Category: Copyright

The RIAA(Recording Industry Association of America) drops suit against Patty Santangelo, but continues against two of her children.

See the Washington Post article.

 

The DMCA(Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice and takedown process is apparently working just fine for YouTube.

See the article at TechDirt.

“Another court recognizes site owners aren’t liable for the site contents”.

How refreshing…

Se the story at Techdirt.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a guide that translates various online music stores’ marketing messages into a true picture of the limitations those restrictions impose and how those restrictions differ from your legal rights under current copyright law. They review Apple’s iTunes, RealNetworks, Microsoft’s “Play for Sure“, and Napster 2.0. Before buying crippled music from one of these services, check out EFF’s guide, The Customer is Always Wrong.

The Independent Media Center reports the EU Council tried to silently adopt laws about software patents.

US House approves a tougher law against file trading, called The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004.