Microsoft, Getty settle copyright dispute

Microsoft and Getty Images have settled a copyright dispute and agreed to work together to provide the digital media company’s images for the software giant’s products like Bing and Cortana.Getty had filed a complaint in September against the Bing Image Widget, launched in the previous month, which let publishers embed collages and slideshows of images from search results on their websites.In its copyright complaint against Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Getty alleged that the “beautiful, configurable image galleries and slideshows” typically consist of copyrighted images, including images whose copyrights are owned or controlled by Getty.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Case Ends, but Copyright Fight Goes On

At its April 15 conference, the Supreme Court declined to take up Authors Guild v. Google, effectively ending one of the defining copyright battles of the digital age. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google wins copyright battle over books

The US Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a group of authors who claim Google breached copyright laws by scanning books. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers’ Loss in GSU Copyright Case Just Got a Little Worse

In an order filed yesterday, a federal judge clarified that the publisher plaintiffs prevailed on just four counts of alleged infringement, rather than seven. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2016: Hachette CEO Presses Chinese Publishers, Blasts EU Copyright Proposals

Hachette CEO Arnaud Nourry said defeating the European Commission's copyright proposals should be the IPA's "number one" goal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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GSU Prevails (Again) in Key Copyright Case

A federal court has once again found that Georgia State University’s use of digitized copies for classroom use is protected by fair use. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Getty Foundation to issue $8.5 million in grants for Latino and Latin American-themed shows across SoCal

A show about the boundary-pushing art of radical Latin American women and another devoted to the science fiction of the Americas are just two of 43 exhibitions and events receiving $8.5 million in grants from the Getty Foundation as part of Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles/Latin America,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Supreme Court stays out of Batmobile case, a victory for DC Comics' copyright crusade

Pow! Zap! Bam! DC Comics has won its crusade against Batmobile duplicates. The comic book publisher's legal battle with a Temecula mechanic over knockoffs of Batman's prized vehicle won't go before the Supreme Court.  On Monday, the high court declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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DBW Preview: Dr. Jessica Sänger on Global Implications of Changing Copyright Law

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Cassandra Clare sued for copyright infringement

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Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo balk at UK's Investigatory Powers Bill

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Egmont signs Halo deal with Microsoft

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The suit had accused the Salinger Literary Trust of “tortiously interfering” with the Devault-Graves Agency's attempts to license foreign editions of its book, 'J.D. Salinger: Three Early Stories.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Anticipation builds ahead of EC's communication on copyright reform

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