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Just Because You Can Copy It Does Not Mean That You May Copy It

Posted By Geri Haight on Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Damages, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Fair Use, Pinterest, Safe Harbor

Written by Susan Neuberger Weller In a number of recent cases, individual photographers have successfully sued third parties for unauthorized reproduction and use of photographs, particularly those from stock photography sources. Courts have found third party liability for willful and innocent copyright infringement for the use of individual photographs and have awarded damages to copyright… Continue Reading

Google Search Results Will Reflect Repeated Copyright Infringement

Posted By Geri Haight on Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Legislation, PIPA

Written by Susan Neuberger Weller On Friday, August 10, 2012, Google announced that it was changing its search algorithms so that websites with high numbers of valid copyright infringement removal notices would appear much lower in the search results. This announcement was greeted with strong approval by many online copyright content owners who have for… Continue Reading

Copyright Owners Using DMCA To Take Down URLs

Posted By Geri Haight on Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Notice and Takedown, PIPA, SOPA

Written by Susan Neuberger Weller At a conference held June 18 at Stanford University Law School – The 9th Annual Stanford Ecommerce Best Practices Conference – it was reported that copyright holders are increasingly using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (“DMCA”) notice and takedown procedures to address copyright infringement on websites.

Viacom Lives to Fight Another Day in YouTube DMCA Suit

Posted By Joseph DiCioccio on Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Litigation, Red Flag Knowledge, Safe Harbor, Willful Blindness

Written By Joseph M. DiCioccio The Second Circuit has vacated District Court (S.D.N.Y.) Judge Louis L. Stanton’s June 2010 dismissal of Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement suit against YouTube.  In a thorough opinion, the Second Circuit remanded the case to the district court for further consideration of several key aspects of the case, including whether executives… Continue Reading