Tweet In a case addressing the intersection of the Copyright Act, the Berne Convention, and the Internet, a federal court in New Jersey has held that photographs published on a German website were not simultaneously published in the U.S. under U.S. copyright law. As a result, the photographs were not “United States work(s)” and the …
Tag Archive: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Sep 14
Veoh Wins Copyright Suit
Tweet Universal Music Group’s copyright infringement suit against Veoh has been thrown out by the District Court Judge hearing the case, possibly giving some breathing room to YouTube and other video-sharing websites. Judge A. Howard Matz ruled that Veoh operated in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by expeditiously taking down UMG’s copyrighted materials …
Sep 03
$32.4 Million Verdict for Louis Vuitton in Suit Against ISPs
Tweet A California jury has awarded Louis Vuitton damages in the amount of $32.4 million against two internet service providers (ISPs) and their operator for contributory trademark infringement based on their hosting of websites that sold knock-off Louis Vuitton products. For the full story, see this article in ars technica. This decision may lead ISPs …
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