Last week, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals released its opinion in the Flava Works, Inc, v Gunter dba myVidster 2012 WL 3124826 (7th.Cir. Aug 2, 2012) case. The central issue was whether Flava Works, the owner of copyrights in videos, was entitled to a preliminary injunction against the social video bookmarking service myVidster. The injunction which had been granted by the District Court was vacated.
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Understanding Flava Works v myVidster: does inline linking infringe copyright?
August 8th, 2012Posted in communication to the public, contributory infringement, Copyright, hosting liability, hyperlinking liability, infringment, ISP Liability, making available right, public perofmance, WIPO Treaties
Tags: barry soookman contributory liability copyright infringement Flava Works Google France v. Bac Films inducement liability inline linking making available right myVidster public performance reproductions Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique v. Google Warman v. Fournier WIPO Copyright Treaty
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