Internet law Update: Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Fair Use under Copyright Infringement Law.
In the recent case of Perfect 10 v. Google, Perfect 10 sought relief from damages alleged against Google for its part in aiding users in viewing Perfect 10’s copyrighted work. Perfect 10 is a site that allows the viewing of nude models with a required subscription. Some of Perfect 10’s content has hosted on other sites that are copyright infringing by hosting the files. The reason that Perfect 10 went after Google is because Google’s search engine was displaying copyright infringing content that was being hosted by the websites that have leaked the Perfect 10 content. Essentially, Perfect 10 made a contributory copyright infringement" argument.
The whole story can be found here. You can also review further information about "fair use" under copyright law or the "fair use defense" by clicking on the appropriate links.
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