Copyright Infringement Claims Continue to Rise

Copyright infringement in the internet age continues to be an extreme problem for copyright holders.  The internet's unprecedented ability to accumulate and to disseminate data, original works of authorship by musicians, writers, graphic designers, and artists, has also created an unprecedented opportunity for copyright infringement.

How to Know Whether Content Aggregators’ Use of Third Party Content is Fair Use Under Copyright Law

What is copyright fair use?  We often receive questions from clients about the copyright law implications of content aggregators.  Content aggregators, to be clear, are business models in which content from the web produced by others is repackaged in a value-added manner.  Value is added to the aggregated content through the addition of user voting schemes, social networking, message boards, or other community building methods.  The question we most often receive: “Is this fair use under the Copyright Act?”