As reported on Google’s policy blog and in the New York Times, YouTube today announced that it will provide legal indemnification for a handful of uploaded videos that are “best examples” of fair use, but nonetheless have been the subject of takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  The videos selected will be showcased on YouTube’s page devoted to…

  Today, Google announced that it would defend selected YouTube videos in court, if necessary, when it determined that those videos were fair uses and had received a DMCA takedown notice. The following can be attributed to Sherwin Siy, VP of Legal Affairs for Public Knowledge: “This is a great idea. While it only will affect a handful of videos…

  Today, Google announced that it would create a sort of legal defense fund for fair use YouTube videos that have received DMCA takedown notices. Under the new program, Google has selected a handful of videos as clear fair uses, despite accusations of copyright holders, and will indemnify the uploaders for up to $1 million in legal fees and possible…

Re:Create Coalition Convenes Policy Experts And Creators For Copyright Event In DC. On November 17, the Re:Create Coalition hosted Create.Innovate.Reform. – a policy event at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library that featured three panel discussions: new creators in the digital economy, modernization of the U.S. Copyright Office and the future of copyright. Covering the event was Jimm Phillips…

  This post is the fourth installment of #CopyrightwithCourtney, a series from Courtney Duffy on the copyright challenges faced by artists in various disciplines. Courtney is the Robert W. Deutsch Arts & Technology Policy Fellow at Public Knowledge. You can read her other posts in the series here. You’ll find her on Twitter @cduffy90. A version of this post was…

Copyright term in several countries, including the United States and European Union, go far beyond international standards.  The current term is set at the life of the author plus seventy years and this lengthy term severely harms the public domain and contributes to the orphan works problem.  Some past blog posts on copyright term can be found here (myths and facts)…

You’re Invited! Re:Create Hosts Academic Showcase And Policy Event Next Week. The Re:Create Coalition will host a policy event on Tuesday, November 17 at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St. NW, Washington, D.C.) starting at 8:30 a.m. On hand will be scholars and policy influencers discussing the changing landscape of copyright and how it’s affecting innovators and…

Re:Create Announces Policy Event – “Create. Innovate. Reform.” The Re:Create Coalition will host a policy event, which will be held on November 17, 2015 at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library (901 G St. NW, Washington, D.C.). On hand will be scholars and policy influencers discussing the changing landscape of copyright and how it’s affecting innovators and creators. Breakfast will…

  Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously found that the Google Books project, under which Google digitized, indexed, and permits users to search and view snippets of millions of printed books, constitutes a fair use. The following can be attributed to Raza Panjwani, Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge: “The circuit court’s decision is a…