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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Jetflicks and the Rise of Criminal Copyright Enforcement in the Streaming Era

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With countless parties offering streaming based services, the boundaries between legal and illegal content distribution have become increasingly blurred. One case that brought this issue into focus is United States v....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Big Three Sue an ISP for Enabling Copyright Infringement

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The so-called Big Three record companies—Universal, Sony, and Warner—have sued to hold an internet service provider liable for facilitating its customers’ copyright infringement....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Can Copyright Owners Use Section 1201(a) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Against Innocent Users?

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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) was intended to update U.S. copyright law for the digital age.  Originally enacted in 1998, the DMCA intended to protect copyright holders from companies who made money by making...more

Hogan Lovells

China: Annual online piracy crackdown campaign 2017: Results announced

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The results of the 2017 edition of China’s annual online piracy crackdown campaign, called the “Sword Net Action”, were recently published. As we announced earlier, the 2017 crackdown campaign promised to take a heavy hand...more

K&L Gates LLP

Is Social Media Sharing of Sports Clips Copyright Infringement? Recent UK Judicial Clarification and International Implications

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In our annual review last year “Sports Industry 2015: A Year of Unprecedented Landmark Change”, we predicted that the battle against media piracy would be a key area for rights holders in 2016, highlighting “social media...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Another Page in the Google Books Saga: Appeals Court Blesses Mass Digitization Project as Fair Use

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Those of us of a certain age (read: old) still recall standing in line at the bank of copy machines in the school library, quarters in hand, waiting to copy a few pages of a key piece of research found in the stacks. Those...more

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