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Title: MPAA: you can infringe copyright just by embedding a video
Post by: Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi) on April 11, 2012, 12:36:55 PM

The Motion Picture Association of America is squaring off against a coalition of Internet giants and public interest groups over the key question of whether it's possible to directly infringe copyright by embedding an image or video hosted by a third party.

A federal judge took that position last July, prompting a chorus of criticism. Two briefs—one by Google and Facebook, the other by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge—attacked the decision as contrary to past precedents and potentially disruptive to the Internet economy. They asked the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn it.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/mpaa-you-can-infringe-copyright-just-by-embedding-a-video.ars

Title: Re: MPAA: you can infringe copyright just by embedding a video
Post by: Matthew Chan on April 20, 2012, 01:15:43 AM

The MPAA is going to be a problem as with the other failed organizations that have tried to use the legal system for their copyright trolling efforts.