YouTube Puts Monetary Weight Behind Fair Use Fight
In a recent move to protect YouTubers who have suffered from video takedowns in instances where they were operating within the parameters of fair use, YouTube owner Google has announced it will be. Continue reading
Record Labels Say NZ’s $25 Anti-Piracy Claims Too Costly
While piracy remains a significant issue in New Zealand, the recording industry is saying that the country's laws make copyrights too expensive to enforce. According to a report by Fairfax Digital's. Continue reading
Fair Use Set For Shakeup As “Purple Rain” UMG Trial Moves Forward
What constitutes "fair use" of music seems about to be redefined as a panel of ederal judged allows the appeal of the 2007 case of a toddler dancing to Prince's Purple Rain. Continue reading
More YouTube User Accounts Terminated Owing To Copyright Infringement
As more artists become aware of how detrimental pirated user content on YouTube can be to their livlihoods they are, with increasing frequency, using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as a means. Continue reading
Are There Any Rules When It Comes to Playlists?
Is it legal to make an identical copy of someone's workout mix? As playlists become increasingly popular on streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Songza, and 8track, some questions. Continue reading
9 Years Later: Prince, A Dancing Baby And Universal Music Still In Court Debating Fair Use
9 years after Prince and his then publisher Universal Music demanded that a mother take down a short YouTube video of her toddler dancing to "Let's Go Crazy", the parties. Continue reading
Epic Fail: The War On Piracy
The final chapter in the long, sordid story of the pirate site, Grooveshark, finally played out in a New York Courtroom last week. The principals, after years of litigation, have. Continue reading
Grooveshark Faces $736 Million In Damages As Trial Resumes Today
The UMG vs. Grooveshark trial resumes in New York today. With the judge ruling last week that the company is liable for up to $736 million in damages, the jury is. Continue reading
Universal Music Agrees To Settle Chuck D, Rick James Digital Royalties Class Action Suit For $11.5M
Creative label accounting paired with outdated laws led to underpaid artists who had no choice but to take labels, digital broadcasters and others to court. Now the first round of. Continue reading
