Los Angeles – Top Internet Service Providers like Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Verizon, and Cablevision have agreed to increase their efforts at patrolling the Internet against copyright infringers.
This new agreement with the ISPs will give the entertainment industry a much needed arsenal in the war on copyright theft. Every year, the online
Los Angeles – Cleveland rapper DJ Orrin Lynn Tolliver, Jr., has reached a settlement in a copyright infringement case involving the unauthorized use of a sampling of his 1982 rap hit, ‘I Need a Freak’ in a Black Eyed Peas song. Tolliver’s copyright was infringed when it was used in the Peas 2005 smash hit
Los Angeles – Twenty-three-year-old British computer student, Richard O’Dwyer is facing possible extradition to the United States to be charged with copyright infringement for illegally linking copyrighted material to a website that he created.
The website, TVShack.net which is now showing a government notice that is has been seized, had links to thousands of movies
Los Angeles – It appears that copyright holders may finally recover some lost revenue for their music, thanks to Apple’s new iCloud and iMatch. However, the recent unveiling of the web storage and streaming service has sparked a debate that leaves many concerned about the future of digital music and video.
iMatch is a service that automatically
San Diego – American clothing retailer ‘Forever 21’ is threatening to file a lawsuit against fashion blogger Rachel Kane for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition and dilution of the ‘Forever 21’ brand. ’Forever 21’ is an American company with locations in twenty countries offering reasonably priced apparel and accessories to young men and women.
Kane
Los Angeles – California-based Apple Computer is applying to patent a new infrared technology that could help combat the illegal pirating of movies and music.
With the increasing popularity of the Apple iPhone, it is not uncommon to see concert-goers holding their iPhones up in the air, recording the live show, only to later upload
Los Angeles – In the ongoing effort to fight intellectual property theft, IP Enforcement Czar Maria Pallante recently met with the House Judiciary Committee to determine if the penalty for Internet copyright piracy should be upgraded from a misdemeanor to a felony.
“It is clear that unauthorized copyrighted content is a significant problem that will
Los Angeles – United States Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, has blocked a controversial copyright bill that would require ISP’s, search engines, and other businesses to block access to websites that promote copyright infringement, piracy, and counterfeiting.
On Thursday, just two weeks after the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual
Los Angeles – A request to halt this weekend’s opening of Warner Bros. “Hangover: Part II” was denied today by a federal judge. The sequel to the blockbuster hit, “The Hangover” has been embroiled in a copyright infringement dispute over its use of a tribal tattoo. The judge did, however, say that the lawsuit
San Diego – A recent study by the United States International Trade Commission has revealed that intellectual property infringement by China is costing the U.S. more than one million jobs. Despite stricter Chinese laws in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, and patents, China continues to be a haven for counterfeiters and pirates.
The Trade Commission
