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More on Agence France v. Morel: A Publisher May Now Face a DMCA Claim For Removing Almost Any Copyright Management Information Even If It Was Not on the Work Itself

The Agence France decision may be even more important because of its expansive interpretation of what constitutes copyright management information under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). Copyright management information ("CMI"), defined in 17 U.S.C. ยง 1202(c), includes the work's … Continue reading

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Agence France v. Morel: Can Content Creators Control the Commercial Exploitation of Their Content Once They Post It On Twitter?

Can users of social media have it both ways? Can they share on Twitter their posted content but still control its commercial exploitation and maybe thereby avoid copyright infringement? The recent case of Agence France Presse v. Morel gives photographers … Continue reading

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Text of Decision in AFP v Morel (the TwitPic Case)

Morel is a professional photographer. He was in Haiti the day of the earthquake and uploaded his pictures to TwitPic.com, linking to those pictures using his Twitter account. The AFP news agency allegedly distributed without authorization and mis-attributed his pictures … Continue reading

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