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Internet Copyright Infringement is a problem which is not going away any time soon. Wired has posted a great article summarizing the copyright infringement lawsuits that have defined the music copyright infringement landscape over the last year. Specifically, the following copyright infringement cases have had made a long-lasting mark on music copyright law:
Bittorrent search engine isoHunt has been found guilty of inducing copyright infringement by a California federal court. Most notably, the copyright infringement ruling came at the summary judgment stage and the court held that isoHunt could not claim statutory safe harbor protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act because the defense is not available where a website induces copyright infringement. If you are a Bittorrent website owner who wishes to comply with copyright law, contact one of our expert copyright infringement lawyers today toll free at 866.936.7447.
Michigan may pass a special law directed at a form of Internet Defamation & Cyber-Bullying: The Detroit News recently published article discussing Michigan Senator Gretchen Whitmer's efforts to work on a package of bills addressing "sexting" and cyber bullying. This has become a problem all across the country. If you have been the victim of "sexting" or cyber bullying, please contact one of our expert Internet defamation attorneys today (toll free) at 866-936-7447.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has held that the copying of teacher answer guides that are not protected by copyright registration is a derivative of the copyright protected textbook. The right to make derivative works is one of the many copyright rights protected by the Copyright Act. This holding means that it is a derivative work, and thus copyright infringement, to create a work that is associated with a copyright protected work where the associated work is meaningless without the copyright protected work.
Internet defamation of character is becoming rampant. Contacting an internet lawyer who specializes in internet defamation is only one part of the solution. In this Traverse Legal Radio spotlight, Sue Scheff discusses her first hand experience as the target of an on-line reputation smear campaign including her $11.3M Verdict against the perpetrators .....
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