Viacom demands that YouTube take down 100,000 clips that it claims constitute copyright infringement and YouTube responds that it will comply with the request. While some are asking how YouTube can remove so many clips so quickly, a better question is how Viacom can identify that many clips with sufficient […]
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French Court Rules Against Hugo Heirs
France's highest appeal court has ruled against the heirs of Victor Hugo in their attempt to block the publication of a sequel to Les Miserables.
Conservatives for Fair Use?
The Canadian Press reports that there is speculation that the latest round of Conservative attack ads may violate someone's copyright. The ads, which show brief clips from a Liberal debate last year, apparently were filmed by a consortium of broadcasters who say that they did not provide the Conservatives with […]
von Finckenstein Named CRTC Chair
Mark Goldberg notes that Konrad von Finckenstein, a federal court judge and former head of the Competition Bureau, has been named chair of the CRTC. Notwithstanding the government's bio, many online observers best remember von Finckenstein for his decision [PDF] to block CRIA's attempt to unmask 29 alleged file sharers […]
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