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Containing Online Copyright Infringement: Use Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Foreign Site Provision To Block U.S. Access To Infringing Foreign Websites, Todd R. Hambidge
Containing Online Copyright Infringement: Use Of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Foreign Site Provision To Block U.S. Access To Infringing Foreign Websites, Todd R. Hambidge
Vanderbilt Law Review
On June 27, 2005, the Supreme Court decided Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. and dealt another blow to online copyright infringement. From the early days of electronic bulletin boards to today's world of decentralized peer-to-peer services, the Internet has been used to infringe copyrights. As infringement has increased, copyright holders have successfully fought to protect their works through the courts, seeking judgments against not only the primary infringers (the individuals who have illegally downloaded these works), but also the service providers who make these works available. Judgments extending secondary liability to these Internet services have protected copyrights and …
Atlantic Recording Corporation V. Xm Satellite Radio: A Brief Analysis Of The Case And Its Implications For U.S. Copyright Law, Lyle Preslar
Atlantic Recording Corporation V. Xm Satellite Radio: A Brief Analysis Of The Case And Its Implications For U.S. Copyright Law, Lyle Preslar
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
In May 2006, the Recording Industry Association of America ("RIAA"), representing the four major record labels, brought suit against XM Satellite Radio, Inc. ('XM') in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.' The plaintiffs allege that XM's introduction of its new service utilizing certain satellite radio receivers, including Pioneer's "inno" (the "inno"), dubbed "XM+MP3,"constitutes "massive wholesale infringement" of RIAA members' copyrighted sound recordings. The plaintiffs claim that XM's new service allows XM subscribers to record broadcasted songs, store them in playlist form, and replay them at the user's will, "effectively provid[ing] a digital download service." This …
From Safe Harbor To Choppy Waters: Youtube, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act,And A Much Needed Change Of Course, Lauren B. Patten
From Safe Harbor To Choppy Waters: Youtube, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act,And A Much Needed Change Of Course, Lauren B. Patten
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
YouTube.com, named Time magazine's "Invention of the Year" for 2006 and widely recognized as the most-visited video site on the Internet, has changed the face of online entertainment. With the site's acquisition by Google in October 2006, the possibilities for YouTube's growth became truly endless. However, there is a darker side to the story of the Internet sensation, one that is grounded in its potential liability for copyright infringement. The issue is that many of the most-viewed and most-popular videos on the site are copyrighted. The copyright owners of those popular clips want their works back and are suing YouTube …