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Speculation is not enough for triable issue of access in copyright infringement case

Published 16th March 2017

Will Loomis, composer of the song “Bright Red Chords,” alleged that the defendants stole a two-measure vocal melody and used it as the theme for the verse melody in their hit song “Domino.” The panel held that Loomis did not put forth any potentially admissible evidence to establish that the Domino songwriters had access to Bright Red Chords, either on a chain-of-events theory or a widespread-dissemination theory. Accordingly, he failed to establish copyright infringement.

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Russian federal authorities proposed to mitigate new regulation for OTT-services operating in Russia

Published 15th March 2017

Two Russian federal authorities proposed to amend draft law on OTT-services operating in Russia. Russian ministry of communication (MinCom) and Federal anti-monopoly service (FAS). MinCom proposed to exclude social networks and services like YouTube from scope of regulation. FAS proposed to exclude services from scope of regulation under the principle of residency.

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Music Community’s joint supplemental comments on implementation of safe harbour provisions in USA

Published 9th March 2017

Many service providers readily claim in their comments that the DMCA safe harbors, as interpreted by the courts and certain advocates, give service providers blanket immunity from damages liability for copyright infringement as long as they respond to takedown notices and terminate users they deem to be repeat infringers.

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Russian right holders don’t receive financial guarantees for digital rights in Russia unlike musical majors

Published 6th March 2017

Or in other words – why such major companies like Universal, Warner etc. receive much more money for their copyright in content exploited in Russian social networks and they receive money in advance, but Russian music publishers and record labels receive much lesser, in best case, if nothing at all?

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UK IPO calls for views on illicit IPTV streaming devices

Published 28th February 2017

Internet Protocol television (IPTV) boxes (also known as set-top boxes, Android TV boxes or Kodi boxes) are small plug and play media servers, originally designed to allow consumers to stream legitimate content (locally stored or legal online content). Despite the legitimate use of this equipment, software is widely available (like Kodi extensions) which connect the boxes to illegal content through streaming websites, file lockers and BitTorrent trackers.

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