Fighting Piracy in Real Time
Increasingly plagued by unauthorized live streaming, sports leagues grope for answers Read More …
Tag: DMCA
Fahrenheit 512
The DMCA’s notice-and-takedown rules are getting a second look. Read More …
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’s legacy
In addition to their many other accomplishments, it’s hard to overstate the impact that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have had on the evolution of the TV business over the past decade. As Stewart now follows Colbert from his late-night, Comedy Central post they leave a transformed industry in their wakes. Stewart and Colbert didn’t Read More …
Slippery SOPA
Copyright Critics of the failed Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act (SOPA/PIPA) have been having some fun with some internal RIAA and IFPI materials regarding the music industry’s anti-piracy efforts that leaked to TorrentFreak last week. Part of the cache includes a PowerPoint presentation delivered by RIAA deputy general counsel Victoria Sheckler to Read More …
YouTube Court: Viacom Dios
The lesson for content owners from yesterday’s smackdown of Viacom by U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton in its lawsuit against YouTube/Google should be clear (which, of course, is no guarantee it will be): stop bringing DMCA safe-harbor suits against online service providers. It’s not working, and it’s past time to get on with plan Read More …