Zuffa serves Google with a DMCA (copyright) complaint

http://www.mmamania.com/2010/11/23/1831940/zuffa-serves-google-with-a-dmca-copyright-complaint-in-an-effort-to
Zuffa serves Google with a DMCA (copyright) complaint in an effort to disable search engine links to illegal streams of UFC events."Zuffa, LLC hereby demands that Google promptly remove and disable the links to all unauthorized copies of works whose copyrights are owned by Zuffa, LLC of which it is aware, including the infringing files identified in this email."See the entire complaint here.

http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=50280

Welcome to last week.

I got Google via unanimous decision.

UFC wants Google to not be google huh? Good luck with that Zuffa.

Google should respond by removing all links to UFC related material.

lol, that would definetly give Zuffa a voluminous dosage of their own medicine.

http://mmapayout.com/2011/04/new-article-zuffa-lacks-legal-ammunition-to-defeat-online-piracy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Payout+%28Payout%29

New Article: Zuffa Lacks Legal Ammunition to Defeat Online Piracy

April 21, 2011

“Technical Knockout”, a student note by Keith Black, recently published in Fordham Law’s Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal, discusses Zuffa’s battle to combat online piracy of its pay-per-views. Specifically the note discusses recent decisions regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in federal courts, including a recent decision in Viacom v. YouTube.

Black discusses the trend in district courts to heavily favor websites, as opposed to content providers, and how that trend severely cripples Zuffa’s chances of preventing piracy. Specifically, Black hypothesizes that in any lawsuit brought by Zuffa under the DMCA against websites notorious for hosting live, illicit streams of its pay-per-views, said websites would be protected from liability for copyright infringement. The DMCA’s wide-reach safe-harbor might protect even the most nefarious websites from infringement liability. The article discusses how the DMCA provides Zuffa with well-intentioned, but ultimately ineffective, methods of protecting its copyrights.

Further, Black distinguishes live pay-per-view events should, from the static video posted on YouTube, and why the former is entitled to an entirely new, and currently not enatced, level of protection than the latter. Further, pending legislation is criticized for not being powerful enough to aid Zuffa’s fight against piracy. Black provides several remedial measures that could help Zuffa, including a federally sanctioned dialogue between content providers and websites hosting live streaming video to help stomp out live, streaming piracy.


Link to full article in Fordham Law’s Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal:
http://iplj.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/C05_Black_20110412.pdf

LOL, zuffa

HA HA HA jokes on them, I use stumbleupon to find my stuff

Long story short

The way things are right now, just about anyone can stream or upload copyrighted content and service providers are not liable for infringement, as long as they are not completely stupid.

DMCA provisions say the copyright holder, zuffa has to more or less do their own policing. A service provider doesn't. but does have to adhere to a process to comply with infringement notification.

Dude talks about potential recommendations for new and revisions to existing copy write infringement policy documents, creating a registration system for copywriter holders, providers and like parties, and a bunch of other stuff that would probably not pass through the courts anytime soon based on the consistency of rulings in cases dealing with the issue.

Things are sounding good in the watch what you want on the internet front.

Really, who these days doesn't watch whatever it is they want to when they want to that knows how to?

what do you think andrew? do you think you guys can take down google?

The Internet is for reaallll

It really is a giant waste of money for a battle they won't win. You think they would be smart enough to realize