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Megaupload Shut Down By DOJ For Piracy

20 Jan

Megalupload, send me a file, as the song goes. Well, no more as the United States Justice Department shut the site down and arrested several executives on various charges of criminal copyright infringement. The indictment, as reported, claims the company…

 

"Julie of the Wolves" or Julie Eaten by the Wolves

10 Jan

HarperCollins is suing digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media for copyright infringement over the digital rights to Jean Craighead George’s Julie of the Wolves, a children’s book published in 1972 based on a 1971 contract with the author which gave…

 

Ninth Circuit Upholds Safe Harbors In Veoh Case

21 Dec

A while back a federal district court concluded that Internet video service Veoh was entitled to safe harbor protections under the DMCA against charges of copyright infringement made by the Universal Music Group. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed…

 

European Court of Justice Says No To Filtering Internet Traffic As A Response To Copyright Infringement

28 Nov

The European Court of Justice issued an opinion last week holding that it is a violation of EU law for member states to impose filtering requirements on ISPs. The case came by way of a dispute between Belgian IP licensing…