[digital-copyright] In the news.

["Jin hoon Lee" <JHLee@xxxxxxxx>]

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ACTA is part of a multi-decade, worldwide copyright campaign.
By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, February 20, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/72h8wwq

"At the urging of major copyright holders, the Obama administration has
been working to export restrictive American copyright laws abroad. The
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is just the most visible
component of this ambitious and ..."

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How YouTube Fights Copyright Infringement.
By Christina Warren, Mashable, February 18, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7hfhzoq

"One of the biggest issues that video-sharing sites such as YouTube face
is dealing with issues surrounding copyright infringement. Even though
YouTube users are instructed to only upload content that belongs to them
and that they have the right to use, ..."

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Spider-Man, Pfizer-Sanofi, Apple: Intellectual Property.
By Ellen Rosen, BusinessWeek, February 21, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7a7jv2g

"(This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks,
copyright and other intellectual property topics.) (Updates Apple item
in Trademark section and adds EU court ruling on unauthorized use of
files in Copyright.)"

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European Union Limits Copyright Law.
By Bert Markgraf, Infoboom, February 20, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7klxl5z

"Many companies fall on both sides of the issue in that they don't want
their copyrighted material distributed and used illegally, but they also
don't want to inadvertently expose themselves to legal action from
carrying on their normal business ..."

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Feds seize $50 million in Megaupload assets, lodge new charges.
By David Kravets, Ars Technica, February 18, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7rzxerv

"The authorities said Friday they have seized $50 million in
Megaupload-related assets and added additional charges in one of the
United States' largest criminal copyright infringement ..."

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Philip K. Dick Estate Drops 'Adjustment Bureau' Copyright Lawsuit
(Exclusive).
By Matthew Belloni, Hollywood Reporter, February 17, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7comz54

The estate of author Philip K. Dick has agreed to dismiss its
high-profile lawsuit against The Adjustment Bureau producer Media Rights
Capital and filmmaker George Nolfi after a judge threw out key parts of
the case. The dismissal papers were filed ...

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New Cybersecurity Act Would Undermine FOIA and Whistleblower
Protections.
By DANA LIEBELSON, Project on Government Oversight (blog), February 17,
2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7gkeeyk

"With all the uproar over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the
Protect IP Act (PIPA)--both of which prompted widespread online
protests--it was easy to forget that the Senate had another
cybersecurity bill in the works."

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Panel Rules That Music Played at Restaurant Breached Copyrights.
By KENNETH OFGANG, Metropolitan News-Enterprise, February 17, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7umceof

"Greene explained that ASCAP, after several years of letters asking the
restaurant to stop playing copyrighted music or to pay for it, sent him
to the Seabird to investigate. He said he had performed hundreds of
similar investigations over the years."

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