Tag: Copyright

Lil’ Kim Took a Redditor’s Awesome Zombie Makeup Art and Used It to Promote Her New Song
So, Lil' Kim has a new album coming out and has been promoting a new song called "Dead Gal Walking." It's maki...
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Somebody Finally Figured Out How To Make A Halloween Game
John Carpenter's Halloween is one of the most fondly remembered and successful horror films ever made. It probably wouldn't make a very good game though. Anybody remember...
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Pinterest, Getty Ink Image Metadata Deal
Thanks to a new partnership with Getty Images, Pinterest is about to provide a whole bunch of metadata to millions of photos that are pinned on the site. Starting soon, the Get...
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Spotify Sued Over User-Curated Playlists That Mimic Compilation Albums
Does creating a playlist that mirrors an established company's own playlists amount to infringement? Or more specifically, does allowing your users to create similar playlists and...
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Grooveshark Settles Sony Lawsuit, Signs License Agreement
Grooveshark this week announced that it has reached a settlement with Sony/ATV over a long-fought copyright infringement lawsuit. Sony is one of four major music labels that have...
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Facebook Doesn’t Want Third-Party Apps Using ‘Insta’ Or ‘Gram’ In Their Names
Instagram is no longer allowing third-party apps that provide additional functionality to its product to have the words (or partial words) "Insta" or "Gram" in them. The Facebook-o...
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Bing Now Lets You Search Images By Usage Rights
Bing has launched a new image search feature that allows you to filter image results by license. You can elect to see only results in the public domain, those that are "free to sha...
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YouTube Explains Copyright In The Best Way Possible
Copyright law is confusing. Even lawyers have trouble grasping copyright law, so it stands to reason that regular ol' content producers on YouTube would have trouble as well. Don't...
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Adam Carolla Lawsuit: Radio Personality Sued By Friend Again
Adam Carolla is now embroiled in another lawsuit being brought against him by the friend who previously brought a lawsuit against the Internet and radio personality....
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Belgian RIAA Demands An Internet Tax To Pay For Losses Due To Piracy
Content owners say piracy is the number one problem facing content owners. These groups have tried...
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The Pirate Bay Moves To Iceland After Getting Kicked Out Of Greeland
The Pirate Bay has been on the move quite a bit these past few months. The infamous Web site anticipated that its .se...
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Will the “Six Strikes” Copyright Alert System Hurt Consumers And Small Businesses?
Piracy is a problem that needs to be dealt with. I don't think anybody is going to refute that. Where people are divided is how we actually deal with this problem. After years of r...
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The Pirate Bay Sets Sail For Norway, Spain
The Pirate Bay was founded in Sweden, and has remained in the country since. That all changed this week, however, as the most infamous site on the Internet has been forced to move....
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New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidate Speaks Out Against The Six Strikes Program
It was widely reported that the Copyright Alert System was "turned on"...
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