@schneidermaria’s Class Action against YouTube is going to trial
Did you know Maria Schneider’s important case against Google is going to trial? Not if you read the music trade papers.
Category: dmca
Help @SenThomTillis and Don’t Buy the SOPA Revisionist History
If you’ve read the book or have seen the movie Friday Night Lights, you’ll remember Charlie Billingsley played by Tim McGraw, the running back father of running back Don. Charlie is emblematic of people you’ve probably known who “won State” in their youth or the equivalent and for whom reality has just never quite lived […]
@SenThomTillis Releases Discussion Draft of DMCA Revisions
MTP readers will recall that Senator Thom Tillis has hosted many hearing on how to fix the DMCA’s broken notice and takedown process. Senator Tillis has released a discussion draft of those revisions titled the “Digital Copyright Act of 2021” including this summary of the proposals (and yes that sound you heard was the privileged […]
Bird is the Word: @Jack the Racketeer Skips Out on @SenThomTillis’s DMCA Hearing
Let’s be honest–Jack Dorsey is a weird guy. He may not be full-blown Howard Hughes no-mani/pedi and urine sample bottles in pentagrams weird, but he’s getting there. Keep an eye on those Vegas hotel sales. The latest manifestation of his weirdness is flipping the bird to Senator Thom Tillis’s well-meaning investigation into making the DMCA […]
What Is the Intention of Justice? Notice and Stay Down Is the Government’s Responsibility
ARTHUR Let’s get back to justice…what is justice? What is the intention of justice? The intention of justice is to see that the guilty people are proven guilty and that the innocent are freed. Simple isn’t it? Only it’s not that simple. From …And Justice for All, written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson. Law […]
The Royal Scam: Content ID and Google’s Massive Profits From Piracy and Crime
If Congress wants to fix the DMCA, Congress needs to fix Google’s scam operations, too.
A Cautionary Tale for Congress: Big Tech Uses Fake Grassroots Interference Lobbying In Europe
The US Congress should pay close attention to Big Tech’s interference lobbying in Europe that would curtail the legacy safe harbor.
What do Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Deadmau5, Sam & Dave and The Beatles Have in Common with Hotel California? Facebook is Selling Their Names as Keywords
MTP readers will recall that there is a long history of Internet advertising companies selling keywords under dodgy circumstances. We have some documentation of this practice–starting in 2003ish an affidavit from the “DownloadPlace” litigation documents that Google suggested artist names as Google Adwords. In the Google drugs non prosecution agreement case, Google representatives sold drug-related […]
T-Bone Burnett’s Comments on Reform of the DMCA Safe Harbor
The U.S. Copyright Office has invited the public to comment on potential reforms of the DMCA “safe harbors” and the incomparable T-Bone Burnett delivered this video version of his insightful comments on DMCA abuse. (See also Billboard article on T-Bone’s comment and my 2006 post on MTP, The DMCA is Not An Alibi.) It is important […]
@katenash: Royalty Deadbeat Snapchat Gets big billions for valuation, but has no licenses?
Hi @Snapchat Do you pay ppl for the use of their work? Been off a record label now for 5 years. Is this legal? I should be paid PLS RETWEET pic.twitter.com/9qq9iKltFG — Kate Nash (@katenash) February 17, 2017 Kate Nash leads the way for songwriters and artists who are wondering when the income transfer to […]
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