Tag archive: copyright infringement

Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment will join Universal Music Group in a copyright infringement lawsuit against music streaming service Grooveshark, reports The New York Times. Information about the music companies' plans come from four anonymous sources who were briefed on the matter. Grooveshark's was initially sued by Universal after a person claiming to be a Grooveshark employee posted a comment on Digital Music… Read More

The LimeWire saga continues. Today, the RIAA announced that it reached a $105 million out-of-court settlement with LimeWire, a now defunct file-sharing network. This settlement comes a year after after a judge ruled that the P2P network actively helped users violate music copyright laws. The network has been down since October. “We are pleased to have reached a large monetary settlement following the court’s finding that both LimeWire and… Read More

Alkiviades “Alki” David, wealthy entrepreneur and founder of FilmOn.com, has gathered up a group of recording artists and filed a class action lawsuit against CBS, CNET, LimeWire and the Lime group in regards to copyright infringement. The present lawsuit against CBS and the Lime Group actualizes a statement to sue which David made last year in December via YouTube. The claims made by Alki David in the 2010 video include: CBS helping Pakistan,… Read More

U.S. Judge Harold Baker has ruled, in the case of VPR Internationale v. Does 1017, that IP addresses don't necessarily equate to a person guilty of copyright infringement. This may be quite a notable statement in regards to the myriads of piracy lawsuits happening in the United States. This case was brought forward by VPR Internationale, a Canadian adult film company, who filed a motion for expedited discovery. VPR wanted to serve… Read More

Facebook’s protocol for handling copyright infringement is being criticized after many tech blogs have had their Facebook pages abruptly taken down. Ars Technica, RedmondPie and Neowin are some of the sites that are saying they are victims of DMCA abuse. The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) is a piece of legislation  that cracks down and heightens penalties on Internet copyright infringement. The fact that Facebook responds to claims… Read More

For the last eight years, a group of Sega fans has been completely remaking 16-bit Genesis classic, Streets of Rage. Calling themselves Bomber Games, the team completely remade the game from scratch without a single line of code from the original title (a tough job). And to cover their butts, they even claim to have asked and recieved permission from Sega to go ahead with the fan project some time ago. Sega, however, changed its mind. According… Read More

Have you been dying to upload Threat Level Midnight? You know, that two-hour movie you filmed in your backyard, starring Agent Michael Scarn? Well, according to YouTube's blog, you won't have to upload it in 15 minute chunks any more. The video site is lifting limits on the length of videos, as long as you have a history of complying with copyright laws. YouTube, owned by Google, credits the new unlimited time limits on advances in… Read More

Over the weekend, the U.S. government's war on piracy took an Orwellian turn. Without any notice, the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement office seized nearly 80 domains for copyright and trademark violations including Torrent-Finder.com, a well known BitTorrent aggregator. The websites now all display the graphic below. Unfortunately, though the government has seized these domains, a majority of the sites… Read More

Through her attorneys, Michele Scimeca contends that by suing file-swappers for copyright infringement, and then offering to settle instead of pursuing a case where liability could reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the RIAA is violating the same laws that are more typically applied to gangsters and organized crime. Read the whole story at CNET News.com.