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Viacom did not seek damages for any actions after Google put its Content ID filtering system in place in early 2008, and instead pursued declaratory relief on the ability of American copyright law in addressing Internet-enabled infringement. [8] The lawsuit was later merged with similar complaints being pursued by other copyright holders. [9]
Moral rights infringed by unauthorized editing of TV show Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. v. McDonald's Corp. 562 F.2d 1157: 9th Cir. 1977 Extrinsic and intrinsic tests may be used to determine substantial similarity Wainwright Securities v. Wall Street Transcript Corp: 558 F.2d 91: 2d Cir. 1977
The Wikimedia Foundation has been involved in several lawsuits, generally regarding the content of Wikipedia.They have won some and lost others. In the United States, the Wikimedia Foundation typically wins defamation lawsuits brought against it due to protections that web platforms receive from laws like Section 230.
The rationale was that viewing of copyright works was not, and had never been, illegal in either the UK or European law, [7]: item 36 and Article 5.1 of the European Directive Directive 2001/29/EC (which covers "temporary copies" [7]: item 9, 11 ) permitted automated copying of a temporary nature for a lawful purpose. As mere viewing by ...
A news agency called Asian News International (ANI) sued the Wikimedia Foundation for defamation, based on things written in its article on the English Wikipedia. Then other Wikipedia editors made an article about that lawsuit, and the Delhi High Court ordered Wikipedia to delete that article in its entirety.
Universal Music Corp., 801 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2015), is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, holding that copyright owners must consider fair use defenses and good faith activities by alleged copyright infringers before issuing takedown notices for content posted on the Internet.
On June 1, 2020, Hachette Book Group and other publishers, including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Wiley, filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive for the National Emergency Library. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The plaintiffs argued that the practice of CDL was illegal and not protected by the doctrine of fair use. [ 11 ]
New York Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001), is a leading decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of copyright in the contents of a newspaper database. It held that The New York Times , in licensing back issues of the newspaper for inclusion in electronic databases such as LexisNexis , could not license the works of ...