YouTube-ripping service Yout.com sued the RIAA last year in an attempt to have its platform declared legal in the US. The music industry group asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that Yout clearly circumvents technological protection measures. However, Yout counters that YouTube doesn't have any meaningful restrictions and wants the lawsuit to move forward.
Two men have been indicted by a grand jury for running a massive YouTube Content ID scam that netted the pair more than $20m. Webster Batista Fernandez and Jose Teran managed to convince a YouTube partner that the pair owned the rights to 50,000+ tracks and then illegally monetized user uploads over a period of four years.
VIP+ documents every quarter how the total pay-TV subscriber market continues to shrink. Even accounting for some cord-cutters picking up an antenna to continue watching over-the-air content for free, the total available base for viewing is declining.
Netflix has signed on directors such as Vishal Bharadwaj and Sanjay Leela Bhansali for shows. The company said in the coming year it will bring out a slate of large-scale. long-format series.
Meta on Thursday said that it is expanding its Facebook protect security program for users like journalists and government officials, who are likely to be highly targeted by malicious hackers.
The online edition of the Singapore Comic Con lasts nearly a month (Dec. 3, 2021 – Jan. 2, 2022) and is has a full program of activities. The SGCC is part of the Singapore Media Festival.
I&B minister Anurag Thakur has said that the ministry wants to implement the recommendations of the four-member committee headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati following which TV news ratings reporting will resume.
The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has recommended establishing a Media Council which will cover print, electronic and digital media.
Direct to home (DTH) company Dish TV has denied media reports that its promoters are in talks with telecom major Bharti Airtel for stake sale. A business daily has reported that Bharti Airtel is in early talks with Dish TV promoters to buy their 5.93% stake at Rs 20 a share.
Netflix may see fixed-term contracts for entertainment executives as a form of involuntary servitude, but on Thursday, the streamer experienced a tough legal loss when a California appeals court refused to accept that perspective and overturn an injunction that prevented Netflix from poaching executives at Disney’s Fox unit.