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Federal judge denies class action certification in Google copyright case
May 16, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied a motion to certify a putative class action against Google's YouTube involving copyright owners from around the world. Named plaintiffs included the English Premier League, the French Tennis Federation, the.... [more]
France passed internet piracy bill [this day at law]
May 12, 2013 by Adiah Oreyomi
On May 12, 2006, the French National Assembly first approved an amended version of a controversial bill created to prevent Internet piracy. The bill proposed that Internet access be cut off for users who repeatedly illegally downloaded copyrighted material after they had received two warnings, and.... [more]
The Exhaustive Consequences of Kirtsaeng [op-ed]
April 29, 2013 by Ben Klaber
JURIST Guest Columnist John Rothchild of Wayne State University Law School says the Supreme Court's decision in Kirtsaeng could impact the scope of the patent exhaustion doctrine as well as seller-imposed limitations on ownership of purchased copyrighted items....The Supreme Court's recent.... [more]
Federal judge dismisses Viacom copyright suit against YouTube
April 19, 2013 by Sydney Normil
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday dissmissed a copyright infringement lawsuit by Viacom against Google's YouTube. Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, MTV and VH1, was seeking $1 billion in damages as well as an injunction against YouTube for clips.... [more]
First copyright law was enacted in Great Britain [this day at law]
April 10, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On April 10, 1710, the Statute of Anne, the world's first known copyright law to protect authors, went into full effect in Great Britain. Prior to the statute, issues pertaining to copyright were handled by private parties, if at all. This was the first time a governmental body shifted the issue.... [more]
Europe rights court upholds Pirate Bay co-founders' criminal conviction
March 14, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday upheld The Pirate Bay (TPB) co-founders' criminal conviction for aiding copyright infringement on the Internet, unanimously declaring their application inadmissible. Co-founders Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij appealed a 2009 decision from a.... [more]
China created special intellectual property court [this day at law]
March 10, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On March 10, 2006, China confirmed during the National People's Congress, an annual parliamentary meeting, that it had established a Judicial Court of Intellectual Property in conjunction with strengthened copyright laws. These changes followed accusations from various countries, including the US,.... [more]
Germany Parliament approves copyright law
March 1, 2013 by Addison Morris
Germany's lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag, on Friday approved a bill to broaden copyright protections for online material, especially news articles. The new law would not charge royalties to search engines, including Google, for displaying short passages of text from articles. This.... [more]
US House postponed hearings on SOPA [this day at law]
January 14, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On January 14, 2012, the US House of Representatives postponed hearings on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Many popular and influential websites had responded negatively to the bill because of its controversial Domain Name System (DNS) blocking provisions, which would have required US Internet.... [more]
Associated Press and artist settled over Obama 'Hope' image dispute [this day at law]
January 12, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On January 12, 2011, the Associated Press (AP) and artist Shepherd Fairey agreed to a settlement on opposing copyright infringement claims over Fairey's use of an AP photo of President Barack Obama. Fairey had captioned "HOPE" to his iconic red, white and blue rendering of the AP photo, which.... [more]
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