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Artists Join Alki David's Class Action Lawsuit Against CBS and CNET Over Illegal File Trading and Copyright Infringement

Internet media entrepreneur Alki David, songwriters and artists are working together to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against CBS subsidiaries CNET and CBS Interactive for profiting and generating billions of dollars by distributing illegal file trading software.

 

How to Protect, Manage and Exploit Intellectual Property, Trademarks and Copyrights using a new ICANN Top-Level Domain TLD Name Extension

How will the Entertainment Industry and Brands protect, manage and exploit their Intellectual Property (IP), Trademarks and Copyrights leveraging a new ICANN Top-Level Domain (TLD) name extension?

Music Coalition, Hollywood Movie & TV Industry support IP Protect Act, following COICA's footsteps

A letter from 170 businesses, trade associations and professional organizations was sent to members of the U.S. Senate voicing support for the PROTECT IP Act that follows the footsteps of COICA (Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act)....

Eric Schmidt: Google will fight anti-piracy efforts and not block access to illegal, copyright infringing pirate sites like Pirate Bay

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has spoken against government's plans to block access to illegal file-sharing websites, such as Pirate Bay. Schmidt alleges that such a move could set a "disastrous precedent" for freedom of speech.

Schmidt stated that "If there is a law that requires DNSs [which allows users to connect to websites] to do X and it's passed by both houses of congress and signed by the president of the United States and we disagree with it then we would still fight it."

"If it's a request the answer is we wouldn't do it, if it's a discussion we wouldn't do it," added Schmidt.

It is common knowledge that Google profits from ad placement no matter whether the content is licensed or not. According to recent studies, nearly 25% of global Internet bandwidth is used for downloading copyrighted works illegally. It is reasonable to assume that, since Google is beneficiary of traffic generation and profiting through it, they would be hurt financially by such a measure to protect copyright from infringers.

Support fair pay for radio airplay and a performance right for musicians and recording artists

Unlike most international countries, artists performing a song on the radio in the U.S.A are not paid. For example, Ricky Martin does not get paid a dime from radio royalties, when terrestrial radio plays his smash hit Livin' La Vida Loca. When radi...