This week, I liked a post by Bruce Schneier, pointing out a Yale Law Review article on professional licensing for AI Engineers. Professor Eric Goldman linked to his essay that compares the “due process” approaches in the DMCA and the DMA. Finally, I liked a post at CircleID by Pari Esfandiari on the subject of…
Category: DMCA
Links for Week of December 29, 2023
This week, the New York Times sued Microsoft and Open AI for copyright infringement for including its content within the large language models of ChatGPT and Bing AI. Also, Evan Brown had a good summary of a recent ruling in the Southern District of New York involving the liability of platform owners for allowing allegedly…
Links for Week of September 8, 2023
This week, there was an interesting controversy over DMCA takedowns issued against a Chicago-based entity, the Museum of Classic Chicago Television. They’d posted old episodes of Bewitched as they’d aired on Chicago television, but faced takedowns issued by Sony that threatened the future of their YouTube channel. To read more about how it was resolved,…
Links for Week of September 1, 2023
This week, an article I wrote for my firm’s blog on privacy law updates was posted. CircleID’s article regarding hospitals being the subject of cyberattacks was interesting due to their advice to expect the hospitals to have a month of downtime. I also liked ArsTechnica’s reporting on sports leagues requesting instantaneous DMCA takedowns in their…
Links for Week of October 7, 2022
Trademark https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/protect/soliciting-attorney-sponsorship Section 230 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/scotus-weighs-first-case-testing-big-tech-liability-for-recommending-content/ Copyright https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/wwe-video-game-maker-owe-artist-depicting-wrestlers-tattoos-jury-says-2022-09-30/ Artificial Intelligence https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
TWIL 194 – “When Laws Get Weird”
I was pleased to be a guest on This Week In Law last week, Episode #194, entitled “When Laws Get Weird.” Special thanks to Denise Howell, Evan Brown, and Lisa Borodkin for a great discussion on Aaron Swartz, Internet defamation, editorial independence, and more.
Thoughts on Viacom v. Google
The Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit finally ruled on April 5, 2012 in the appeal of the Viacom v. Google (YouTube) case, Case Numbers 10-3270, 10-3342. The underlying court case from the Southern District of New York, decided June 23, 2010, was discussed during the talk I gave to IICLE. In that case,…
SOPA and other @Cyberlaw Links
The news this week has been dominated by discussions of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, that had congressional hearings this week. I really liked the following discussions of SOPA: Why I Oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)/E-PARASITES Act Eric Goldman has a great summary of the bill and its problems. Well recommended…
TWiL 136 and @cyberlaw Links
I was pleased to be asked back on This Week in Law, Episode 136. Denise Howell, Jay Monahan of Zynga.com, and Matt Macari of The Verge were the other panelists. It was a lot of fun! Thanks again, Denise, for having me back. Also, for those who may be interested, here is the link…
Court awards $214 Million for DMCA Circumvention
The recent decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in the Echostar Satellite LLC v. Viewtech case, Civil Case No. 07cv1273 BEN (WVG), 2011 WL 1522409 (S.D.Cal.), is interesting mainly for the amount of statutory damages awarded. The defendants had been manufacturing receivers that circumvented the copy protection in…