Digital Millennium Copyright Act

FTC and DOJ File Comment with the U.S. Copyright Office Supporting Renewal and Expansion of Exemptions Facilitating Consumers’ and Businesses’ Right to Repair Their Own Products

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Copyright Office to advocate for regulations that would facilitate consumers’ and businesses’ right to repair their own products.

Key Points: 
  • Copyright Office to advocate for regulations that would facilitate consumers’ and businesses’ right to repair their own products.
  • Promoting competition in repair markets benefits consumers and businesses by making it easier and cheaper to fix things they own.
  • Expanding repair exemptions can also remove barriers that limit the ability of independent service providers—including small businesses and entrepreneurs—to provide repair services.
  • In their joint comment, the FTC and DOJ expressed support for renewing, expanding, and adding some specific DMCA exemptions.

FTC and DOJ File Comment with the U.S. Copyright Office Supporting Renewal and Expansion of Exemptions Facilitating Consumers’ and Businesses’ Right to Repair Their Own Products

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Diagnosis, Theft, DMCA, Congress, Comment, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Motorcycle, Social media, Policy, News, Software, DOJ, Commission, Fraud, Fix, Federal Trade Commission, United States Copyright Office, FTC, Property management

Copyright Office to advocate for regulations that would facilitate consumers’ and businesses’ right to repair their own products.

Key Points: 
  • Copyright Office to advocate for regulations that would facilitate consumers’ and businesses’ right to repair their own products.
  • Promoting competition in repair markets benefits consumers and businesses by making it easier and cheaper to fix things they own.
  • Expanding repair exemptions can also remove barriers that limit the ability of independent service providers—including small businesses and entrepreneurs—to provide repair services.
  • In their joint comment, the FTC and DOJ expressed support for renewing, expanding, and adding some specific DMCA exemptions.

RAIR Technologies Launches RAIR.market, a White-label Web3 Marketplace and Integrated Management Platform for Enterprises

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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WILMINGTON, DE, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAIR Technologies ( https://rair.info ), today announced the release of its first production-ready product suite, RAIR.market.

Key Points: 
  • WILMINGTON, DE, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAIR Technologies ( https://rair.info ), today announced the release of its first production-ready product suite, RAIR.market.
  • From asset creation, to implementing DRM, royalties, and marketplace trade and execution, RAIR.market helps enterprises manage the full digital asset lifecycle in one secure white-label solution.
  • “Web3 is a rapidly expanding industry that will transform the way enterprises generate revenue, but the biggest challenge thus far has been how difficult Web3 is to use,” said Garrett Minks, CTO of RAIR Technologies.
  • “RAIR.market makes Web3 seamless for enterprises to manage with a branded, engaging experience all while protecting their critical proprietary data.”
    RAIR.market is available for enterprises now.

Raw Story Sues OpenAI for Violating Copyright Act

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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Raw Story, America’s largest independent progressive news site, today filed suit against OpenAI for using thousands of Raw Story’s news articles to train ChatGPT in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Key Points: 
  • Raw Story, America’s largest independent progressive news site, today filed suit against OpenAI for using thousands of Raw Story’s news articles to train ChatGPT in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
  • “Raw Story’s copyright-protected journalism is the result of significant efforts of human journalists who report the news,” said Raw Story Publisher Roxanne Cooper.
  • Begun as a small, one-man political blog, Raw Story grew to become the largest independent progressive news website in America.
  • The suit is case 24-cv-01514, Raw Story Media, Inc. et al v. OpenAI, Inc. et al.

Movie Producers Drop Copyright Lawsuit against Texas ISP

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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On October 27, 2023, a collection of movie producers including Millennium Media, Voltage Pictures, and Screen Media Ventures dismissed their copyright infringement lawsuit against Astound Broadband regional provider Grande Communications.

Key Points: 
  • On October 27, 2023, a collection of movie producers including Millennium Media, Voltage Pictures, and Screen Media Ventures dismissed their copyright infringement lawsuit against Astound Broadband regional provider Grande Communications.
  • The producers had filed suit against Grande in 2021, alleging that Grande had not done enough to stop internet users from pirating the producers’ films.
  • Grande denied the producers’ allegations and also contended that the producers’ claims were barred by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) safe harbor, because Grande implemented a company policy under which it terminated the internet access of customers accused of copyright infringement.
  • “The plaintiffs had an opportunity to vet our program, and after doing so they decided the case was not worth pursuing.

