The following is a piece written by Charles Sims and William Hart of Copyright Alliance Legal Advisory Board member Proskauer Rose LLP The Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of the district court’s dismissal of the “YouTube” case on April 5, 2012, was a long-awaited ruling, and not just by the parties to the case [...]

Today, many members of the Copyright Alliance, including, Directors Guild of America, Fox Audience Strategy,  NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, SAG-AFTRA, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Warner Bros. “joined forces” in announcing the launch of Got Your 6, a new veterans initiative supported by a coalition of non-profit organizations, the entertainment industry and government leaders. Got Your 6, which [...]

The Copyright Alliance joins hundreds of international negotiators and stakeholders in Dallas, Texas this week during the Tran-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. As one of 33 associations that signed a letter  delivered yesterday to the White House, the Copyright Alliance supports strong intellectual property enforcement for both the U.S. and its international trading partners. Strong copyright [...]

Today, the literary world lost an icon.  The author and illustrator of beloved – and groundbreaking – children’s books, Maurice Sendak passed away in Connecticut at the age of 83. Though easy to forget given its ubiquitous presence on child-sized bookshelves in homes, libraries and schools across the world, Sendak’s most famous work, “Where the [...]

You may not have realized it, but according to Public Knowledge and Google, today is Fair Use Day.  While the rest of the IP community celebrated World IP Day as declared by the World Intellectual Property Organization last week, PK and Google have for the last several years celebrated a separate Fair Use Day (FUD).  This [...]

Yesterday marked the 19th annual World Press Freedom Day.  The day, first designated by the UN General Assembly in 1993, is an occasion to honor the fundamental principles of a free press and the integral value of free speech.  It is also a day to honor the contributions made by journalists and photojournalists, who, as [...]

This week, telecom companies in the United Kingdom began blocking access to one of the world’s most notorious rogue sites, the Pirate Bay.  The action comes as a result of the High Court ruling issued last week ordering Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to the site. According to news reports, Virgin Media was [...]

This week the excellent blog, The Trichordist, posted a collection of quotes by musicians calling for what the blog calls “an ethical internet” – an internet that “preserves the rights and freedoms enjoyed in the physical world.”  With voices ranging from Bono and Elton John to Lupe Fiasco and Eminem, their quotes represent a range of [...]

Today the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) announced a Statement of Best Practices encouraging their members to adopt proactive measures to combat rogue websites dealing in counterfeit and infringing goods.  The Best Practices also have the support of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). The Statement suggests that advertisers [...]

Today, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the office’s annual “Special 301” Report on intellectual property rights and enforcement by US trading partners around the world.  The report reviewed the practices of 77 trading partners on IPR enforcement and market access measures. While this report confirms that the creative community continues to face steep [...]