A long-running class action lawsuit against YouTube alleging mass copyright infringement and failures in YouTube's enforcement system has raised an interesting question. Does YouTube's 'Autoplay' feature, which effectively sees the platform take control of what content is shown, undermine YouTube's safe harbor protections under the DMCA?
The companies behind the movies "Ava" and "Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" are targeting thousands of alleged BitTorrent pirates in Canada. The defendants, who are targeted through the Toronto federal court, can look forward to hefty settlement demands. While these types of cases are not new, they often remain under the radar.
The new advertising guidelines finalised by the government will be released in the next 10 to 15 days, said Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh. The guidelines are in the final stages of being vetted by the legal team of MCA
India will be the official country of honour at the upcoming Marche’ Du Film organised alongside the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in France, announced union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Wednesday.
Verizon, the US-based telecom carrier said that fifth generation or 5G private networks would bring in economic benefits to India, and the space broadband offering through a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite system could be a gamechanger for the economy
Responding to queries raised by the department of telecom, regulator Trai on Thursday stuck to its recommendations on creating a licensing framework or satellite-based connectivity for low bit rate applications like ATM, internet of things devices and traffic management.
Passwords can be easily accessed. A reason why an increasing number of techno companies introduced two factor authorisation for login. And now in a joint effort to make the web more secure and usable for all, Apple, Google and Microsoft plan to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard which has been created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium.
Having tasted success in Hindi-speaking markets with dubbed versions of their films, southern studios are collaborating with Bollywood producers to remake their films, signing up for 50% partnership in most things including share of box office revenue and ancillary rights.
Social media giant Facebook has planned to shut down its podcast platform less than a year after its launch. According to ANI, the audio podcast platform’s closure is confirmed and it is speculated that the closure will altogether close on June 3.
Twitter is in the middle of a moment of uncertainty. The company has a deal to sell itself to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, but while that deal is pending (it needs shareholder and regulatory approvals, etc.) it has to be business-as-usual for the social media firm.