Attributor Announces New Tool For Copyright Holders To Discover Unauthorized Online Use

Attributor, a concern from Redwood City, Calif., has begun testing a system to scan the Web for copyrighted audio, video, images and text. With the acquired data, Attributor’s clients will have the ability to request that Web sites take content down or provide payment for its use. The start-up, which was founded last year and has been quietly combing the web, is emerging into the public eye today, at a time when some media and...

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Australian Court Rules Against Linking To Copyrighted Music Online

The Federal Court of Australia has upheld an earlier verdict that ruled linking to copyright music online without permission is illegal. The issue before a three-judge panel at the Federal Court of Australia was whether Stephen Cooper was legally allowed to post links to copyrighted MP3 files hosted on other servers. Cooper did not host any copyright music on his own site MP3s4free.net, he simply linked to other sites that contained...

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