Law And Lawyers

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Coulton gave spike’s predessor permission to upload the video. (See extensive annotations.) However, viacom OWES ME sixty cents, because, hilariously, they pirated THIS VIDEO. Ask Viacom where my sixty cents is: www.viacom.com Jonathan Coulton’s Flickr video: www.jonathancoulton.com Where Is Jonathan Coulton’s 37 dollars? In which John Green examines the complicated relationship between Viacom and piracy: Viacom has filed a lawsuit against YouTube seeking more than a billion dollars in damages for the copyright infringement that was rife in the early days of YouTube. But John proves that spike.com, which is owned by Viacom, has been placing ads against content that doesn’t belong to them for years, including Jonathan Coulton’s brilliant music video “Flickr.” This video includes a snippet of “Flickr,” which is–like this video–released under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Creative Commons license. All of which is to say: Viacom, if you steal my video like you stole Coulton’s, I will sue you.

Posted by Sam Daniels

Ben Mankiewicz (filling in for Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks) and Ana Kasparian discuss a rather curious ruling made by a Brazilian judge, who awarded damages to a former McDonalds because he gained weight on the job. “Ana tells how she avoided the Coffee Bean 15.” Meanwhile in Canton, Ohio, a McDonalds is directing its employees to vote for Republican candidates, prompting a fiery protest from Ben. thinkprogress.org

Posted by Kimmy Jane

This is a video response to Thinking of filing a false DMCA claim by dprjones www.youtube.com www.copyright.gov The DMCA complaint sent to Youtube must contain: (i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. (vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. (f) Misrepresentations. – Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents under this section (1) that material or activity is infringing shall be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer. . . ————————————— Under certain rare circumstances you may be able to file a lawsuit anonymously. So says the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: www.internetdefamationlawblog.com Sealed Plaintiff v. Sealed Defendant #1, 06-1590-cv (2nd Cir. 2008) the Court found that a plaintiff may only sue anonymously if his need for anonymity outweighs both the prejudice to the opposing party and the publics interest in knowing the plaintiffs identity. It seems to me that you shouldnt have to give up your right to anonymity in Court in order to defend your right to speak anonymously on the internet. This is still unsettled law. I dont know whether a Court would rule that a YouTuber who has …

Posted by Ashley