The Hidden Licensing and Security Risks Lurking in Open-Source Software

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Monday, September 25, 2023
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RIEGELSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- According to GitHub's 2022 Octoverse Report, 97% of the software code used within modern applications is open source, with 90% of companies leveraging the low-cost and agile benefits of OSS.(1) Synopsys researchers discovered that 84% of commercial and proprietary code bases have at least one known open-source vulnerability, and 48% contain high-risk vulnerabilities.(2) Walt Szablowski, Founder and Executive Chairman of Eracent, which has provided complete visibility into its large enterprise clients' networks for over two decades, cautions that "Many companies don't understand the licensing structure of open-source software and are opening themselves up to hidden risks and unnecessary liabilities. Companies need to scrutinize what they are buying to mitigate the cybersecurity and financial risks when relying on open-source software."

Key Points: 
  • It's imperative for all application users and developers to understand what licensing requirements and potential security risks are involved in widely used open-source software (OSS).
  • Companies need to scrutinize what they are buying to mitigate the cybersecurity and financial risks when relying on open-source software."
  • In contrast, proprietary software can only be accessed and modified by the company that owns the source code, which is protected by a proprietary software license.
  • One notable advantage of SBOMs is their capacity to assist organizations in identifying potential vulnerabilities within the components constituting a software application, thereby mitigating security risks.

Digimarc Launches Industry-First Secure, Automated, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE™) Digital Copyright Protection

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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Digimarc Validate is the industry’s first offering to empower content owners and creators with the ability to convey copyright ownership of images and digital media assets -- powered by the unique advantages of SAFE™ digital watermarks. (Photo: Business Wire)

Key Points: 
  • Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), the pioneer and widely-recognized leader in digital watermarking, today announced that Digimarc Validate has expanded its powerful identification and protection capabilities to the digital world.
  • Digimarc Validate is the industry’s first offering to empower content owners and creators with the ability to convey copyright ownership of images and digital media assets.
  • “We are excited to extend this powerful protection to the digital world today because the time for digital content owners to act is now.
  • Digimarc Validate applies digital watermarks to original digital content before distribution – analogous to adding a machine-readable “©” to those images – providing a clear signal of content ownership and authenticity.

News/Media Alliance Names Neil Quinter Chief Lobbyist as Public Policy and Advocacy Team Expands

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The News/Media Alliance has expanded its public policy team, with a final key role being filled today with the hiring of Neil Quinter as its new Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs. In this role, Quinter will work closely with the Alliance leadership team and staff to lead key legislative initiatives for the Alliance.

Key Points: 
  • In this role, Quinter will work closely with the Alliance leadership team and staff to lead key legislative initiatives for the Alliance.
  • Prior to joining the Alliance, Quinter served as Chief Counsel to U.S.
  • "I'm very excited to welcome Neil to the Alliance team," said Alliance President and CEO, Danielle Coffey.
  • Prior to joining the Alliance, she was Head of Public Policy in Spotify's government affairs group, where she led global policy development and advocacy related to intellectual property and music policy.

News/Media Alliance Names Regan Smith Senior Vice President & General Counsel

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The News/Media Alliance today welcomed Regan Smith to the organization as its new Senior Vice President & General Counsel. In this role, Smith will work closely with the Alliance leadership team and staff to lead legal affairs and related public policy initiatives for the Alliance.

Key Points: 
  • The News/Media Alliance today welcomed Regan Smith to the organization as its new Senior Vice President & General Counsel.
  • ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The News/Media Alliance today welcomed Regan Smith to the organization as its new Senior Vice President & General Counsel.
  • In this role, Smith will work closely with the Alliance leadership team and staff to lead legal affairs and related public policy initiatives for the Alliance.
  • "I'm very excited to welcome Regan to the Alliance team," said Alliance President and CEO, Danielle Coffey.

Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP and Matthew Butterick File Class Action Against Meta Platforms, Inc. for Copyright Infringement, DMCA Violations, Negligence, Unlawful Competition, and Unjust Enrichment

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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The lawsuit alleges direct and vicarious copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, negligence, unjust enrichment, and various violations of California's unfair competition laws.

Key Points: 
  • The lawsuit alleges direct and vicarious copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, negligence, unjust enrichment, and various violations of California's unfair competition laws.
  • As alleged in the complaint, LLaMA is a set of large language models created and maintained by Meta.
  • These models are trained on vast amounts of text to extract patterns and nuances from its training data.
  • Consequently, many of their copyrighted books appear in the dataset that Meta has admitted to using to train LLaMA.