- Twitch Embraces Recording Industry, Partners With Indie Licensing Firm Merlin
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, February 3, 2022
Live-streaming service Twitch announced a partnership Wednesday with independent music-licensing firm Merli ...
- Senate Panel Considers Bill Allowing News Organizations To Band Together
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 2, 2022
"Big tech companies are not friends to journalism," Sen. Amy Klobuchar sa ...
- Senate Committee To Vote Wednesday On FTC, FCC Nominees
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 28, 2022
Last year, President Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to the FCC and Alva ...
- German Court Rules Ad Blockers Are Not Copyright Infringement
Publishing Insider, Tony Silber - Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The suit, aimed specifically at the German ad-blocking company Eyeo GmbH a ...
- Twitter Fights Attempt To Unmask User Who Criticized Billionaire
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 10, 2022
Twitter is asking a federal judge to vacate a subpoena requiring t ...
- News Media Alliance Pushes For Crackdown On Aggregators
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 7, 2022
The News Media Alliance, which represents many of the country's largest newspaper ...
- Instacart And Uber's Cornershop Settle Scraping Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 6, 2022
Cornershop has agreed to avoid displaying Instacart's copyrighted images as well ...
- Biden Renominates Bedoya To FTC And Sohn To FCC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Biden initially nominated Sohn and Bedoya last year, but the Senate didn ...
- Google To Scan Files In Its Cloud Services For Illegal, Harmful Content
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, December 20, 2021
A Google policy announced last week gives the company permission to sc ...
- U.N. Fights Online Violence Via 'Bodyright' Copyright Symbol
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, December 2, 2021
Today, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health and rights agency (UNFP ...
- Locast To Pay $32 Million, Shut Down For Good
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 28, 2021
Defunct streaming television service Locast has agreed to pay $32 million ...
- Broadcasters And Locast Agree To Settle Streaming Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 15, 2021
Broadcasters have agreed to settle their dispute with Locast, a now shutter ...
- Cloudflare Defeats Copyright Claims Over 'Rogue' Ecommerce Sites
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 7, 2021
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing the company ...
- Judge Sides With Instagram In Copyright Fight Over Embedding Tool
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 20, 2021
A federal judge in California threw out claims by photographers who alleg ...
- Judge Orders Locast To Permanently Shut Down
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 16, 2021
A federal judge on Wednesday prohibited Locast from resuming its service, whi ...
- Locast Suspends Operation After Losing Key Court Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 2, 2021
The company's move came two days after a federal judge said Loca ...
- 'Got Milk?' Campaign Turns Into 'Never Doubt What You Love'
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 27, 2021
The California Milk Processor Board, the entity behind the Got Milk? Campaig ...
- Journalism Protection Bill Needs Rewrite, Groups Say
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 17, 2021
A problematic bill that aims to protect journalism by allowing news organizatio ...
- Record Companies Sue Frontier Over Piracy By Broadband Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 9, 2021
"Frontier knew that its subscribers were using its high-speed network to illegal ...
- Cox Communications Seeks To Set Aside $1 Billion Piracy Verdict
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 26, 2021
"Unlike the offerings of Napster and its ilk, internet service is neith ...
- Broadcasters Press Claims Against Streaming Service Locast
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 26, 2021
TV broadcasters told a federal judge Friday that Locast isn't entitled ...
- The 'Real Story' Behind Facebook's Australian News Blackout, According To Facebook
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Facebook global affairs chief Nick Clegg charges there is a "fundamental misunderstandin ...
- Lawmaker Floats Plan To Overhaul Digital Copyright Enforcement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 24, 2020
Sen. Thom Tillis floated a plan to require tech companies to mo ...
- COVID Stimulus Bill Increases Criminal Penalties For Streaming Piracy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The "Protecting Lawful Streaming Act" makes it a felony to operate ...
- Supreme Court Weighs Future Software Case For Google And Oracle
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The Supreme Court justices understand their decision in a copyright dispute betwe ...
- 'Family Friendly' Streaming Service VidAngel Settles With Studios For $9.9 Million
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 4, 2020
In a deal finalized Friday, VidAngel has agreed to pay Warner Bro ...
- Google Displays Image Licensing Details In Search Results
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 31, 2020
Several new features aim to help creators follow image licensing guidelines f ...
- 'Family Friendly' Streaming Service VidAngel Appeals $62 Million Copyright Verdict
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 13, 2020
VidAngel, which offered a streaming service that allowed users to filter o ...
- Instacart Accuses Uber's Cornership Of 'Stealing' Photos And Listings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Grocery delivery service Instacart on Thursday took aim at Uber's Cornershop, accusi ...
- Data On The Up And Up: Infogroup-Office Depot Case Revives Copyright Issue
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 26, 2020
Brands should copyright their email lists. Surely, it takes creativity and "swe ...