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23 Apr 2008, 9:45 am
And this wasn't just Comcast — there have been incidents reported involving AT&T and Verizon as well.The hearing featured the president of the Writers Guild of America, Patric Verrone, who framed the net neutrality issue as one of preserving innovation and creativity. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 8:20 am by Jonathan Bailey
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Writers Sue US University Libraries for Copyright Infringement First off today, the Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois and eight individual authors have filed suit against Michigan, California, Wisconsin, Indiana and Cornell universities as well as HathiTrust for copyright infringement. [read post]
11 Dec 2011, 8:43 pm by Michael Geist
Previous Daily Digital Locks: Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) BC, Canadian Consumer Initiative, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Council of Archives, Canadian Teachers' Federation, Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Documentary Organization of Canada, Canadian Library Association, Council of Ministers of Education Canada, Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Canadian… [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 12:44 pm by Jonathan Bailey
Therefore, according to the lawsuit, when Lucio registered her work with the Writer’s Guild of America’s registry, she violated the rights of the family. 3: Google Responds to Lawsuit Threat Over Celebrity Nude Photo Hack Finally today, Rex Santus at Mashable reports that Google has responded to an attorney’s letter threatening the search giant with a lawsuit for failure to remove photos from the recent nude celebrity photo leak scandal. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 10:37 am by Jonathan Bailey
Williams, a notorious bank robber in the 70s that went on to found Black Hand Entertainment, represented himself in the case saying that the episode based on his life used elements from a treatment he wrote about his story that he registered with the Copyright Office and the Writers Guild of America. [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 10:50 am
A federal court in New York is considering two challenges to the project, one brought by several writers and the Authors Guild, the other by a group of publishers, who are also, curiously, partners in Google Book Search. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 7:13 am
” It is unclear if and, probably, unlikely that this counter-suit will be successful since the information Mediasentry “invaded” to obtain is publicly shared on file sharing networks, but it is very interesting, and unusual, to see a defendant fight back so hard against the RIAA. 2: Amazon lets publishers and writers disable Kindle 2’s read-aloud feature Amazon, though publicly saying that it does not agree with the copyright interpretation of the… [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 5:07 am by Terry Hart
— Eminent copyright scholar Jane Ginsburg on the Second Circuit’s recent decision in Authors Guild v. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 5:18 am
An earlier bid to join the Writers Guild (WGA) apparently gained little traction.All this according to recent pieces in Variety (here, here, and here) and a long piece today in the LA Times. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 8:38 am
According to Microsoft, the settlement, which would allow Google to scan and post in-copyright but out-of-print works in its search engine in exchange for a share of revenue to writers and publishers, is anti-competitive and against the law. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 8:24 pm by Michael Geist
Previous Daily Digital Locks: Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) BC, Canadian Consumer Initiative, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Council of Archives, Canadian Teachers' Federation, Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Documentary Organization of Canada, Canadian Library Association, Council of Ministers of Education Canada, Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Canadian… [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:15 pm by Michael Geist
Previous Daily Digital Locks: Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) BC, Canadian Consumer Initiative, Retail Council of Canada, Canadian Council of Archives, Canadian Teachers' Federation, Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Documentary Organization of Canada, Canadian Library Association, Council of Ministers of Education Canada, Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Canadian… [read post]
1 May 2009, 7:24 am
As a result, a class action lawsuit was brought by the Association of American Publishers, the Authors Guild, and other authors and publishers in 2005 alleging that Google's scanning of their books from the library was an infringement of their copyright. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 9:40 pm by Michael Geist
   CCC: The Creators' Copyright Coalition, which includes ACTRA, SOCAN, the Songwriters Association of Canada, and the Writers Guild of Canada, published its position paper earlier this week. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 11:00 am by David Kravets
.” A humorous remake of the video was included in a South Park episode entitled “Canada on Strike,” which satirized the 2007-2008 WritersGuild of America strike, popular viral videos and the difficulty of monetizing internet fame. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 4:18 pm by David Kravets
Follow Wired.com Staff Writer David Kravets on Twitter. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 9:06 am
Representatives of the following organizations attended one or more of the sessions: American Federation of Musicians, Actors' Equity Association, Writers Guild of America, East, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, and AFTRA's strategic partner, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 9:21 am
Google has reached a settlement agreement with authors and publishers that, if approved by the court, will have sweeping implications for writers, readers, scholars, librarians, and the public at large.Join Boston Public Library and our panel of speakers for an explanation and discussion of the settlement. [read post]