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Tag Archives: copyright
YouTube Making it Much Easier for Creators to Deal With Copyright Claims (The Verge)
How Video Games are Pushing the Boundaries of IP Law (Raconteur)
Video games are a fast-moving medium, so much so that they’re outpacing some aspects of copyright law.... More
Europe Looks to Remold Internet With New Copyright Rules (FBN)
The European Union has approved a copyright overhaul that aims to give more protection to artists and news organizations but which critics say will stifle freedom of speech and onl... More
Is the EU’s New Copyright Directive Too Complex to Work? (Knowledge@Wharton)
After two years in the making, the European Parliament on March 26 passed a sweeping copyright directive that could have a major impact on big technology companies. The European Pa... More
European Union Passes Sweeping Copyright Reforms (Billboard)
Record labels, publishers, songwriters and artists have welcomed the passing of controversial copyright reforms that will transform how user-generated-content (UGC) services operat... More
European Union Agrees on Copyright Directive Text, Pushing Legislation Towards Final Vote (Billboard)
The European Union's plan to reform copyright legislation -- and potentially transform how user generated content (UGC) platforms like YouTube operate on a worldwide basis -- has t... More
The War Over Music Copyrights (TechCrunch)
The surge in music streaming means a surge in income for those who own the copyrights to songs, and the growth of entertainment in emerging markets, growing use in digital videos, ... More
How European Union Copyright Reform Could Change the Music Business for the Worse (Forbes)
As much as artists, managers, labels and publishers rail against YouTube, there's no denying that it's been beneficial to the industry in at least two ways. First, it's the foremos... More
European Parliament Rejects Copyright Reforms (Variety)
The European Parliament rejected on Thursday a draft of reforms aimed at modernizing and strengthening copyright rules in the digital age. The reforms were pushed by European film ... More
World Cup’s Soccer Highlights Will Put Social Media’s Copyright Tools to the Test (Recode)
The 2018 World Cup has started, which means you’ll soon see a lot more soccer on Twitter or Facebook or anywhere else you hang out online. And because the World Cup is a massive ... More
Creators Face an Evolving Challenge Protecting IP (Raconteur)
The challenge for creators of original works, whether that is music, images, software or other original expressions of ideas, is how to protect those creations and make enough mone... More
Creators Face an Evolving Challenge Protecting IP (Raconteur)
The challenge for creators of original works, whether that is music, images, software or other original expressions of ideas, is how to protect those creations and make enough mone... More
M&E Journal: In the Decades from Kazaa to Kodi: Have Things Really Changed?
By Mo Ali, U.K. Business Development, Media Science International - In the late 1990s and early 2000s, file sharing had been something of a dark art, strictly for the uber-tech... More
Spotify Buys ‘Cover Song’ Licensing Firm to Tackle Copyright Risks (Reuters)
Spotify has acquired Loudr.fm, a San Francisco-based provider of licensing technology to help it to locate songwriters and pay them royalties they are due. The acquisition helps ad... More
Instagram Now Lets Content Owners Scan for and Block Copyright-Infringing Video (Variety)
Facebook has extended its content-scanning tool for video to Instagram — promising media companies and creators an automated way to identify and block copyright infringement on t... More
The U.S. to Make Streaming Services Pay More for Music (CNBC)
U.S. copyright authorities on Saturday decided to increase over the next five years the royalty payments music streaming companies like Spotify and Apple must make to songwriters a... More
How AI and Copyright Would Work (TechCrunch)
Self-aware robots, androids or call-them-what-you-will have been part of science fiction almost from its beginnings. Recently in science reality, there’s been early, speculative ... More
CreativeFuture Sponsors Petition in Support of Strong Copyright Protections in the North American Free Trade Agreement (MESA)
A petition sponsored by CreativeFuture has gathered over 50,000 signatures and counting in support of strong copyright protections remaining a key element in any renegotiation of t... More
BMI, ASCAP to Combine Music Databases (B&C)
Performance rights groups ASCAP and BMI have teamed up to create what they are billing as a "single, comprehensive database of musical works from their combined repertories that wi... More
Supreme Court Turns Down ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Case (THR)
It took a while, but the U.S. Supreme Court has finally decided that it won't review Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp, a case examining the circumstances by which copyright h... More