We all know that buying a fake Fendi is "bad" to the degree that selling such goods is illegal, and they hurt the companies whose good are being copied, and the economy overall. But it turns out that knockoffs are problematic in many other ways as well: Buying them can put your health and your money at risk.
A New York judge has called off a deal between Google and the book industry that would have created a universal library. But a new deal could still go forward with modifications.
Viacom, which in June lost its case seeking more than $1 billion in damages from YouTube for alleged copyright violations, on Friday filed for an appeal. The case could have major repercussions for other websites with user-generated content.
Google says it plans to be more vigilant about removing pirated content from the Web. It promises to respond to complaints about copyright violations on YouTube and other sites within 24 hours and is introducing new tools to make it easier to report violations.
When Sarah Palin protested after gossip site Gawker posted pages from her upcoming book America By Heart, Gawker taunted her for her lack of knowledge about copyright law. But a federal judge has ordered Gawker to take the pages down temporarily.
Omega's Seamaster watch has a $1,995 list price in the U.S., but by importing the watch from abroad, Costco could sell it here for $1,299. The Supreme Court has decided to hear this case, which will have wide impact, from Silicon Valley to local libraries.
A U.S. federal court has issued an injunction to stop the LimeWire file-sharing service, which allowed users to share songs and other files over the Internet. The Lime Group was found liable of copyright infringement in May.
When DailyFinance reporter Jon Berr's wife posted a brief video on YouTube of their 3-year-old son dancing to Survivor's Eye of the Tiger, she never expected to become part of the complex fight over copyright and fair use on the Internet.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that a buyer of software can't resell it because the buyer doesn't really own the software. The buyer actually licensed it, so no legal resale is possible. That decision flies in the face of the established "First Sale Doctrine."
Random House and top literary agent Andrew Wylie have settled their fight over his plans to publish e-books of older works from big name authors he represents. But while the battle is over, the settlement announcement raises more questions than it answers about the future of e-publishing.
Just what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted material has always been hard to define. Now a new website, Mediaite.com, is using that ambiguity to build a business model on other companies' content.
Media giant Viacom has appealed a judge's ruling that threw out its $1 billion lawsuit against Google-owned YouTube for copyright infringement. Viacom called the decision, which said YouTube was protected by the "fair use" doctrine, "fundamentally flawed." This battle is far from over.
By posting Rolling Stone's article about Gen. Stanley McChrystal on their websites, Time and Politico seem to have undermined their own self-interest in upholding copyright law.
