Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. It should come as no surprise that popular websites make money by hosting advertisements. Anyone surfing the web has undoubtedly been bombarded with ads […]
[Archived Post] Capitol Records v. Vimeo: Courts Should Stop Coddling Bad Actors in Copyright Cases
Here’s a brief excerpt of my new post that was published on IPWatchdog: Here’s where we are after Capitol Records v. Vimeo: A service provider can encourage its users to […]
[Archived Post] IP Scholars to FCC: It’s Not About “The Box”
This past April, we joined other IP scholars in explaining how the FCC’s proposed set-top box rules would undermine the property rights of creators and copyright owners. In reply comments […]
[Archived Post] Radiohead Video Makes Unauthorized Use of Fictional Characters
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last month, Radiohead released their ninth studio album, A Moon Shaped Pool, after a five-year hiatus from recording. In true Radiohead fashion, the album’s […]
[Archived Post] FCC’s Extreme Proposal Threatens the Livelihood of Creators
By Matthew Barblan & Kevin Madigan Earlier this year, the FCC proposed a new regulatory scheme ostensibly designed to improve the market for pay-TV set-top boxes. Chairman Wheeler claimed that […]
[Archived Post] Google Image Search and the Misappropriation of Copyrighted Images
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, American visual communications and stock photography agency Getty Images filed a formal complaint in support of the European Union’s investigation into Google’s […]
[Archived Post] Copyright Policy Should Be Based On Facts, Not Rhetoric
Here’s a brief excerpt of a post by Kevin Madigan & Devlin Hartline that was published on IPWatchdog. After nearly twenty years with the DMCA, the Copyright Office has launched […]
[Archived Post] Separating Fact from Fiction in the Notice and Takedown Debate
By Kevin Madigan & Devlin Hartline With the Copyright Office undertaking a new study to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the Section 512 safe harbor provisions, there’s been much […]
[Archived Post] Middle Class Artists Want a DMCA System That Works
The following guest post comes from Rebecca Cusey, a second year law student at George Mason University School of Law. By Rebecca Cusey Mason Law’s Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic […]
[Archived Post] Copyright Scholars: Courts Have Disrupted the DMCA’s Careful Balance of Interests
By Devlin Hartline The U.S. Copyright Office is conducting a study of the safe harbors under Section 512 of the DMCA, and comments are due today. Working with Victor Morales […]