Articles Tagged with DMCA

Public.Resource.Org Sues for Declaratory Judgement on Standards Incorporated by Reference Updated: by

Last week, Public.Resource.Org, through their counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, filed an action for declaratory judgement against the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association, Inc. [SMACNA]. In its complaint, Public.Resource.org asserts that since SMACNA’s copyrighted standards were explicitly incorporated into federal and state law, they have become…

UMG Copyright Lawsuit Charges Grooveshark Execs, Employees With Massive Uploads of Infringing Tunes Updated: by

Record label UMG Recordings, Inc. sued Escape Media Group, Inc., the owner of online music streaming website Grooveshark, five of the company's executives, and two other employees for alleged copyright infringement. UMG's newest lawsuit contains purported email exchanges with company director Sina Simantob alleging, in part, that Escape "bet the…