Jan.-Feb. 2012 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright Edition)
…Maximized Living v Google, the funky 17 USC 512(h) case, has been appealed. Prior blog post. * Arena v Doe complaint: Harassed women claim Google isn’t honoring DMCA takedown notices….
Comments on Twitter’s Country-by-Country Tweet Removal Announcement
…be sufficient to get Twitter to take down a post? Court order? Government demand without a court order? Private demand without a court order? (I believe 512(c)(3) takedown notices already…
Top Internet Law Developments of 2011
…other medical service providers take copyright assignments from patients in their as-yet-unwritten reviews so that the doctors could expeditiously remove unwanted reviews by sending 512(c)(3) takedown notices to review sites….
Photobucket Qualifies for the 512(c) Safe Harbor (Again)–Wolk v. Kodak
…and efficient. In contrast, because 17 USC 512 gives copyright plaintiffs so many words to contest, 512 opinions tend to be lengthy and quite time-consuming to blog–with this 69 page…
Updates on Transborder Copyright Enforcement Over “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”–Shropshire v. Canning
…takedown notice to YouTube, and Canning submitted a counter-notice. Shropshire then sued Canning for copyright infringement and a 512(f) claim for an impermissible putback notice. Canning subsequently got authorization from…
Did a Court Eliminate 512(h) Subpoenas?–Maximized Living v. Google
…when the second 512(h) subpoena request was made. The problem with this result is that copyright owners must submit a 512(c)(3) takedown notice to service providers before seeking a 512(h)…
Nov.-Dec. 2011 Quick Links, Part 2 (Extended IP Edition)
…Technica: Warner Bros: we issued takedowns for files we never saw, didn’t own copyright to * Megaupload brought a 512(f) suit against UMG for wrongfully taking down a promotional video….
UGC Website Hit With Spoliation Sanctions–Io v. GLBT
…this point, even if 512 usually gets to the right result, the safe harbor is miscalibrated from an evidentiary standpoint. Second, service providers hoping for a 512 safe harbor are…
UMG v. Shelter Capital: A Cautionary Tale of Rightsowner Overzealousness
…worst consequence they suffered was overpaying their lawyers. Indeed, UMG isn’t liable under 17 USC 512(f) for sending bogus takedown notices because they never sent any notices at all., nor…
Academic Literature Recap, Q4 2011
…Claims Seriously, 46 Wake Forest L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2011). A nice in-depth look into one of my favorite topics, 17 USC 512(f), by one of my favorite authors. The…