Documents at the copyright office show that all of these moves came at the direction of Motown executives, who dispute Mr. Strong's claim of authorship.
Google 's legal battles with media companies over copyright issues show no sign of letting up.
Mr. Cohen said the measure was unnecessary because Google abided by existing copyright laws, showing only portions of published works on Google News, unless it had agreements in place to display full articles.
So, at the moment, the business world has a pretty well developed approach to data contracts while the underlying IP position remains unclear – although the history of the copyright industries shows IP rights following the money (computer software first got copyright protection in the UK in 1985; films, TV and radio broadcasts in 1956, sound recordings in 1911; and photographs in 1862).
(Angelo) 'Live From the PIT: Saturday Night!' (Saturday) Sketch students who have completed a weeklong course devised to simulate the "Saturday Night Live" writing process (taught by Ali Farahnakian, the Peoples Improv Theater founder and "SNL" alum) present the fruits of their labor in this carefully non-copyright-infringing show.
Rather, liability shall attach only in the case of "one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, [who] is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties".
If you post music, or a video,or any copyrighted material, show credits, or you could lose your account.
The lawsuit Viacom filed against YouTube last year to prevent people from posting snippets of Viacom's copyrighted television shows is the most obvious recent example.
The Sony court refused to hold the manufacturer and retailers of videotape recorders liable for contributory infringement despite evidence that such machines could be and were used to infringe plaintiffs' copyrighted television shows.
In 2001 new management stepped in to try and revive the franchise by offering slick features such as the ability to swap copyrighted TV shows over the Internet, all but daring Hollywood to wage a legal counterattack.
