Even on the surface, this is a remarkable case, just decided at the end of June. Davidson v The United States (U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 13-942C, 6/29/18)
The Facts:
A sculptor is hired to create a Statue of Liberty [...]
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Categories: Internet lawyer, Internet Attorney, Copyright Infringement, fair use, statue of liberty
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LinkedIn pushed back – for now
Data is king on the Internet. Of course, real commerce does occur via the Internet in huge and increasing volumes and SaaS offerings are proliferating, but no matter what activities are occurring, [...]
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Categories: Internet lawyer, Copyright Infringement, data scraping, data security, CFAA
| Read MoreLenz v. Universal Music Corp. represents 10 years of questionable effort on the part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to curb an imagined potential for abuse by powerful copyright owners when sending takedown notices [...]
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Categories: DMCA, Copyright Infringement, internet lawyers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF
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Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is largely responsible for the plethora of user-generated content on the Internet. Section 512(c) provides that a service provider (e.g., a website) will [...]
On April 13th, in the northern district court of California, Craigslist was awarded $60 million in a data scraping case against real estate listing site Radpad (Craigslist, Inc. v. RadPad, Inc., No. 16-01856 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 13, [...]
Much of the Internet is filled with user-generated content. In order to use that content, companies need to receive sufficient rights from the owner of that content. In that regard, based on a recent complaint, Anheuser-Busch may [...]
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Categories: User Generated Content, Internet lawyer, Internet Attorney, sweepstakes, contests, Copyright Infringement
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In short, if you have in the past registered a Copyright Agent manually with the U.S. Copyright Office in order to qualify for immunity from claims of copyright infringement arising from user-generated content on [...]
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Categories: DMCA, User Generated Content, Internet lawyer, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Agent
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