New Copyright Regs, Compendium, and More
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EntertainmentLawUpdateEpisode130 – (view transcript)
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We start off our show this time around with some hot, delicious, fresh-from-the-oven BREAKING NEWS:
US COPYRIGHT OFFICE WILL IMPLEMENT A NEW GROUP REGISTRATION OPTION FOR MUSICAL WORKS THAT ARE PUBLISHED ON THE SAME ALBUM.
NEW COMPENDIUM COMING THIS MONTH
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/14/2021-00604/compendium-of-us-copyright-office-practices
- https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/
- https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/01/21/copyright-office-updates-third-edition-compendium-practices-focus-registration-refusals-intervening-scotus-case-law/id=129213/
BEVERLY HILLS POLICE OFFICER USES COPYRIGHT TO AVOID LIVE STREAMING
- https://www.inputmag.com/culture/are-cops-playing-copyrighted-music-while-being-recorded-to-trigger-takedowns
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxb94/is-this-beverly-hills-cop-playing-sublimes-santeria-to-avoid-being-livestreamed
- https://cpj.org/2021/02/u-s-copyright-law-fake-gmail-accounts-censor-report-gambling-kenya/ (sidenote)
SCOTUS DENIES CERT TO JACK DANIELS AND MOODSTERS STORIES.
DESIRE LLC V. MANNA TEXTILES
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/17-56641/17-56641-2021-02-02.html
- https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/no-matter-how-many-touched-the-flowers-8515699/
- https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-interplay-between-statutory-damages-4710357/
COX APPEAL AND CIRCUIT SPLIT
- https://torrentfreak.com/cox-appeals-1-billion-piracy-damages-verdict-doesnt-have-to-pay-yet-210213/
FILMING PERMITS ARE STRICKEN DOWN ON 1ST AMENDMENT GROUNDS
GOOGLE TO PAY FOR NEWS IN SOME COUNTRIES, NOT OTHERS
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-24/australia-says-inevitable-google-others-have-to-pay-for-news
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-media-regulator/australia-to-make-facebook-google-pay-news-outlets-for-content-idUSKBN28I0E3
- https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-agrees-to-pay-for-australian-news/395153/amp/
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-media-google-idUSKBN2A50FB
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/google-agrees-to-pay-french-publishers-for-news.html
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/media/facebook-australia-news-ban/index.html (while facebook says, forget it)
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/facebook-news-ban-what-just-happened-post-zuckerberg/13166710
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/tech/facebook-australia-global-backlash/index.html
SOCIAL MEDIA RUNDOWN
- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/facebook-oversight-board-says-nipple-moderation-can-hurt-womens-free-speech
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2021/01/28/amazon-and-twitter-deplatforming-parler-and-trump-is-it-legal/?sh=35c7b5377d25
- https://vblsa.org/google-and-twitter-defeat-lawsuit-over-account-suspensions-terminations-delima-v-google-technology-marketing-law-blog/ (see also, focus on twitter lawsuit)