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Metallica got censored in a weird way for a weird reason

February 21, 2021February 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments BlizzCon, DMCA, Metallica

Metallica was booked to perform a virtual gig at BlizzCon, which is an annual event dedicated to the video games

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Music News 

YouTube’s new policy on song snippets will cost musicians big bucks

August 28, 2019August 30, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Copyright, DMCA, Payments, Pex, Royalties, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

YouTube won’t be helping musicians track down and demand payment from people who use tiny snippets of their music –

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Controversy 

Telecom companies want the CRTC to block piracy sites (as they define them)

January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bell, Cinemas Guzzo, cineplex, Copyright, CRTC, Dancing Baby, DMCA, Net Neutrality, Piracy, Rogers

If telecom companies in Canada have their way, it’s possible net neutrality will be limited in the Great White North

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Controversy Tech 

Pizzagate, Pai and net neutrality: What happens next

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Amber Healy 1 Comment ACLU, Ajit Pai, DMCA, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Lawsuit, Net Neutrality, Pizzagate

As expected, the US Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted along party lines to repeal Obama-era net neutrality regulations. Just

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Tech 

Some Say the Internet Hasn’t Turned Out So Good for Musicians. This Video Explains.

February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments DMCA

Here’s producer T-Bone Burnett explaining why the Internet hasn’t turned out what it was supposed to be–especially for musicians. T

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Music Industry 

ISP to Pay $8.4 Million for Copyright Infringement

February 16, 2017February 15, 2017 Amber Healy 1 Comment BMG, Copyright, Cox Communications, DMCA, Infringement, Lawsuits

In what’s bound to be viewed a scary decision for internet service providers (ISPs), Cox Communications, a cable and internet

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Music News 

Weird ISP Piracy Case Gets Support from RIAA, MPAA

January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 Amber Healy 1 Comment BitTorrent, BMG, Copyright, Cox Communication, DMCA, Infringement, MPAA, RIAA, Windstream

A federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated

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Music Industry 

Even Lawyers Make Predictions: Music Laws to Watch in 2017

December 30, 2016December 29, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments ASCAP, BMI, Capitol Records, consent decrees, DMCA, Lawsuits, Net Neutrality, RIAA, The Slants, Trump, Vimeo

‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016

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Music Industry 

Safe Harbour Provisions and Copyright Laws: A Fun Day In Court

December 19, 2016December 18, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments Capitol Records, Copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, Lawsuits, Safe Harbor, takedown notice, Vimeo

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has within it something called “safe harbour” provisions, intended to protect internet providers from

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Music News 

No “Safe Harbor” in DMCA for Repeat Copyright Infringers

October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments Copyright Infringement, DMCA, EMI, Lawsuits, Michael Robertson, MP3Tunes, Safe Harbor, sideloader, Sony Corp, Universal Music

An early cloud service for the storing and sharing of MP3s was led by a CEO who knowingly encouraged his

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Music Industry 

Have You Noticed Certain Music Videos Disappearing from Your Facebook Feed? Here’s Why.

October 12, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment DMCA, Facebook

Cover videos are really popular on YouTube. People set up a camera and recorded themselves singing and performing a favourite

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