CBS, Fox and NBC have settled with the streaming company FilmOn, bringing an end to a long-running copyright dispute that was pending at several appellate circuits throughout the n... More
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Broadcasters Settle Copyright Dispute with FilmOn (THR)
CreativeFuture Welcomes the Bipartisan Introduction of S. 1010, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act, in the Senate (MESA)
CreativeFuture welcomes the introduction of the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act to the U.S . Senate. CreativeFuture also encourages the Senate to swiftly... More
ASCAP, PRS and SACEM Join Forces for Blockchain Copyright System (MBW)
The triumvirate are jointly building a blockchain-based system which aims to manage the links between music recordings International Standard Recording Codes (ISRCs) and music work... More
Trump Taps Vishal J. Amin as New ‘IP Czar’ (Variety)
Vishal J. Amin, senior counsel on the House Judiciary Committee, has been nominated by President Trump to be the next White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. Ami... More
Digimarc Highlights How Watermarking Can Improve Rights, Royalty Management for the Music Industry (SCN)
Digimarc today released a white paper titled, “Watermarking Technology and Blockchains in the Music Industry,” outlining how blockchain technology, when coupled with digital au... More
Debate Rages Over Controversial Copyright Standard for the Web (New Scientist)
It’s a fight for the future of the web. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an organisation that sets standards for how the web works, has formally proposed a controversial new ... More
Digimarc Highlights How Watermarking Can Improve Rights, Royalty Management for the Music Industry (MESA)
Digimarc today released a white paper titled, “Watermarking Technology and Blockchains in the Music Industry,” outlining how blockchain technology, when coupled with digital au... More
CreativeFuture Applauds Introduction of New Congressional Copyright Act (CDSA)
CreativeFuture has come out in support of the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (H.R. 1695 ). CreativeFuture has said it encourages Congress to swiftly enact ... More
Hollywood Groups Laud New Bill to Have POTUS Appoint Copyright Chief (Deadline)
A bill introduced in Congress today that would give Donald Trump and all future presidents the authority to appoint the head of the U.S. Copyright Office has received the endorseme... More
Google Anti-Piracy Agreement Will Target Domain Hopping, Share Search Data (TorrentFreak)
More details surrounding the voluntary anti-piracy agreement between Google, Bing, and major rightsholders have emerged. In addition to efforts to mitigate pirate sites' efforts ... More
Wolfgang’s Vault in Legal Battle Over Streaming Rights (The Guardian)
A music archive regarded as one of the most important collections from the golden age of rock is at the centre of a legal dispute in which Keith Richards and Pete Townshend could b... More
115th Congress Adds Copyright to its Agenda (Music Week)
The US 115th Congress will have the opportunity to vote on several copyright policy proposals during the current legislature, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Go... More
M&E Journal: You Play It, You Pay For It
By Tony Rodriguez, Digimarc - Copyright: The primary form of protection that empowers and safeguards artistic creativity. Creators of “original works of authorship” are pro... More
Internet Service Providers, Studios and Record Labels Call It Quits on Copyright Alert System (Variety)
Major internet providers are ending a four-year-old system in which consumers received “copyright alerts” when they viewed peer-to-peer pirated content. The ISPs, studios, a... More
It’s Time to Modernize the Copyright Office (Forbes)
To keep industries in the United States and help maintain their ability to invest and innovate, we need to make sure that our government operations are working efficiently. A key p... More
Are Blockchains the Second Coming of Napster? (Big Law Business)
Because blockchains can create an indelible ledger entry showing when a piece of data was first recorded, it soon became clear that blockchains can serve as a registry for content ... More
IBM, Sacem to Deliver New Global Online Music Copyright Management Platform (SCN)
IBM and Sacem announced today a 10-year strategic alliance to develop URights, a world-class copyright platform on IBM Cloud designed to track and capture the value of online music... More
Google Removed Over 900 Million ‘Pirate’ Links in 2016 (TorrentFreak)
Day in and day out copyright holders are bombarding Google with DMCA takedown notices, pointing out links to pirated content. The majority of these requests are sent by the music a... More
Disney, Pixar Win Chinese Copyright Infringement Case (HMM)
A Shanghai court has awarded Disney Enterprises Inc. and Pixar 1.35 million yuan ($194,440 dollars) in a rare piracy win after two Chinese companies were found guilty of using char... More
Facebook is Building a Tool to Hunt Copyright Infringing Videos (Engadget)
YouTube isn't the only site record labels are taking issue with when it comes to copyright infringement. Financial Times reports that music publishers want Facebook to license musi... More