TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2022

A Virginia federal court issued a default judgment in favor of several prominent music companies after the defendant walked away from the lawsuit. It specifically referenced a letter the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sent to GitHub after it removed the youtube-dl software from its platform following an RIAA takedown notice in 2020.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 31, 2022

In 2017, the company was sued by several record labels, backed by the RIAA, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement. In addition, Spinrilla stressed that the DMCA’s safe harbor protects the company. By definition, mixes include multiple sound recordings that are often protected by copyright.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 31, 2021

However, the company has now positioned its case before the intellectual property friendly Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. New briefs in support of the accused infringer WPL: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) : The law treats copyrightability of software differently than other literary works (as it should).

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

Music companies, often represented by the RIAA, are actively cracking down on what they see as major piracy threat. The stream-ripper wasn’t alone in this assessment; the site received support from both GitHub and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who filed supportive Amicus Curiae briefs.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

explains that geofencing “makes use of location data to set up an invisible barrier in the real world.You can’t see or feel anything when passing through a geofence, but if carrying a connected device, the system knows when you enter or exit the electronic boundary. To whom you give your data is a personal choice.

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Patently-O

APRIL 6, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The copyright lawsuit between the data-software company SAS Institute and its scrappy copycat World Programming has been interesting to follow over the past several years, and the Federal Circuit has now issued a controversial opinion in the case. World Programming Ltd., — F.4th 4th — (Fed.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

GitHub’s Amicus Brief GitHub’s brief starts by pointing out that the company takes no position on the ultimate resolution of this appeal, nor does it side with all of Yout’s arguments. ” EFF’s Amicus Brief The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) also submitted an amicus curiae brief yesterday.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), for example, stresses that automated filtering tools often miss important context that can differentiate between clear copyright infringement and fair use. Not everyone is confident that automated takedown tools are the answer.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

The company also expressed concern that via the DMCA subpoena, copyright law was being used to suppress criticism or rumors of extramarital affairs. Bayside claimed that it licenses photos for commercial exploitation but the Judge didn’t buy that, especially since the company offered no evidence to show market harm.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

So positive were these opinions for advocates of an open internet, that the Electronic Frontier Foundation declared “Victory!” In two separate opinions, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction that gave hiQ Labs an affirmative right to access certain public profile data on LinkedIn’s site. when they were decided.

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JIPL Online

MARCH 19, 2021

v] Instead, these companies often opt to shift the associated risk of content creation and navigating licensing on to the creators themselves and wait until the last minute to implement more sensible, less destructive solutions that may cost them a bit more than doing nothing. iv] Music-Related Copyright , supra note i. [v]

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2023

Earlier this week, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report that offers a rebuttal to nine claims it identifies with the “anti-IP progressive orthodoxy.” The ITIF report promotes the narrative that intellectual property rights are foundational to the United States as a nation and economy.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2023

Earlier this week, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report that offers a rebuttal to nine claims it identifies with the “anti-IP progressive orthodoxy.” The ITIF report promotes the narrative that intellectual property rights are foundational to the United States as a nation and economy.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2023

Earlier this week, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report that offers a rebuttal to nine claims it identifies with the “anti-IP progressive orthodoxy.” The ITIF report promotes the narrative that intellectual property rights are foundational to the United States as a nation and economy.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 14, 2023

Earlier this week, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report that offers a rebuttal to nine claims it identifies with the “anti-IP progressive orthodoxy.” The ITIF report promotes the narrative that intellectual property rights are foundational to the United States as a nation and economy.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 17, 2022

While that element was later suspended , the injunction also prohibits any company (ISPs, webhosts, CDN providers, DNS providers, domain companies, advertising services, financial institutions, payment processors) from doing any business with the sites, now or in the future. ” the company’s opposition reads.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

. § 1125(c)(3)(C) by claiming its humorous use of the Jack Daniel’s marks was not pure commercial speech because it poked fun at the company in the Bad Spaniels design. My post summarizes the Court’s ruling and discusses its implications for brand owners, companies that sell parody products, and anyone interested in trademark law.

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