Google Advised Pirate Sites Internet search business advised sites offering illegal downloads to place ads on keywords such as 'pirated' and 'bootleg', gave credit and accepted sponsorship from TheDownloadPlace.com, MoviesAdvance.com and EasyDownloadCenter.com, sites run by Brandon Drury and Luke Sample 13.02.07 Guardian, Internet Piracy
Not Your Tube Viacom, owner of MTV, has asked YouTube to remove 100k files over which it claims copyright, prolonged talks to reach deal on 'fair use' have failed to reach conclusion 05.02.07 BBC, Copyright, Internet Regulation, Media Law
Google Images US court has ruled that Google breached porn site's copyright in showing thumbnail image in search results 23.02.06 Financial Times, Copyright
Google to Remove Copiepresse Content In an eagerly awaited judgment, a Brussels court has largely confirmed a preliminary order in favour of Copiepresse, a trade association representing French and German newspapers, in a copyright infringement action, Google News must remove all Copiepresse-owner material on pain of daily penalties 26.02.07 Copyright, EU Law, Internet Regulation, Media Law
ECJ Rules Against Google News Court of First Instance has found for Copiepresse, which brought claim against Google News, ordered to remove content from cache on its servers and remove links to articles, Court said excerpts were copyright but did not explicitly decide on status of hyperlink to cached article 07.11.06 Eversheds, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Internet Regulation, Media Law
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