
- Tags: Government, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Tech Policy Summit, DMCA Safe Harbors, Lohmann, innovation, harbor
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...
- Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- After consultations security expert believes Comcast may be "violating the law" on Torrent practices
- Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student in the school of Informatics at Indiana University, delves into the areas of security, privacy and e-crime, has done extensive researh into Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent and other high bandwidth traffic- and alleged impersonation practices to cripple this content. In an extensive post...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet, Benefits, Security, Human Resources, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- In the trenches with Live Web law at EFF's Bootcamp
- If you're doing business on the Live Web, get thee this Wednesday, October 10, to EFF's Bootcamp, "a one-day session for Web 2.0 workers on user generated content:" Does your interactive company have to contend with the maze of laws dealing with user privacy and publishing user...
- Tags: Web, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Verdict in filesharing suit: $220,000
- Standing up to RIAA blackmail isn't looking like such a great idea for Jammie Thomas today. After refusing to settle and taking the matter to trial, Thomas was socked with a $220,000 judgment Thursday. While under copyright law, the jury could have found her liable for...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, RIAA, Lawyer, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Will Google follow Viacom's lead?
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation applauds Viacom today for standing up for upfront “fair use” rights of YouTubers.Responding to Viacoms willingness to take steps to protect the free speech rights of those who post videos to YouTube and similar video sharing sites, the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF and Stanford Law Schools...
- Tags: YouTube, Video, Legal, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Copyright, Content, Business Models
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Viacom v. YouTube represents a watershed moment in video policy
- Point 1 about Viacom v. YouTube: There is no calling how this case will come out if/as the parties pursue it through the federal courts — Declan McCullagh: Section 512 says Web site operators must not "receive a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), video, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Copyright Office provides exemptions to DMCA
- The new copyright laws this week issued by the Library of Congress Copyright Office is welcome news for film professors and cell phone users alike, as the new laws exempt certain groups from copyright restrictions, reports the The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Library of Congress relaxed some aspects of the...
- Tags: exemption, Copyright Office, Government technology, Regulations, Congress
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- YouTube and copyright, etiquette and law
- Columbia law professor Tim Wu has a brilliant essay at Slate entitled Does YouTube Really Have Legal Problems? How the Bell Lobby helped midwife YouTube. I say "brilliant" because Professor Wu goes beyond the hype around YouTube as one of the 'Net's current infringement bogeymen, and emphasizes the fascinating role...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube, Section 512, Tim Wu
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- On bet the company issues, it's far better to be a litigant than a bystander
- As I mentioned last week, the most telling insights for me on the news of Googles acquisition of YouTube came from EFFs Fred von Lohmann, who discussed the importance for a company like Google of participation in the judicial lawmaking process. Members of Googles legal team underscore this point...
- Tags: Google Inc., Sue Us:Michael Kwun
- Blog posts 2006-10-22
- YouTube plays to Google's strengths and interests alike
- There has been no shortage of reportage concerning the official transfer of YouTubes copyright concerns to the Googleplex. See, e.g.: BBC News, Googles copyright nightmareThe Globe and Mail, At YouTube, a copyright conundrum continuesCNET, YouTube may add to Googles copyright worriesBut perhaps more than any other company in existence,...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Google Inc., YouTube
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
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