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Website with links to infringing videos does not violate copyright laws, court rules
A social media website on which users have provided links to copyrighted videos from third-party servers has not itself violated…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Federal court finds Bloomberg's publication of copyrighted conference call recording to be fair use
A federal court last week rejected a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P. for its unauthorized publication of a conference…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Attorneys sue legal databases for copyright infringement
Two lawyers have filed a federal lawsuit against Westlaw and LexisNexis, alleging that the popular online databases have violated federal…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Publicly accessible trade secrets not entitled to court sealing
The maker of the iPhone and iPad failed to convince a federal judge in California that court documents in its…Categorized in Court Access -
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News aggregator not liable for 'hot news' misappropriation
Financial news aggregator Theflyonthewall.com Inc. cannot be held liable for "hot news" misappropriation because the New York state law is…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Removing photo credit creates DMCA liability
Individuals who physically remove credit lines attached to photographs violate a federal law that prevents people from stripping out copyright…Categorized in Libel and Privacy -
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Federal court orders Gawker to pull Palin's book excerpts
The U.S. District Court in New York City ordered Gawker Media Saturday to remove excerpts of former U.S. vice presidential…Categorized in Prior Restraint -
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Website admits copyright, "hot news" violations
Financial news service Briefing.com settled a lawsuit with Dow Jones & Co. last week after the website admitted to violating…Categorized in Content Restrictions -
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Las Vegas newspaper sues websites over use of content
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is suing dozens of websites that are using the newspaper’s content without permission. Righthaven LLC, a…Categorized in Newsgathering