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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: copyright law

copyright law stories: 26 news summaries

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Google Bares Tool to Hunt & Zap Copyrighted Videos

Technique designed to dodge Viacom lawsuit

Oct 16, 07 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google yesterday unveiled new technology to seek out copyright-protected material on its YouTube site, which the company hopes will head off Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit. The software scans videos, breaks them down into data points and analyzes them so that any matching versions can be flagged and removed "in... More »

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Google • Viacom • YouTube • copyright law • intellectual property • software • copyright

German Publishers Launch Google Books Rival

Service won't show text snippets, which Germans think violate copyright

Oct 14, 07 11:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - German publishers irked by Google Book Search's indexing of their books without paying a fee have launched a competing version of the same service. So far, reports Ars Technica, about 300 publishers have made about 8,000 German books available to searchers on Libreka.de, with up to 50,000... More »

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Google • copyright law • Germany • copyright • publisher • German • Google Book Search • Libreka

Campaign Against Music Piracy Goes to First Trial

Jury will decide fate of Minnesota woman sued by record companies

Oct 1, 07 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recording industry has initiated over 20,000 lawsuits against individuals since it launched its zero-tolerance copyright campaign against file-sharing in 2003, but never before has one gone to trial. Now a jury will decide whether a young mother illegally distributed 1,702 audio files on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa. More »

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Recording Industry Association of America • copyright law • copyright • file sharing • Virgin v. Thomas • p2p

Moore's
'Sicko' Leaks
to Youtube

Health-care expose
has early onset at
video sharing site

Jun 18, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Documentarian Michael Moore has a feverishly anticipated takedown of the American health-care industry set to open in two weeks—but try telling that to the internet. Sicko went viral this weekend as cinematic hackers managed to post the two-hour film in its entirety on YouTube, probably from a pirated DVD. More »

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health care • Internet • YouTube • copyright law • Sicko • Michael Moore

Dylan, Dr.Seuss Can't Mix

Humble parodists no match for corporate Goliaths wielding copyright law

Apr 13, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Seuss's estate has knocked down a website by artist/jokerman Kevin Ryan, featuring the fantasist's verses set to fake Bob Dylan music. The loss of the brilliant mash-up prompts Salon's Dan Brekke to explore how the times are a' changin' for copyright law, particularly in the murky and amorphous area... More »

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copyright law • intellectual property • parody • satire • Bob Dylan • Dr. Seuss

Novelist Gives
Away Movie Rights 

Jonathan Lethem wants to shake up thinking about intellectual property

Mar 26, 07 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jonathan Lethem is giving away the film option and, eventually, all ancillary rights to his new novel, "You Don't Love Me Yet," publicly grappling with issues of intellectual property and copyright law. "What I'm seeking to explore is that incredibly fertile middle ground where people control some... More »

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Jonathan Lethem • copyright law • film • law • publishing • property • copyright • book • movies

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