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UMG Recordings v. Veoh Networks: Mere Hosting Not Enough to Comply with Actual Knowledge Requirement under DMCA

By Jeffrey J. Zuber and Ryan Smith of Zuber & Taillieu

The Ninth Circuit has provided extensive guidance on one of the DMCA’s safe harbor statutes, § 512(c), in a case pitting a major music label versus an internet video-sharing website. In UMG Recordings, Inc., v. Veoh Networks, Inc., Nos. 09-55902, 09-56777, 10-55732, 2011 U.S. App. WL 6357788, (9th Cir. Dec.… More...

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In Amazon.com Case, Court Classifies Framed Display of Images in Web Search Engines as Fair Use

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.  |  July 26, 2007

In this appeal brought by both the copyright owner Perfect 10, Inc. and defendants which included Internet search engine and Internet retailer (Google, Inc. and Amazon.com, Inc.), the Court of Appeals ruled that the Internet search engine operator's act of framing in-line linked full-size images of More...

Ninth Circuit Clarifes Rule on Notice under the Safe Harbor Provision of Section 512 of the DMCA

Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill L.L.C.  |  May 24, 2007

The Ninth Circuit recently clarified the requirements for notice under the safe harbor provision of section 512 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Though other courts have created relatively flexible standards, the Ninth Circuit ruled that compliance with all of the section’s clauses is More...

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Companies Mentioned

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The following companies are mentioned in Copyright Law Updates:

UMG Recordings, Inc.

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Paramount Pictures Corp.

Apple, Inc.

Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC

NBC Studios, Inc.

Psystar Corp.

Knight Ridder Inc.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Veoh Networks, Inc.

Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc.

Knight Ridder Digital

CSC Holdings, Inc.

CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Universal Music-Z Tunes LLC

Mediastream, Inc.

Cablevision Systems Corp.

Universal Music-MGB NA LLC

Newsbank, Inc.

Cable News Network LP, LLLP

Universal Music-MBG Music Publishing Ltd.

Proquest Company

American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Universal Music Corp.

Union-Tribune Publishing Company

Kamind Associates, Inc. a.k.a. KAM Industries

Tornante Company, LLC

Westbound Records, Inc.

New York Times Company

Associated Press

Spark Capital, L.P.

Copley Press, Inc.

All Headline News Corp.

Spark Capital LLC

Janice Combs Publishing, Inc. d.b.a. Justin Combs Publishing

Ebsco Industries, Inc.

American Software Development Company, Inc.

Songs of Universal, Inc.

Bad Boy Records LLC

P/K Associates, Inc.

Affordable Video Systems, Ltd.

Shelter Venture Fund LP

Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. d.b.a. Bad Boy Records

National Writers Union

Dream Games of Arizona, Inc.

Shelter Capital Partners LLC

Yahoo! Inc.

The Authors Guild, Inc.

Frank Diana City Entertainment

Rondor Music International, Inc.