The service which claimed it had discovered a "loophole" in copyright law and had been represented by high powered lawyers just got slapped down on every element of it's argument by a Federal Judge in which he ordered the service shut down while the case continues. My two favorite highlights
" As the copyright holders, Plaintiffs have the exclusive right to decide when, where, to whom, and for how much they will authorize transmission of their Copyrighted Works to the public.” and " Defendants’ transmissions are “to the public” for purposes of the transmission clause. Customers watching one of Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works on their computer through Zediva’s system are not necessarily watching it in a “public place,”"but those customers are nonetheless members of “the public.” Full article here http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/zediva-preliminary-injunction/ -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected]
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