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British Library calls for digital copyright action

September 25, 2006 U.K.'s national library says copyright law must be updated to curb the excesses of digital rights management. TAGS: copyright law, digital content, digital-rights management, restriction, exception, library, law, U.K., CEO

'Tis the season for common sense copyright

December 13, 2007 Maura Corbett says it's time for partisans in this long-running soap opera to reach a compromise agreement. TAGS: copyright law, economy, innovation, digital content, season, conversation, artist, digital media, damage, movie

Google: These books are free

August 30, 2006 Search giant makes PDFs of entire public-domain works available for download and print. TAGS: Google Book Search, Google Inc., Adobe PDF, copyright law, domain, project, work

Nude-photo site wins injunction against Google

February 21, 2006 Judge says Google image search violates copyright of Perfect 10, which sells photos of nude women. Images: Searching for perfection TAGS: image search, injunction, copyright law, Google Inc., women, Judge, photograph, image, Amazon.com Inc.

Court nixes lawsuit fighting copyright law

November 24, 2004 Internet Archive founder's suit against copyright terms is dismissed by federal judge. TAGS: Brewster Kahle, copyright law, court, federal judge, copyright protection, lawsuit, decision, work

Adult site sues Amazon over sexy images

July 1, 2005 Perfect 10 lawsuit claims Amazon.com's A9 search site shows thousands of photos without permission. TAGS: Amazon A9, Amazon.com Inc., lawsuit, video search, copyright law, image, search engine, Google Inc., video

Cablevision to fight ruling blocking networked DVR

April 10, 2007 Argues its new service letting subscribers remotely store movies and shows is no different copyright-wise than other DVR products. TAGS: Cablevision Systems Corp., DVR, copyright law, cable company, set-top, set-top box, Time Warner Inc., programming, movies, TV, server

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights

August 27, 2007 Qorvis' Maura Corbett says copyright law wasn't intended to serve as a stick for rights holders to wield against the freedom of information. TAGS: copyright law, warning, age, DVD

Backers of stronger copyright laws form lobby group

May 17, 2007 Copyright Alliance draws applause from Hollywood Democrat Howard Berman, who heads a key House panel that writes intellectual property laws. TAGS: copyright law, alliance, copyright protection, intellectual property, Rep., Washington, event

France may sanction unfettered P2P downloads

December 22, 2005 Parliament gave initial approval to the concept, but roadblocks remain, and the entertainment industry is on edge. TAGS: amendment, copyright law, sanction, approval, France, proposal, nation, organization, P2P, copy, music

American Airlines subpoenas Google, YouTube

March 10, 2006 Airline draws on digital copyright law to force companies to identify person who posted training video on their Web sites. TAGS: subpoena, airline, copyright law, YouTube, DMCA, Google Inc., training, video

YouTube sued over copyright infringement

July 19, 2006 Journalist claims video-download site encourages its users to violate copyright law. TAGS: YouTube, DMCA, copyright law, Los Angeles, video

Microsoft chastises Google on copyrights

March 6, 2007 Redmond joins the hue and cry of critics who charge the search giant with usurping other people's content. TAGS: copyright law, intellectual property, Google Inc., YouTube, RIAA, Microsoft Corp., video

An end run round copyright laws?

August 15, 2006 Legal activist Lawrence Lessig urges LinuxWorld attendees to use Creative Commons as route to "free culture." TAGS: copyright law, culture, lawyer, wireless network, law, Linux, networking, operating system, video, Microsoft Corp.

The legal rights to your 'Second Life' avatar

January 5, 2007 Despite a YouTube takedown, Experts claim that journalists' use of a private avatar's image in a news context falls under fair use doctrine. TAGS: Ailin Graef, Second Life, avatar, Guntram Graef, copyright law, YouTube, RFC, video service, virtual worlds, Google Inc., image, attack, video, photograph, e-mail

Copyright tussles for Google

August 4, 2006 The search giant, at odds with an increasing number of copyright industries, is taking some provocative legal stances. TAGS: copyright law, Google Inc., dispute, attorney, holder, search engine, photograph, video

Week in review: Deal or no deal in YouTube?

October 13, 2006 Google buys video-sharing service and adds to the Office 2.0 wave. Chipmakers talk speed, while Toyota touts ethanol. TAGS: YouTube, copyright law, Google Docs, Week in review, Google Inc., litigation, spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, video, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Authors Guild sues Google over library project

September 20, 2005 Group calls the search king's scanning and digitizing of library books "massive" copyright infringement. TAGS: Google Book Search, lawsuit, copyright law, Google Inc., author, response, U.S.

Visa halts its service for allofmp3.com

October 18, 2006 Beleaguered music download site says it will stop discounting songs and give them away, says newspaper report. TAGS: Visa International, music download, Russia, copyright law, Napster Inc., Kazaa, U.S.

Politicos call for music copyright reform

September 13, 2005 They want a "technology neutral" system that would streamline royalty payouts, expand inventories of legal downloading services. TAGS: Rick Boucher, copyright law, congressman, Virginia, law, radio
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