DMLA SUPPORT STILL NEEDED FOR CASE ACT
Dear Members: We have had great response from the House for the CASE Act and we now have 31 co-sponsors for H.R. 2426! Â The letter writing and meetings with representatives is working, but we can’t stop now. Â We still need efforts from all of you to get the support for the bill up to triple […]
DMLA Needs Member Support for CASE Act
Dear Members: May 2, 2019 was a big day for copyright advocacy in Washington D.C. as two companion bills (H.R. 2426 and S. 1273 ) were introduced in both the House and the Senate creating an alternative forum for hearing copyright infringement cases of relatively lesser value entitled the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement […]
Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Stock Photographer Russell Brammer
In October 2018 DMLA filed an amicus brief in support of photographer Russell Brammer’s appeal to the Fourth District over a questionable Virginia district court decision, which held that production company’s use of his stock photo of a Washington, D.C. neighborhood on a website promoting a film festival was fair use. Our focus was on […]
Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Stock Photographer, Overturning Questionable Fair Use Decision (Brammer v. Violent Hues Productions, LLC(4th Cir. 2019))
By Sara Gates and Nancy Wolff CDAS The rights of a stock photographer were recently vindicated when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a questionable Virginia district court decision, which held that a production company’s use of a stock photo of a Washington, D.C. neighborhood on a website promoting a film […]
DMLA Legal Update
by Nancy Wolff, DMLA Legal Counsel On April 8, 2019 I participated in a Copyright Office roundtable on behalf of DMLA  regarding the Copyright Office’s preparation of a Section 512 report, which relates to immunity Internet Service Providers may be entitled to under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act if they comply with various provisions. The […]
DMLA Board Welcomes New Members
DMLA is pleased to announce two new members to its 2018-2020 Board.  Ben Sachs, will serve as a Member-at-Large on the Executive Board.  Ben is currently the SVP and General Counsel for Storyblocks, a subscription stock media service.  His video background will be an asset to the  association. James Allsworth joins the Board as the […]
General Data Protection Regulation Form
The General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, Â that goes into effect on May 25, 2018 will require companies that do business in the EU to provide a form to the companies that they are dealing with. Â This regulation strengthens the privacy rights of individuals living in the European Union (not only E.U. citizens) and applies to […]
GDPR Privacy Policy Form
FORM PRIVACY POLICY – May 2018 THIS FORM PRIVACY POLICY SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO CONFORM TO YOUR ACTUAL USE OF INFORMATION IN EACH INSTANCE. DO NOT USE THIS FORM WITHOUT REVIEWING IT CAREFULLY AND MAKING SURE ALL USAGE OF INFORMATION IS ACCURATE. YOU SHOULD REVIEW THIS FORM WITH YOUR ATTORNEY. ITEMS IN BRACKETS SHOULD BE CUSTOMIZED […]
SUPPORT NEEDED FOR CASE ACT!!
I’m sure that you’re aware we been working for the last few years with a group of other associations on what is now the CASE Act (HR#3945) the SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL BILL, a bill by Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Tom Marino (R-PA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), and Ted Lieu (D-CA). […]
DMLA’s Amicus Brief Supports Argument as Oracle defeats Google Fair Use Argument over Java Code Packets
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s ruling of fair use in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, and held that a verbatim and non-transformative taking in the presence of an actual or potential licensing market fatally undermined the defense. […]