Pinterest, itself, is well-protected from lawsuits because of its policies and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
The point of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was to protect content holders and prevent piracy.
One of the key issues in the case is the interpretation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Google receives 20 million "takedown" requests, officially known as DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notices, a month.
Their argument is rooted, ironically, in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act that U.S. lawmakers approved in 1998.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1999 prohibits users from circumventing technological locks that protect proprietary content.
The industry's most powerful legal weapon in the United States is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
The Siegel family enjoyed rare success under the Copyright Act, achieving a court ruling in 2008 in its favor.
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The site has already had to remove several designs after receiving takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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In 1997, the Siegel heirs filed notice under the Copyright Act, formally seeking to reclaim 50% of the Superman copyrights.
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To short circuit that process a major revamp of the Copyright Act would be necessary a laughable proposition in current Washington.
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The case centered on whether YouTube qualified for a safe harbor created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA).
Fung argued that he was shielded from liability by the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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With the 1976 Act, Congress added 19 years to the original 56-year copyright term established by the previous 1909 Copyright Act.
Determining whether Google will face a similar fate is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a notoriously murky law created in 1999.
The last time the Copyright Act was reviewed extensively was in late 1970s, notes Judy Roth, a partner at Schiff Hardin.
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act could also inhibit innovation, argue its critics.
If Warner Bros. and DC are in the role of Superman in this long-lasting battle, then surely the Copyright Act is the Kryptonite.
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Encryption codes like the one revealed on Digg are covered by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a notoriously murky piece of legislation.
But it turned out that ClearPlay had friends in the right places Congress amended the Copyright Act to clarify that ClearPlay was not infringing.
Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998, making it illegal to access copyrighted content and break digital rights management technologies.
But unlike Real DVD, those programs break the encryption on discs and thus violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's prohibition on circumventing copyright protections.
The current enforcement approach for larger content distributors is the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), which enables law enforcement to submit immediate takedown notices.
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The record industry body argued that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act allowed them to subpoena information about suspected pirates without first seeking a judge's blessing.
Ron Wyden, D-Ore. introduced the Internet Radio Fairness Act to end provisions in the Copyright Act that favor incumbents over new entrants offering online music.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation won regulatory approval for three exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, including one that covers jailbreaking smartphones.
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Aereo, Inc (12-2807-CV), citing the language of the Copyright Act, its legislative history and the Court's prior decisions, including the Cartoon Network LP, LLLP v.
Thanks in part to her conversations with legal experts about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, she concluded that her potential legal liability would be small.
The framers of the 1976 Copyright Act took counsel from publishers, the recording industry, broadcasters and others with a vested interest in preserving the status quo.
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The bill gives consumers new avenues to unlock their devices and media under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in ways that do not infringe on copyright.
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