Category: Copyright Infringement

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provisions protected YouTube from copyright liability. Here’s how DMCA safe harbor works for online platforms.

A court ruled that a media monitoring service’s copying of news content was not protected by copyright fair use. Here’s what the decision means for content aggregators.

Internet service providers tracked illegal downloading under the Copyright Alert System. Here’s how the six-strike system worked and what happened to subscribers caught.

A court ruled that streaming broadcast content over the internet did not constitute copyright infringement. Here’s what the decision means for streaming services.

A copyright dispute involving a Kardashian photo raised key questions for photographers about image rights online. Here’s what the case means for photo copyright.

The 9th Circuit ruled that sending MMS messages containing copyrighted content does not constitute copyright infringement. Here’s the reasoning and implications.

The Supreme Court held that the first sale doctrine applies to foreign-made goods sold in the U.S. Here’s what the ruling means for copyright and resale rights.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard a landmark case on the copyright first sale doctrine and foreign-manufactured goods. Here’s what was at stake and how it was decided.

The Copyright Office ruled that jailbreaking cell phones is legal under the DMCA but did not extend the exemption to tablets. Here’s what the decision means.

A web host was held liable for contributory copyright infringement based on user-uploaded content. Here’s what the ruling means for platform and hosting liability.