Tag Archives: copyright laws

British ISPs Ordered To Block Pirate Bay

The British government has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block access to Pirate Bay, which is arguably the most notorious site for trading bootlegged copies of movies, music, and television shows. The block, starting within weeks, will mean millions of Britons will no longer be able to access one of the biggest and longest-running global filesharing sites. The …

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Pal Of Shotgun Boy Tries To Scrub Clip

The unseen cameraman in Shotgun Boy’s now-viral clip is sending takedown notices to YouTube users who have reposted the clip. JMG reader BStewart23 got the following after his copy was yanked: ATTENTION: We have received copyright complaint(s) regarding material you posted, as follows: from Chase Young about Don’t Ever Change, North Carolina Bigots – bstewart23. Video ID: yVfgD66uqgM. Please note: …

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About Google’s New Thing

From the user terms: Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our …

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Newt Sued Over Campaign Song

He’s been using Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music for years, but Survivor has finally gotten around to suing Newt Gingrich. Rude Music Inc. — owned by a member of the band Survivor — filed the suit today in federal court in Illinois … claiming Newt has jacked the song made famous in “Rocky III” to push his …

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MegaUpload MegaMansion

Whatever your feelings about SOPA, it cannot be denied that stealing content pays ginorously, judging from the crib of the just-busted MegaUpload founder.

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Fan Arrested In “Madonnaleaks” Hunt

Spanish authorities have arrested a man for leaking an advance copy of Madonna’s coming single. At least one demo recording of “Give Me All Your Love” was posted on the web in November, two months before the planned release of Madonna’s first new album since 2008’s “Hard Candy.” Police did not give the name of the man arrested in the …

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Chick-Fil-A: We Own “Eat More”

Anti-gay fast food outlet Chick-Fil-A says they own the words “eat more.” And nobody else can suggest eating more of anything in their advertising. A folk artist expanding his home business built around the words “eat more kale” says he’s ready to fight root-to-feather to protect his phrase from what he sees as an assault by Chick-fil-A, which holds the …

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Tom Petty To Crazy Eyes: Stop Using My Song At Your Campaign Stops

Bachmann has ignored the cease-and-desist demand.

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You Don’t Own Your Twitpic Photos

If you use the popular service Twitpic to post photos to Twitter, here’s some interesting news. World Entertainment News Network, a news and photo agency, announced this month that it had become the “exclusive photo agency partner” of Twitpic, a service with over 20 million registered users that allows people to upload images and link to them on Twitter. The …

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Charlie Crist Apologizes To David Byrne For Ripping Off His Talking Heads Song

(Via – Towleroad)

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Shepard Fairey Settles “Hope” Lawsuit

Shepard Fairey has settled his long-running dispute with the Associated Press over their photograph of Barack Obama, which Fairey turned into his now-iconic “Hope” poster. In settling the civil lawsuit, “The A.P. and Mr. Fairey have agreed that neither side surrenders its view of the law,” The Associated Press said in a statement Wednesday. “Mr. Fairey has agreed that he …

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Museums Of The Future

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Pancakes Vs. Jeebus: IHOP Sues Anti-Gay Christian Group For Using Their Acronym

IHOP is suing the International House Of Prayer, the virulently anti-gay group affiliated with whackadoodle preacher Lou Engle, for stealing their famous acronym. The Kansas City, Missouri-based church group “selected and adopted the International House of Prayer name, knowing it would be abbreviated IHOP. IHOP-KC intended to misappropriate the fame and notoriety of the household name IHOP to help promote …

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Titan Media Wins $1.3M Judgment Against Streaming Porn Site

Gay porn giant Titan Media has won a $1.3M copyright infringement judgment (NSFW) against a streaming porn site that was posting clips from their films. A U.S. District Court has awarded Titan Media more than $1.35 million in damages from a tube-site operator whose users infringed the gay adult studio’s intellectual property rights. In addition, Judge Maxine M. Chesney issued …

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David Byrne To Charlie Crist: You Owe Me $1M For Stealing A Talking Heads Song

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is suing Florida Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist for using the band’s hit 1985 single Road To Nowhere without permission in a campaign ad. Byrne is seeking $1 million in damages from Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s also Florida’s former Attorney General, and his senatorial campaign for use of the song earlier this year in a …

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Viacom Vs. Google

Viacom’s billion-dollar lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement is yielding some fascinating details. Even as Viacom was sending Google takedown notices for clips from their shows such as the Colbert Report and the Daily Show, their own marketing teams were posting clips from those very shows and many others. According to a trial claim by YouTube: For years, Viacom continuously …

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Google Shuts Down MP3 Blogs

Google has shut down a number of popular MP3 blogs on its Blogger service for copyright infringement. More shutdowns are promised. Over the course of the past day, the Google-owned blogging service Blogger has shut down a number of popular mp3 blogs, including Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, I Rock Cleveland, LivingEars, and It’s a Rap. If you follow the links …

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YouTube Restores NOM’s Ad

YouTube has reversed itself and restored NOM’s ad featuring Carrie Prejean. The ad was taken down after Perez Hilton claimed copyright infringement for a 3-second glimpse of his video blog reaction to the Miss USA pageant. For a detailed analysis of YouTube’s ruling, visit Copyrights & Campaigns, which you should note is a site written by John McCain’s former Special …

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Pageant To NOM: Cease & Desist

The Miss California USA pageant doesn’t want NOM using images from the contest on their website. Via TMZ: The Miss Universe Organization just told us they’ve fired off a cease and desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage — after NOM used footage from the Miss USA 2009 pageant in an anti-gay marriage commercial. The commercial — which is …

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Deeeeelicous!!!!

Hey, remember when NOM went all copyright on everybody’s ass because of those Gathering Storm audition tapes? Check out what you see now when you try to play their new clip featuring Perez Hilton aka Mario Lavandeira.BWA HA HA HA. Never thought I’d say THIS, but Perez Hilton FTMFW!

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