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UMG files Ninth Circuit brief in Veoh case
User-generated web video site Veoh has filed for bankruptcy, but its copyright litigation with Universal Music Group lives on. Last September, Judge Howard Matz granted Veoh's motion for summary judgment , finding that the site qualified for the safe harbor found at Section 512(c) of the DMCA.
Copyrights & Campaigns - Thursday, April 29, 2010
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EMI Drops Lawsuit Against Grooveshark
Veoh , seem to immunize companies whose websites properly warn users not to upload infringing content, there is widespread belief that labels may continue to file lawsuits against companies that knowingly or intentionally attract infringing content. Although recent court decisions, such as Universal v. In Universal v. 105-551(II), at 21.
Digital Media Lawyer - Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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Gideon’s Remix: First observation on why Veoh is bad policy
I note that the quotations from Fred von Lohman, the Mystic Knight of the EFFluviati, that appeared in the press on the Veoh case were somewhat guarded. The industry sentiment regarding Veoh reminds me of reaction to the lower court decisions in Grokster —this simply cannot be the law. And sure enough, it turned out not to be.
Music Technology Policy - Saturday, September 19, 2009
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  • Gideon’s Remix: First observation on why Veoh is bad policy
    I note that the quotations from Fred von Lohman, the Mystic Knight of the EFFluviati, that appeared in the press on the Veoh case were somewhat guarded. The industry sentiment regarding Veoh reminds me of reaction to the lower court decisions in Grokster —this simply cannot be the law. And sure enough, it turned out not to be.
    Music Technology Policy - Saturday, September 19, 2009
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  • Court grants summary judgment for Veoh in Universal Music Group copyright suit; says web video site protected by DMCA safe harbor
    In a big win for web hosts, a federal court in Los Angeles has granted summary to Veoh in a copyright suit brought by several Universal Music Group entities, ruling that the web video host is protected by the safe harbor in Section 512(c) of the DMCA , and thus not liable for infringing uploads by its users. UMG v.
    Copyrights & Campaigns - Monday, September 14, 2009
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  • Veoh: Is continuous monitoring really the law?
    We're going to take a look at this opinion much more closely, but the Veoh decision came down--wrongly and weirdly. Veoh was handed a court ruling last year (Io Group v. Veoh Networks, Inc., This obviously begs the question of whether Veoh has responsibility for putting in place a system that it apparently cannot control.
    Music Technology Policy - Monday, September 14, 2009
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  • UMG files Ninth Circuit brief in Veoh case
    User-generated web video site Veoh has filed for bankruptcy, but its copyright litigation with Universal Music Group lives on. Last September, Judge Howard Matz granted Veoh's motion for summary judgment , finding that the site qualified for the safe harbor found at Section 512(c) of the DMCA.
    Copyrights & Campaigns - Thursday, April 29, 2010
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  • ABA Journal's "Copyright in the Age of YouTube": C&C's first fisking!
    And the content owners are lobbying Congress for tougher laws against infringement. Lloyd held that although Veoh had the ability to control its own system, it did not have the ability to control the infringing activity. Tags: First Amendment fair use media criticism web video congress DMCA copyright technology billion in 2007.
    Copyrights & Campaigns - Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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  • EMI Drops Lawsuit Against Grooveshark
    Veoh , seem to immunize companies whose websites properly warn users not to upload infringing content, there is widespread belief that labels may continue to file lawsuits against companies that knowingly or intentionally attract infringing content. Although recent court decisions, such as Universal v. In Universal v. 105-551(II), at 21.
    Digital Media Lawyer - Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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  • U.S. Register of Copyright Marybeth Peters on Google Books
    It is well worth a close reading, both for this case and for its ameleorative powers in general (since we seem to have a pandemic of federal judges being infected with the de facto compulsory license flu by Google and its fellow travelers, starting with Lenz and Veoh).
    Music Technology Policy - Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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