Led Zeppelin to Release Entire Back Catalogue to the Internet Streaming...
Led Zeppelin has announced that it will grant exclusive rights to its music to an Internet radio service. This development could have striking effects on the future of the music industry.
View ArticlePublic Shame as a Weapon Against Piracy Sites
A new report shows that several major brand names are funding digital media piracy web sites through their purchase of ad space. The report aims to discourage this activity by making it a sort of...
View ArticleChances Are, Someone is Watching YOU
Our rights on the Internet are being “protected” by an outdated federal law that is incapable of dealing with the current technological advances. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act was written...
View Article“It’s Just Another ‘Cyber Monday’”: Trademarks Sought to Name the Shopping...
Trademarks Sought to Name the Shopping Days After Thanksgiving.
View ArticleEuropean Court Decides on Legality of Linking to Freely Available Information
The European Union Court of Justice recently decided on the legality of linking to third party materials from another website. The decision comes as a result of a legal battle between a Swedish...
View ArticleEU Court Orders Google to Respect User’s “Right to be Forgotten”
The European Court of Justice’s recent holding stating Google respect a user’s “right to be forgotten” highlights the fundamental differences between European and American concepts of data privacy and...
View ArticleInternet Memes Come at a Price
Internet users enjoy sharing images with black and white captions to convey their ideas, but some users now have to think twice before doing so....
View ArticleYouTube’s Relationship With Right-Holders May Change if New Law is Passed in...
A new law proposed by the European Commission would give artists more copyright protection and compensation for works used on YouTube or similar sites. ...
View ArticleJust Google It! Should Word Use as a Verb Equate to Abandonment?
This article isn’t just going to talk about any sort of abandonment, we’re talking about genericide. According to a recent decision in the 9th Circuit...
View ArticleDigital Intellectual Property Infringement, Free Speech, and Content Filtering
A panel of speakers at the Global Congress on IP & the Public Interest spoke on content filtering, take-down procedures, and the question of balancing...
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