Tag Archives: dmca

Website copying allegations allow potpourri of claims

Posted on October 27, 2017 by rtushnet

DHI Group, Inc. v. Kent, No. 16-1670, 2017 WL 4837730 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 26, 2017) DHI and Oilpro compete in the market for websites for oil and gas professionals that include job postings. DHI filed a lawsuit against Oilpro and … Continue reading →

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Suing critics using copyright doesn’t work

Posted on August 25, 2017 by rtushnet

Hosseinzadeh v. Klein, No. 16-cv-03081 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 23, 2017) Hosseinzadeh posts original video content on YouTube, playing a character known as “Bold Guy.” Ethan and Hila Klein criticized “Bold Guy vs. Parkour Girl,” in which the Bold Guy flirts with … Continue reading →

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LiveJournal’s missteps threaten its DMCA protection

Posted on April 10, 2017 by rtushnet

Mavrix Photographs, LLC v. LiveJournal Inc., No. 14-56596 (9th Cir. April 7, 2017) Initial note: What the court here describes as LJ’s business model is in reality limited to its treatment of ONTD, the most popular community on LJ.  Most … Continue reading →

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Update re: DMCA re-registration

Posted on December 2, 2016 by rtushnet

I have updated my original post to include the information that the Library of Congress, not the CO, set the password requirements, and to add a rant about how re-registration should not be a thing. from Blogger http://ift.tt/2gJ4skq

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Copyright Office removes insult, adds new one with DMCA agent re-registration process

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Apparently one no longer has to provide a fax number to have a complete agent designation, which is good news.  (Welcome to the 21st century!)  But take a look at this password requirement: I’m sorry, CO, but you are not … Continue reading →

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IPSC Breakout Session III

Posted on August 12, 2016 by rtushnet

IP & Privacy Exploring Privacy as Commons Katherine Strandburg & Brett Frischmann Knowledge production/privacy as highly related, not orthogonal/opposed.  Knowledge production framework as a way of doing descriptive empirical case studies of how privacy works in context, which can aid … Continue reading →

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Judge McKeown on copyright, and responses (including mine)

Posted on June 28, 2016 by rtushnet

Hon. M. Margaret McKeown,  Censorship in the Guise of Authorship: Harmonizing Copyright and the First Amendment, 15 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop. 1 (2016) Margaret Chon, Copyright’s Other Functions, 15 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop. 364 Edward Lee, Suspect Assertions of Copyright, … Continue reading →

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EFF/OTW/library/etc. comments on Copyright Office proposal on DMCA registration renewals

Posted on June 24, 2016 by rtushnet

Read them here.  The Copyright Office has indicated, unwisely, an intent to make DMCA registrants re-register every three years, which will set up another hurdle for ISPs and encourage copyright trolls. from Blogger http://ift.tt/28T3w9h

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How it works: Understanding Copyright Law in the New Creative Economy

Posted on June 21, 2016 by rtushnet

Re:create Coalition’s How It Works: Understanding Copyright Law in the New Creative Economy Alex Feerst, Corporate Counsel, Medium: Medium strives to present a range of options for community-driven and commercial and in-between writing. Porous: some writers have found ways into … Continue reading →

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One reason the DMCA is no substitute for anti-harassment policies

Posted on June 13, 2016 by rtushnet

Another reason the DMCA is not a good anti-harassment tool: it requires contact information, which is sent to the party posting the challenged content. from Blogger http://ift.tt/1UL5jyU

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