Copyright

Former “Copyright Alert System” Portal Now Links to Mattress Review Site

The ‘six-strikes’ Copyright Alert System was once praised as an excellent tool to address online piracy. Nonetheless, it was shut down two years ago. Today, the domain name of the Center for Copyright Information still exists, but it’s now used to sell mattresses instead. While that’s not going to do anything to stop piracy, it […]

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How to Respond to a Copyright Infringement Notice

Product descriptions, product photos, blog posts: All are automatically copyrighted in the U.S. Using them without permission is illegal and subject to large penalties. Copyright infringement is a serious issue that could cost a business as much as $150,000 per instance. If your business receives an infringement notice, take it seriously. Aim to settle if,

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Will The EU’s New Copyright Protections Help Or Kill Publishers? 03/27/2019

by Kevin Lee , Op-Ed Contributor, 13 minutes ago Will the EU’s new Copyright Protections Help or Kill Publishers? A new European Union Copyright reform ruling will “force Google and Facebook Inc. to pay publishers for use of news snippets and make them filter out protected content,” according to Reuters. Publishers and copyright holders in

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EU copyright directive poised to become law, includes licensing fees for search engines

The European Union’s hotly debated Copyright Directive is set to become law. The final language has been agreed upon and all that is now required is formal European Parliament and member-state approval, which are widely expected. The Directive will govern copyright rules across Europe and is intended to create “a single digital market” and compensate

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EU copyright directive nearing final form as Google tests stripped-down news SERPs

The final language of the EU Copyright Directive will reportedly be released next week. The directive seeks to “harmonize” copyright law across Europe. However there are two provisions (Articles 11 & 13) that are highly problematic and have caused free-speech advocates and many online publishers grave concern: Article 11 would require Google, Bing and other

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EU approves controversial copyright directive aimed at Google, Facebook, Twitter

The European Parliament has backed a highly restrictive copyright directive intended to benefit traditional European news publishers and copyright holders at the potential expense of user-generated content and U.S. internet companies, including Google. An earlier version of the directive was rejected in July. The new rules must be approved by member states before they can

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YouTube Copyright Match Tool Finds Duplicates of Your Small Business Videos

It takes a lot of effort to create the videos you post on YouTube. The Copyright Match tool YouTube just announced looks to protect this content by helping creators find duplicates of their videos online. According to YouTube, Copyright Match was created to find re-uploads on other channels. The new tools is in response to

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