Capital Records, LLC et al v. Vimeo, LLC et al

  1. May 28, 2021

    Vimeo, Capitol Records Still Battling Over Copyrights

    More than a decade after Capitol Records first sued the online video platform Vimeo for copyright infringement over lip-sync videos, the case is somehow still going — with a federal judge ruling Friday that Vimeo is shielded from many claims but not fully off the hook.

  2. April 02, 2018

    Vimeo Beats Capitol Records' Unfair Competition Claims

    A year after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to revive infringement claims from Capitol Records against video website Vimeo over pre-1972 music copyrights, a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday mostly rejected accusations of unfair competition based on the same old songs.

  3. July 18, 2017

    Vimeo Calls Capitol Unfair Competition Claims 'An Old Record'

    After losing a key ruling on so-called pre-1972 records at the Second Circuit, Capitol Records is now aiming to hold Vimeo liable for the same songs under a theory of unfair competition — a claim the video sharing website on Monday called “a re-release of an old record with a new album cover.”

  4. October 17, 2013

    Capitol Says Vimeo's DMCA Appeal Must Be All Or Nothing

    Capitol Records LLC on Wednesday blasted video-sharing service Vimeo's attempt to raise an immediate, limited appeal to the Second Circuit over whether pre-1972 recordings fall under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor for copyright infringement, telling a New York federal court Vimeo's request is "disingenuous."

  5. October 03, 2013

    Vimeo Wants 2nd Circ. Review Of Pre-'72 Recordings Rule

    Video-sharing service Vimeo asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to give it the chance to file an immediate appeal to the Second Circuit on the hot-button issue of whether federal safe harbor for copyright infringement covers pre-1972 recordings.

  6. September 19, 2013

    Vimeo Can't Use Safe Harbor To Dodge Copyright Lawsuit

    Video-sharing service Vimeo lost a bid Wednesday to dismiss Capitol Records' copyright lawsuit over user-generated lip-synch videos when a federal judge ruled that some of the videos might not qualify for safe-harbor protection.

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