Posts Tagged ‘Content-Theft’

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 143

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: Podcast

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show.
It was a busy week for copyright news with the closure of one of the more important cases in recent copyright history, another potentially coming to a head and several pieces of big news from the UK [...]



3 Count: Bitstalked

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Judge Dismisses God of War Copyright Lawsuit Against Sony
First off today, screenwriters Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Dat have had their case against Sony, the publisher of the popular God of War video game franchise, tossed out after the judge found that there [...]



Foreign Copyright Holders and the USCO

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

A District Court has ruled foreign copyright holders must register with the U.S. Copyright Office for full rights in the country.



3 Count: That Was Fast…

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Pink Floyd Win Court Battle with EMI
First off today, just a day after we first reported on the lawsuit, Pink Floyd has emerged victorious in their battle against their label EMI. EMI will have to pay back royalties to the band as [...]



5 Copyright Steps to Take Before Launching Any Site

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Articles

Preparing to launch a new site? Here are five copyright steps to help keep your content safe.



3 Count: Another Brick

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Pink Floyd, EMI Brawl Over iTunes Royalties
The band Pink Floyd and their record label, EMI are at odds over royalties earned from iTunes and other online music sites, The band’s contract, last updated in 1999, makes no mention of digital downloads and, [...]



Image Watermark Hijacking

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues

Image Watermark Hijacking involves taking your watermark and overlaying it with another image, covering it up. Here’s how to stop it.



3 Count: Deja Vued

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Crown Copyright switches to Creative Commons
First off today, the UK Crown Copyright, which holds copyright in all works created by the government, has phased out a click-use license, which allowed anyone to use the content if they agreed to a set of [...]



The Ad-Blocker’s Dilemma

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues

Ad blocking has been in the news in a big way. However, the ethics and legality of it are both unsettled.



3 Count: Avatar Copied?

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Case against Avatar dismissed
First off today, Zhou Shaomou, an amateur science fiction author from China, had a lawsuit of his against James Cameron dismissed. The author accused Cameron of plagiarizing his hit movie Avatar from his 1997 work “The Legend of the [...]