Tag: Copyright
Media Industry Strikes Back at Online Infringement
July 20, 2011 by
William Galkin
It’s no secret that piracy of music and movies over the Internet is rampant and costs industry billions of dollars annually. Most people involved in this activity are not hardened criminals, and if asked, will probably admit that it is a technical violation of the law, but that it’s not really that illegal. You might even hear an argument that since...
Downloader Beware: Copyright Infringer Can’t Hide Behind First Amendment
May 25, 2010 by
Tuvyah (Terry) D. Aronoff & Melinda Spitzer
In an April 29, 2010 decision that has been hailed as a big coup for the record labels — Arista Records LLC v. Doe 3 — the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that a record company’s right to protect itself from copyright infringement trumps the alleged infringer’s First Amendment right to anonymity on the Internet.
The...