Digital rights management
Technology to control access to copyrighted works and prevent unauthorized copying
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| December 2024 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
The Internet Archive announced it would not challenge the court's ruling further, effectively ending the legal dispute.
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| December 4 2024 |
Controlled digital lending
Internet Archive announced it would not petition the Supreme Court to overturn the Second Circuit's decision and would remove books from lending at publishers' requests.
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| September 4 2024 |
Controlled digital lending
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the trial court's ruling in Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, upholding the copyright infringement decision.
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| September 4 2024 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court rulings against the Internet Archive, upholding the original judgment in the copyright case.
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| June 28 2024 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Oral arguments for the appeal took place before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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| March 2024 |
Regional lockout
Apple released iOS 17.4, introducing exclusive features for European Union residents to comply with the Digital Markets Act, including alternative app marketplace installations, web browser engine choices, and alternative payment methods.
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| February 2 2024 | John Walker passed away, concluding a notable career in computer programming and software entrepreneurship. |
| February 2 2024 | John Walker died of head injuries sustained from a fall in Neuchâtel, Switzerland at the age of 74. |
| December 15 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Internet Archive filed its opening brief in the appeal of the lawsuit.
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| September 11 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Internet Archive filed a notice of appeal for the ruling in the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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| August 11 2023 |
Controlled digital lending
Parties in the Hachette Book Group case reached a negotiated judgement, including a permanent injunction against Internet Archive and an undisclosed payment to plaintiffs.
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| August 11 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
The parties reach a negotiated judgment, resulting in a permanent injunction preventing Internet Archive from loaning the plaintiffs' books through Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), with over 500,000 books made unavailable. The Internet Archive preserves its right to appeal the previous ruling.
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| July 28 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Judge Koeltl grants a final extension for the parties to brief the court on case resolution, explicitly stating 'No further extensions'.
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| June 26 2023 |
Content ID
Jose Teran was sentenced to 70 months in prison by Judge Douglas L. Rayes for one of the largest music-royalty frauds using YouTube's Content ID system.
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| March 25 2023 |
Controlled digital lending
Internet Archive announces plans to appeal the court's ruling against their digital lending practices.
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| March 25 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on the Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive case, finding the Internet Archive committed copyright infringement through its digital lending practices.
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| March 24 2023 |
Controlled digital lending
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled against Internet Archive in Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, determining copyright infringement through scanning and distributing books online.
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| March 24 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Judge John G. Koeltl issues a summary judgment in favor of the publishers, ruling that the Internet Archive's scanning and lending of complete book copies constitutes copyright infringement and fails the fair use test.
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| March 20 2023 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
First hearing held, with Judge Koeltl appearing unconvinced by the Internet Archive's fair use claims and concerned about the potential impact on publishers' e-book market.
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| September 2022 |
Always-on DRM
Microsoft released a system update for Xbox Series X/S that allowed backwards compatibility to function offline.
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| June 2022 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Both parties in the lawsuit requested summary judgment, which Judge John G. Koeltl approved for a hearing later in 2022.
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| February 2022 | Comixology, under Amazon's ownership, discontinued the option of DRM-free downloads for all comics, though previously purchased comics retained downloadable DRM-free access. |
| 2021 |
Content ID
YouTube recorded nearly 1.5 billion Content ID claims, with 759.5 million claims in the second half of the year, including 4,840 claims by copyright owners.
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| 2021 |
Always-on DRM
Full functionality of BattleForge was restored through community-developed custom servers.
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| 2021 |
Conditional access
Onnet CA/DRM system was introduced, providing conditional access and digital rights management for IPTV and interactive services.
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| 2021 | The group actively opposed measures in the draft Online Safety Bill, arguing that these proposals infringe on free speech rights and online anonymity. |
| November 2021 |
Always-on DRM
Sony issued a similar fix for the PS5 to address offline functionality concerns.
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| November 6 2021 |
Content ID
Jose Teran and Webster Batista were charged by a federal grand jury for creating a fake music publishing company and fraudulently claiming 50,000 songs using YouTube's Content ID system.
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| September 2021 |
Always-on DRM
Sony released a PS4 firmware update to resolve the C-bomb issue, allowing some functionality without PlayStation Network connection.
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| June 2021 |
Regional lockout
Google began enforcing region-locking on Google Play store by preventing users from redeeming gift cards from other countries. The system uses location history tracking and device fingerprint data to detect and block attempts to circumvent regional restrictions, even when users try to use VPNs to change their location.
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| May 2021 |
Controlled digital lending
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) publicly endorsed Controlled Digital Lending (CDL), stating there is a strong socio-economic case for the digital library lending model and that it supports wider public interest principles.
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| January 2021 | Audible Magic acquired B2B digital music platform MediaNet from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). |
| 2020 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
The Internet Archive launched the Empowering Libraries campaign (#EmpoweringLibraries) in response to the publishers' lawsuit, portraying the legal action as a threat to libraries.
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| June 16 2020 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
The Internet Archive closed the National Emergency Library after 12 weeks of operation and reverted to its original controlled digital lending (CDL) system.
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| June 1 2020 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Four book publishers filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive in response to the National Emergency Library's unrestricted digital lending practices.
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| March 24 2020 |
Hachette v. Internet Archive
Following COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, the Internet Archive launched the National Emergency Library (NEL), removing book waitlists and allowing multiple simultaneous digital borrowings of the same book.
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| 2019 |
Controlled digital lending
The National Writers Union and a coalition of forty national and international organizations released a statement called 'Appeal from the victims of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)', arguing that CDL violates the economic and moral rights of authors.
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| 2019 | ORGCON conference held with a keynote speech by Edward Snowden, highlighting the conference's significance in the digital rights landscape. |
| 2019 |
Digital distribution
Businesses were still struggling to adapt to the evolving landscape of digital content distribution, highlighting ongoing challenges in understanding and implementing digital distribution strategies decades after the World Wide Web's launch.
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| November 5 2019 |
Always-on DRM
Rockstar Games rolled back the DRM for Grand Theft Auto V to its previous periodic activation implementation.
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| October 2019 |
Always-on DRM
Rockstar Games Launcher changed Grand Theft Auto V's DRM to require internet activation at every startup.
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| September 2019 | The company launched its UGC Music Rights Platform (UMRP), designed to help companies license and administer music rights for user-generated content on social media. |
| June 2019 | Audible Magic partnered with digital distribution service DistroKid to prevent fraudulent artists from stealing and uploading unreleased original content. |
| April 2019 |
Content ID
WatchMojo released a video highlighting alleged Content ID abuse, estimating that rights holders had unlawfully claimed over $2 billion from 2014 to 2019.
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| April 2019 | Audible Magic Corporation partnered with online music distributor CD Baby to prevent copyrighted tracks from being uploaded to its service prior to delivery to a Digital Service Provider (DSP). |
| February 2019 |
Always-on DRM
Assassin's Creed Odyssey experienced a glitch making the game unavailable in offline mode, which Ubisoft claimed would be fixed.
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| February 2019 | Audible Magic launched two services, RightsAudit and RightsRX, designed to verify music rights ownership. Sony-owned The Orchard was among the first customers to use these new services. |
| 2018 |
Controlled digital lending
The term 'Controlled Digital Lending' was first officially used in a Position Statement, which was published alongside a comprehensive white paper explaining the legal arguments for the digital lending model.
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| 2018 |
Content ID
YouTube released 'Copyright Match' feature, initially available to channels with over 100,000 cumulative views, derived from the Content ID system.
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| 2018 |
Content ID
Google has invested at least $100 million into the Content ID system, continuing to refine and expand its digital copyright management capabilities.
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