Harry Potter Lexicon Found to Infringe J.K. Rowling’s Copyright By Miriam Weiler – Edited by Evie Breithaupt Warner Bros. Entertainment v. RDR Books S.D.N.Y, September 8th 2008, No. 07 Civ. 09667 Slip Opinion (hosted by Justia.com) This week, Judge Robert P. Patterson of Southern District of New York, granted a permanent injunction against Defendant RDR Books (“RDR”) and awarded statutory damages to Plaintiffs Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. and J.K. Rowling (“Warner Bros.” and “J.K. Rowling”) for the infringement of ... Read More...
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Website Finds Safe Harbor from Copyright Infringement Damages for User-Provided Videos By Debbie Rosenbaum – Edited by Andrew Ungberg Io Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc. N.D. Cal., August 27, 2008, No. C06-03926 HRL Slip Opinion (hosted by Electronic Frontier Foundation) Last week, a federal judge in San Jose, U.S. District Judge Howard Lloyd, ruled that Veoh Networks, Inc. (“Veoh”), is not liable for copyright infringement for material that was uploaded to its site. Veho provides software and a website ... Read More...
District Court Rules Virginia Law Protecting Social Security Numbers Unconstitutional As Applied to Watchdog Website By Jon Choate — Edited by Daniel Ray Ostergren v. McDonnell E.D. Va. No. 3:08cv362 Slip Opinion (hosted by the ACLU) On August 22, 2008, Judge Robert E. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found § 59.1-443.2 of the Virginia Code to violate the First Amendment as applied to Betty J. Ostergren’s website The Virginia Watchdog. The court granted ... Read More...
D. Mass: MIT Students’ Security Presentation Merits Temporary Restraining Order By Jon Choate – Edited by Dan Ray Mass. Bay Transp. Auth. v. Anderson D. Mass., August 9th, 2008, No. 08-11364-GAO Temporary Restraining Order (Hosted by EFF) On August 9th, Judge Woodlock of the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts granted the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”) a temporary restraining order against Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, and Alessandro Chiesa, undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”). The order ... Read More...
District Court Declares Purchasers of Software to Be Licensees By Anna Volftsun — Edited by Joshua Gruenspecht MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. et al. District Court of Arizona, July 14, 2008, No. CV-06-2555-PHX-DGC Order (via Justia) The District Court of Arizona entered a summary judgment motion finding that MDY Industries, LLC (“MDY”), creators of a software program called WoW Glider (“Glider”), were liable for contributory and vicarious copyright infringement because their program loaded a copy of a copyrighted ... Read More...
