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The announcement of the changes generated a flurry of comments on the social network, including a hoax copyright protection notice that suggested the changes would mean users no longer owned the copyright to the content they post on the site.
BBC: Privacy groups call for Facebook changes U-turn
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Music mogul Simon Fuller has settled a copyright battle with TV network Fox over the US version of The X Factor.
BBC: Simon Fuller settles US X Factor case
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Mr. Davidson belongs to a network of lawyers in five countries working to enforce copyright laws in an ethical way.
FORBES: Education Is Best Weapon Against Web Piracy, not SOPA
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Ivi tried to argue it was a cable-TV network for the purposes of these retransmission rights, because an exception to the Copyright Act gives cable operators the right to retransmit if they pay fees set by the Copyright Royalty Board, an arm of the Library of Congress.
FORBES: Court Calls Streaming-Video Service IVI A Deadly Threat To TV
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The company also said it would do a better job of restricting copyright violators on the Web from participating in Google's advertising network, and that it would take steps to make it easier for users to find and access previews of copyrighted material, such as songs or videos, on the first Web-search results page, rather than having to click on links to other websites.
WSJ: Google to Penalize Websites Flagged by Copyright Holders
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Aereo, Inc (12-2807-CV), citing the language of the Copyright Act, its legislative history and the Court's prior decisions, including the Cartoon Network LP, LLLP v.
ENGADGET: Aereo wins a crucial court battle, opens up partnership talks with ISPs and pay-TV providers
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It is clear that copyright law should not stand in the way of consumers using their own phones with the wireless network of their choice.
FORBES: Activists/Tech Groups Ask Congress to Seriously Fix Phone Unlocking, Not Just Check the Box
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Regardless of the fact that what triggered the news was one network's mistaken enablement of a series of syndicated shows, the point is that any station or copyright holder now has the power to restrict their content.
ENGADGET: TiVo 7.2 OS adds red flag content protection "feature"
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In October 2012, a change was made to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that temporarily allowed owners to unlock their smartphones without the need to ask their network beforehand.
BBC: US phone unlocking deadline expires