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Legal, DRM, Piracy & IP

Google & Viacom Settle YouTube Fight | Seven-Year Copyright Lawsuit Ends Amicably

Google and Viacom have finally resolved the long-running lawsuit over videos uploaded to YouTube almost a decade ago. The terms of...
Dave Parrack
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Google Ordered To Remove ‘Innocence Of Muslims’ Over Actress’ Copyright Claims

An appeals court has ordered Google to remove a controversial short film from YouTube after an actress who appeared in Innocence...
Dave Parrack
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What The Net Neutrality Ruling Means For Online Video

A recent decision by an appeals court in Washington to chuck out net neutrality rules could have dire consequences for everyone...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube’s Content ID Crackdown On Let’s Play Videos Draws Ire From Gamers & Developers

YouTube’s recent crackdown on Let’s Play videos, with an aggressive new Content ID update, has left a bad taste in the...
Dave Parrack
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Is Online Streaming Availability To Blame For Movie Piracy? Research Suggests It Could Be

Do people pirate things because they’re cheap and want to get whatever they can for free? Or is the practice less...
Dave Parrack
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Nintendo Claims Copyright Over YouTube Gameplay Videos, Using Content ID System

Nintendo has, in its infinite wisdom, decided to declare war on the fans who dare to post videos of themselves playing...
Dave Parrack
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Surfthechannel Owner Jailed For “Conspiracy To Defraud” After Linking To Copyrighted Content

The owner of Surfthechannel, a website which linked to content on the likes of Megavideo and Tudou, has been sentenced to...
Dave Parrack
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MyVidster Case Appeals Judge Rules Embedding Copyright-Infringing Videos Is Not Illegal

There has long been a question mark over whether linking to or embedding copyright-infringing videos is as illegal as actually hosting...
Dave Parrack
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The Pirate Bay Banned In UK | High Court Rules ISPs Must Block Infamous Filesharing Website

The Pirate Bay has effectively been banned in the UK after the High Court issued a court order demanding ISPs block...
Dave Parrack
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Viacom Wins Appeal Against Google’s YouTube, Overturning 2-Year-Old Summary Judgment

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water assume Viacom’s lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement...
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Sony Music Boss Loves YouTube, Hates GEMA

Wait, what? There’s a music label executive who thinks the Internet is a force for good? Wonders will never cease. Unfortunately...
Dave Parrack
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Piracy Does Not Harm Hollywood Box Office Receipts, But Delayed International Releases Do

Hollywood will, and has been for many years now, tell us all that piracy is the big, bad wolf that is...
Dave Parrack
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MegaUpload Knocked Offline As Feds Arrest Admins | Then Why The Need For SOPA & PIPA?

MegaUpload is no more, at least in its former capacity. We can now look forward to a long and expensive legal...
Dave Parrack
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NinjaVideo Co-Founder Hana Amal Beshara Imprisoned In Copyright Infringement Case

If you download movies from the Internet then there’s a small chance you’ll get caught. If you run a site offering...
Dave Parrack
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The Hurt Locker BitTorrent Lawsuit Dies, Someone Allegedly Forgets To Tell The Lawyers

The Hurt Locker BitTorrent lawsuit is dead, or at least it should be. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell the lawyers. or...
Dave Parrack
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The Top 10 Most-Pirated Movies Of 2011 Revealed As U.S. Box Office Numbers Disappoint

2011 has been a poor year at the box office, with audience numbers and revenue down to their lowest levels since...
Dave Parrack
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Gilberto Sanchez Imprisoned For Piracy | Man Who Pirated ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Jailed

If you’re the source for a pirated movie which then spreads across the Internet like wildfire you could face time in...
Dave Parrack
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Does Anyone Know What Is Legal and Illegal On YouTube? Does Anyone Even Care Any More?

Believe it or not things aren’t as black and white as they may at first appear when it comes to copyright...
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Hate Louis C.K., Love His (Profitable) Digital Content Distribution Honor Box Experiment

It’s OK to hate Louis C.K. I do. But you should love his latest comedy special. Not for the content, necessarily,...
Dave Parrack
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Google Censors Search Results Against Torrent Sites – The Pirate Bay, isoHunt Amongst Victims

In many ways Google owns the Web. The majority of people use its search engine to find what they’re looking for,...
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Zediva Is Dead After MPAA Gets Its Way | Hollywood Kills Another Internet Innovation

Another day, another innovative use of the Internet to deliver content to paying customers is killed by Hollywood. Because piracy is...
Dave Parrack
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MPA Wins Legal Blockade Of Newzbin2 As Hollywood Once Again Wastes Time and Money

The MPA, Hollywood, and the entertainment industry as a whole have scored a victory of sorts over illegal file-sharing in the...
Dave Parrack
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The Top 10 Most Pirated Movies On BitTorrent Suggest Hollywood and MPAA Sorely Mistaken

Movie piracy is all bad, right? No good can come from it, right? If a movie makes it onto BitTorrent (as...
Dave Parrack
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Hollywood Rolls Out ‘UltraViolet’ | A DRM Cloud Solution To Rival Apple iTunes and Save DVDs

Hollywood has finally realized the Internet is here to stay, digital content is here to stay, and piracy is here to...
Dave Parrack
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Ivi TV Asks Us All To Help Legal Fight Against Cable Companies With Crowd-Funded Finances

Ivi TV has turned to crowd-funding in order to pay the huge legal bills it will be facing as it gets...
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Hotfile Sues Warner Bros. Over Wrongful Copyright Takedowns Using Anti-Piracy Tool

TV and movie studios are increasingly fighting back against piracy, usually relying on the legal system to protect them and their...
Dave Parrack
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MPAA Infographic Twists Piracy Figures, Badly

Hollywood is struggling to transition from the past to the present, to a time when the Internet was but a sci-fi...
Dave Parrack
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Fox’s Eight-Day Online Delay For Shows On Hulu, Fox.com Leads To Increased P2P Piracy

In what was an entirely predictable result of a stupid decision, the number of people illegally downloading Fox TV shows has...
Dave Parrack
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Federal Judge Orders Zediva Offline | Physical DVD Streaming Over Web Breaks Copyright Law

A company offering DVDs for rent in a unique way has been ordered offline by a federal judge. Apparently it isn’t...
Dave Parrack
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