After $6M and 17 Years Fighting the Record Labels’ Copyright Lawfare, the Court Awards Vimeo $16k in Costs–Capitol Records v. Vimeo
…v. Veoh. All of these lawsuits were designed to permanently shut down the video hosting category by finding a hole in the Section 512(c) online safe harbor so that copyright…
A 512(f) Case Survived a Motion to Dismiss. Guess What Happened Next–Channel 781 v. WCAC
…512(f) claim survived WCAC’s motion to dismiss. Now, on summary judgment, the court dismisses the 512(f) claim. This becomes yet another 512(f) case that gets a little traction and then…
Announcing the 2026 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…Cir.) Cox v. Sony (Sup. Ct.) Secondary Liability Review: 17 U.S.C. §512 [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512] Overview of Section 512(c) UMG v. Shelter Capital (9th Cir. revised opinion) Recap Ticketmaster v. RMG VI….
Court Greenlights Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Unmasking of Online Critic–In re DMCA Subpoena to Cloudflare
…Amendment Grounds–In re 512(h) Subpoena to Twitter Court Quashes 512(h) Subpoena Submitted to YouTube–Watch Tower v. Kevin McFree Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena Court Orders Unmasking Subpoena of Alleged…
eBay Defeats Contributory Copyright Claim–Lee v. SBS
…for the 512(c) safe harbor too. Still, those defenses might not have worked until summary judgment, at significant defense costs, while the Cox precedent easily and decisively ends this case…
YouTube Exits Copyright Lawsuit Over YouTubers’ Videos–Barnes v. Sanchez
…512(c)(3) notice, the uploaders counternoticed per 512(g), the plaintiff unmasked the uploaders through a 512(h) unmasking subpoena, and the plaintiff named the uploaders in the lawsuit. The court allows the…
Scammy Ad Lawsuits Keep Vexing the Courts–Huckabee v. Meta
…subchapter is apparent.” This is a DMCA 512 “red flags”-style scienter level, so I rate it as somewhere between recklessness and negligence. Here is the unpublished opinion’s entire “analysis” of…
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Secondary Liability in Copyright Law–Cox v. Sony (Guest Blog Post)
…(b), (c), and (d) safe harbors, a service provider must comply with the “notice-and-takedown” provisions in section 512(c). (Notably, internet access providers like Cox are not required to comply with…
Will Lower Courts Find Ways Around Cox v. Sony? You Betcha
…claim using the DMCA 512(c) safe harbor. However, if Twitter didn’t honor the takedown notices, then it should also be disqualified from 512(c). Contributory Copyright Infringement Although this court knew…
Do DMCA Takedown Notices Need to Expressly Refer to the Lack of Fair Use?–Take-Two v. PlayerAuctions
…v. GoPlus * 512(f) Claim Sent to Trial (Which Didn’t Happen)–Leszczynski v. Kitchen Cube * 512(f) Doesn’t Support Preliminary Injunction–BViral v. TheSoul * In 512(f), the “F” Stands for “Futility”–Shaffer…