TechCrunch:Expanded DMCA Still Has Limits 29
An anonymous reader writes "Last week, in a blow to the content industry, the Ninth Circuit granted Veoh a pyrrhic victory against Universal Music Group and clarified the scope of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provisions for online service providers. By adopting a position taken by the Second Circuit in Viacom v. YouTube, the decision harmonized the law in two intellectually influential jurisdictions and set the standard in New York and California, national hubs for content creation and technological innovation. Going forward, tech startups will have more room to innovate while facing decreased risk of crippling financial liability. An article by two IP lawyers published today in TechCrunch simplifies and explains the scope of safe harbor protection in light of these rulings.
Re:Pyrrhic victory (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Pyrrhic victory (Score:5, Insightful)
Pyrrhus was fighting the Romans and despite inflicting heavier losses and winning the battles the Romans had far more men to resupply with which was why these "victories" would be his undoing. Veoh won, but still lost because they ran out of money while their opponent had much deeper pockets. How could it get any more appropriate than that?
Re:It doesn't have enough limits (Score:4, Insightful)
Until recently, owning a person used to be legal. Today, it is legal to own both ideas (patents) and culture (copyright). Let's hope this changes rather swiftly -- I'm quite sure it will change eventually.
Re:Legal system is broken, NOT DMCA. (Score:4, Insightful)
Even if the DMCA is complete bullshit, proper, thorough, and EQUAL enforcement of the laws we already have on the books will do ten times as good as writing new ones.
Right now, "The rich and politically well connected possess immunity" is an implied part of the constitution.
If the law were enforced as written most of the elite would be rotting in prison.