copyright

Still waiting for change you can believe in? Well, believe this: the White House just declared an intellectual property treaty a state secret and denied Freedom of Information Act requests asking that it reveal the details of an international treaty that could have huge effects on how information is disseminated online.

Google has started paying authors of out-of-print books under a $125 million copyright settlement agreement reached in October concerning Google Book Search. Authors and publishers around the world are receiving detailed information about their legal rights and options by email and postal mail. Class members can visit this Web site for complete information about the settlement.

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement case against online television service Veoh.The copyright infringement suit was filed by adult entertainment company Io Group, and the complaint argued Veoh had not done enough to prevent users from uploading copyrighted clips of 10 Io adult sex films.

Highly public position allegedly caused confusion with readers who attributed his personal views to be Google's opinions.

Noted Internet law expert Michael Geist criticized an opinion piece appearing in a Canadian newspaper as "astonishingly misleading and factually incorrect."

Yahoo China got smacked by a Beijing appeals court that ruled deep linking to pirated music violates China's copyright laws, making the company a facilitator of copyright infringement.

YouTube has become extremely popular but still has plenty of issues with copyright infringement.

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) sent a report yesterday to members of Congress detailing the extent of likely copyright violations on Google Video.