Tags: Copyright
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Pirate Bay Founder Now in Sweden's Hands
Faces one-year sentence for promoting copyright infringement in online file-sharing
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Judge Restores $222,000 Judgment in Music Downloading Case
Minnesota woman owes record companies
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Judge: Can't Sue Someone For Not Shielding Their Internet Connection From Pirates
A California man whose internet connection was used to download copyrighted material cannot be sued
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Should Shephard Fairey Have Gone to Jail For Lying About Stealing Images?
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Fifty Shades of Grey Author to Sue Over Lingerie Parties
Wants a British woman to stop using the formerly fan fiction novel as a theme
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Obama "HOPE" Artist Sentenced to Probation for Fabricating Documents
He used a copyrighted AP photo and claimed fair use, but when counter sued tried to make it appear he used a different AP photo than the one he actually did
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Copyright Takedown Bots a Problem for Live Streaming
Tech designed to prevent piracy has bad side effects when applied to live Internet coverage
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Downloading Popular Movies through BitTorrent? You're Probably Being Tracked.
Being an arthouse snob, though, pays off
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Democrats Get Lesson in Awkward Online Piracy Prevention Tools with YouTube Takedown
YouTube copyright-detecting algorithm temporarily blocks stream
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Patent Abuse Hits Congressional Agenda
The economy is taking a hit from trolls who buy up patents and sit on them
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Copyright-Enforcement Robots Mistakenly Interrupt Awards Broadcast
Ustream's crack squad of automated violation-detection technologies smothered a streaming feed of the Hugo Awards
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested in Cambodia
Arrested on an international warrant from his native Sweden
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Microsoft Wields Copyright Law to Smother Windows 8 Chatter
DMCA is a blunt instrument for bludgeoning critics
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Apple's Motion to Have Some Samsung Products Banned in the U.S. is Scheduled
Hearings will begin in December
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Feds Seize Pirated Android App Sites
The seizure by federal prosecutors of websites trading in smartphone applications is the first of its kind
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Judge Rules Architectural Renderings Have Copyright Protections
Does not have to serve as a blueprint in order to be protected from distribution.
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U.K. Site Owner Sentenced to Four Years Just for Linking to Illegal Streaming Sites
Man did not engage in any illegal streaming himself.
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Google to "Demote" Sites with Copyright Problems
Pages cites with many copyright violations will appear lower in search results
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New Zealand Police Deny Dotcom's Beating Claims
Megaupload founder testified Aug. 7 that he was beaten by police during the raid.
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EA Sues Zynga for Copyright Infringement
The Ville looks too much like Sim City, the company claims