Spain Launches First Legal Online Registry for Content (The Hollywood Reporter)
Spain announced the creation of Registro On Line, a free online copyright registry trumpeted as the first in the world to offer a legally binding guarantee in the United States and Spain.
Hurt Pirates by Targeting Their Ad Money, Says Rock Star (paidContent)
David Lowery, lead singer of the rock band Cracker, says the best way to fight piracy is to hurt the pirates in the pocket book by cutting off their ad money, and specifically by naming and shaming the advertisers who allow the pirates to make money.
Google: Copyright Removal Requests Spike to 2.5 Million Per Week (The Hill)
Google announced that the number of requests it receives each week to remove links to allegedly infringing websites has risen from 250,000 per week to more than 2.5 million per week over the past six months.
Content Delivery Booms: Outbrain Buys Firm that Brings Media to Brands (paidContent)
The way content is being passed around the internet is changing, with companies like Outbrain that are making it possible for businesses to access and host content without engaging in costly licensing negotiations or piracy.
BRICs Score Lowest on IP Protection Index (Reuters)
A new U.S. Chamber of Commerce index intended as a tool for U.S. policymakers to push for tough protections of U.S. intellectual property gave Brazil, Russia, India and China the worst scores for protecting intellectual property.
Keith Kupferschmid is General Counsel and SVP, Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement at SIIA.