Category: Copyright Infringement

Copyright rights attached the moment “original works of authorship” are fixed in any tangible medium of expression. At that moment, the copyright owner has the exclusive right to distribute, reproduce, publicly display or perform, and to prepare derivative works of the copyrighted work.   Registration is not required to receive these rights. However, formal registration […]

Hello. My name is John De Giacomo. I’m a copyright attorney and internet lawyer with Revision Legal which is an internet law firm. Today I’d like to talk to you about what you should do when you receive a copyright cease and desist letter. You’ve received a copyright cease and desist letter; it’s a pretty […]

Have you been wrongfully targeted by a notice sent by IP Arrow under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? If so, Revision Legal’s copyright lawyers regularly defend against false DMCA notices or takedowns. If you believe that you have been wrongfully targeted by IP Arrow with a DMCA takedown, or if you believe that your use […]

Website copyright infringement is pervasive on the Internet. You do not, however, have to accept website copyright infringement as a pain of doing business on the Internet. Even if you have not filed for copyright registration, you can still claim common law copyright rights, which are created at the moment your website content is “fixed […]

Hi, everyone. This is John Di Giacomo. I’m an attorney and partner with Revision Legal. We are an internet law firm with an specialty with copyright law. I’d like to talk to you today about CEG Tek. CEG Tek appears to outsiders to be a new player in the realm of commoditized copyright infringement take down […]

The law firm of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. has filed a new mass copyright infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois. This lawsuit, titled BKGTH Productions LLC, v. Does 1-87 and filed under case number 1:13-cv-04712, alleges that the 87 John Doe defendants listed in the case are liable for copyright infringement of “Bad Kids […]

CEG TEK International, also known as Copyright Enforcement Group and copyrightsettlements.com, has undertaken a new copyright infringement notice campaign whereby it has sent hundereds, if not thousands, of notices of infringement under the subject line “Notice of Unauthorized Use of Copyrights Owned by AKM Images / GSI Media.” The only problem: many of these notices […]

Copyright Enforcement Group, previously known for sending threat letters and filing lawsuits against bittorrent downloaders, is now targeting website owners with copyright infringement threat letters for the use of purportedly copyrighted photos. The company asserting copyright infringement is AKM Images / GSI Media, and the letters have been demanding $500 in settlement of the claim. The […]

Hollywood studios have issued Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedowns concerning Kim Dotcom’s new Mega service, which provides its users with 50 GB of upload space and encrypted files. Warner Brothers and NBC Universal have issued DMCA takedown requests to Google requesting that the search engine provider remove the Mega service from its listings. This request […]

Malibu Media, known on the Internet as a copyright troll, has again filed over twenty copyright infringement lawsuits in the Eastern District of Michigan through counsel Paul J. Nicoletti. If you have been targeted by Malibu Media for copyright infringement within the Eastern District of Michigan, contact the expert copyright lawyers at Revision Legal at […]