A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are still relevant in the digital age. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican and chairman of ...
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The Recording Industry Association of America said Google's policy to demote pirate websites in search rankings was not working. Google said in August last year that it was adding the number of valid copyright removal notices received for ...
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GOOGLE'S revamping of its search formula last year failed so far to live up to its promise of discouraging consumers from visiting illegal music websites, an industry group says. A report released this week by the Recording Industry ...
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The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under indictment by U.S. prosecutors for running Megaupload. And a French website appears to ...
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As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). While some groups representing copyright holders still want ...
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Privacy advocates and consumer rights groups are keeping a wary eye on a new copyright enforcement mechanism set to be rolled out by major Internet Service Providers. The so-called Copyright Alert System (CAS) aims to warn Internet users ...
In the latest twist in a saga that has dragged on for seven years, a federal judge on Thursday refused to set aside a $675,000 fine that a jury had imposed on a former Boston University student for illegally downloading 30 songs. In a ...
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Computerworld-A woman ordered to pay$222,000 for pirating 24 copyrighted songs has taken her fight against the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA)to the U.S.Supreme Court. In a petition filed Monday,lawyers for Minnesota ...
In the second major legal victory for music labels in recent weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit has upheld a jury award of $222,000 against a woman accused of pirating 24 songs over a peer-to-peer file sharing network. ...
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