In the June 2011 issue of Socially Aware, we reported on a Brussels Court of Appeal ruling in favor of Copiepresse, the Belgian association for the protection of French-language press copyright, in a case against Google. To recap, on May 5, 2011, the Brussels Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling that Google had infringed copyright when… Continue Reading
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A Short History Of Social Media
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Posted in Status UpdatesFacebook’s Motion to Dismiss Denied A federal court in Texas denied Facebook’s motion to dismiss or transfer to California a declaratory judgment suit filed by Lamebook, a self-described parody website that Facebook asserts is infringing its trademarks. New Jersey Supreme Court on Defamatory Comments The New Jersey Supreme court held recently that a person who… Continue Reading
Linking Liability: One Win, One Loss for Google in Europe
Posted in CopyrightAlthough Google has been generally successful to date in defending against copyright claims in the United States, it has had a more mixed track record in Europe. Recently, Google scored a victory in France in an infringement suit over Google’s linking to music file sharing sites, but suffered a setback in Belgium with respect to… Continue Reading