Google Books Lawsuit Lurches Forward (paidContent)
The Authors Guild revived a class-action lawsuit over Google’s massive book scanning project in new filings this week demanding Google pay authors for scanning their works without permission.
AP Sues Meltwater News Claiming Copyright Offense (Bloomberg)
The Associated Press is suing digital news distributor, Meltwater News, for infringing on AP copyrights by illegally selling and distributing content created by the AP.
Copyright Tribunal Says Businesses Need License to Use Google News (Wired)
In a long running case between the Newspaper Licensing Association and media-monitoring service Meltwater, the Copyright Tribunal ruled that Meltwater must hold a license to use media aggregators like Google News and Alerts. In the same trial, the Tribunal also decreased the NLA’s proposed fee increases.
Pinterest: Is it a Facebook or a Grokster? (paidContent)
While Pinterest’s soaring popularity has led it to be dubbed the “next Facebook,” all the hype has also brought attention from angry copyright owners who are complaining that their images are being used without permission by users on Pinterest’s site.
Pirate Bay to Replace All Torrent Files with Magnet Links (Herald Sun)
The Pirate Bay announced it will be deleting all torrent files (but they would remain available through magnet links) in order to become more resistant to being shut down, since the content would no longer be downloaded directly from the Pirate Bay’s servers.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.