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A Copyright is an exclusive legal right granted to the creator of an original work to license, copy, sell, distribute, or otherwise exploit the work for his or her own benefit.
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What the Supreme Court's Aereo Ruling Might Mean for Cloud Storage Platforms

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In the Supreme Court's Aereo ruling, at least one of the things not decided was whether a cloud storage platform, such as Dropbox or iCloud, would run afoul of the copyright laws’ protection of the “public performance” right...more

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Aereo’s Antenna Arrays and Streaming of Broadcast Programming to Individual Subscribers Found Infringing

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Citing Aereo’s “overwhelming likeness to the cable companies targeted by the 1976 amendments”, the majority found that Aero is not just an equipment supplier and that it “performs” the broadcasted works....more

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Underdog or Underhanded: The Real Issues Behind Aereo

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How do you prove someone is breaking the law, if the technology they are using to do so didn’t even exist when the law was written?...more

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Supreme Court Hears Argument in Aereo Case re Bringing Broadcast TV to the Internet

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A central theme of several Justices’ comments and questions was how a decision finding Aereo’s business to involve public performance could affect Dropbox or other cloud storage providers where consumers store performance...more

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Quentin Tarantino’s Lawsuit Against Gawker: Enjoy!

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Quentin Tarantino's case could ultimately turn on one little word at the end of Gawker's story...more

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