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Court Says Viacom vs. YouTube Copyright Fight Will Go Another Round

Peter Kafka in Media on April 5 at 8:37 am PT

The first real victory for Viacom in a five-year-old case. A big deal for both Web and media companies.

Viacom and Google Pick Up the Gloves, Again

Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

The YouTube copyright case — now more than four years old — won’t go away. In the real world, though, most media companies have made their peace with the world’s biggest video site.

Why the MP3Tunes Case Is a Big Deal You Won’t Notice

Peter Kafka in Media on August 23, 2011 at 7:26 am PT

Had it gone the other way, EMI’s lawsuit against Michael Robertson and his music locker could have been a problem for Google and Amazon. And maybe YouTube and Tumblr and lots of other Web services. But since it didn’t …

Turntable.fm Pulls a Pandora by Booting International Users

Peter Kafka in Media on June 27, 2011 at 5:53 am PT

The red-hot music service is only a few months old, but it’s already growing up: It’s ditching non-U.S. users in order to give itself a fighting chance of surviving in the U.S.

Turntable.fm Really Is Awesome. Is It Legal?

Peter Kafka in Media on June 21, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

How did a start-up finally convince the music labels to let people share music with each other for free? Turntable didn’t. This could be interesting.

How Much Copyright Infringement Can You Cram Into a Single Tweet?

Liz Gannes in Social on December 30, 2010 at 11:09 am PT

If you run a user-generated content site, takedown notices from copyright holders are a fact of life. That even goes for Twitter, where messages are limited to 140 characters of text. The site received on the order of 300 takedown notices in the last month.

Apple on Jailbreak Ruling: Go Ahead and Brick Your iPhone. See If We Care.

John Paczkowski in Mobile on July 27, 2010 at 8:45 am PT

Sure, jailbreaking your iPhone no longer violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but that doesn’t mean Apple supports it. So if you want to modify your iPhone to run unauthorized software, you’re welcome to do so, but not without risk or consequence. As Apple reminds us today, jailbreaking voids the iPhone’s warranty, which could prove problematic if your tinkering bricks it.

Google Wins YouTube Copyright Suit; Viacom Promises Appeal

Peter Kafka in Media on June 23, 2010 at 1:32 pm PT

Google has won its long-running case against Viacom, which accused the search giant’s YouTube of massive copyright infringement. Viacom promises to appeal the federal court ruling, which says that the video site is indeed protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It’s a really big deal.

Silicon Valley Backs YouTube in Viacom Case

John Paczkowski in News on May 28, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Google and YouTube have some powerful new allies in their pitched battle with Viacom: Yahoo, Facebook and eBay. Earlier this week, the three companies filed amicus briefs in support of Google and YouTube, which are defending themselves against a $1 billion copyright lawsuit by Viacom.

Judge: RealDVD Antitrust Case Real Stupid

John Paczkowski in News on January 11, 2010 at 11:02 am PT

The federal judge presiding over the RealNetworks legal battle with Hollywood has confirmed what even the company’s attorneys have likely known all along: There was no chance whatsoever that the company would prevail in its claims against the film industry, and the plight in which RealNetworks now finds itself is entirely its own doing.