Google Presses Fair Use Case in Book Scanning Appeal (paidContent)
Google asked an appeals court to throw out a ruling that let the Authors Guild move forward with a long-running class action case over Google’s book scanning project. Google renewed its fair use argument and says the case should be decided on a book-by-book basis.
China Official Defends Record on Fighting IPR Thieves (Variety)
The head of China’s State Intellectual Property Office acknowledged a piracy problem in China, but says the Western media has ignored the government’s efforts to combat piracy, and instead has highlighted the negatives.
iOS Apps Hijack Twitter Accounts, Post False”Confessions” of Piracy (Ars Technica)
iOS application developer Enfour is fighting piracy by auto-posting tweets to users’ accounts to shame them for being pirates, but a “glitch in the anti-piracy measures” caused the auto-tweeting to affect a huge portion of its paid user base.
Man Sentenced to 36 Months for $2.5M in Software Piracy (Equities.com)
A Virginia man was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $2.5 million for selling thousands of units of counterfeit and pirated software.
D.C. Circuit Voids $743K Restitution Order in Pirated Software Case (LegalTimes)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled to vacate a court order that required the defendant pay Adobe $743,098 (the amount equivalent to the sale of pirated software), because the government failed to show Adobe’s actual losses from the copyright infringement.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.