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May 15, 2013
More Stuff You Probably Shouldn’t Do as a DMCA Takedown Service Provider
Blog By dadmin
On several occasions now, this blog has addressed things that one shouldn't do as a DMCA takedown service provider, like place too much faith in DMCA takedown automation or issue a DMCA takedown notice in response t...
May 13, 2013
Pirate Party Rep: Artists Don’t Have “the Right to Get Money”
Blog By dadmin
I suppose it should come as no surprise that Amelia Andersdotter, a member of Sweden's Pirate Party and the youngest member of the European Parliament, is hostile to the very idea of a music industry, but comments a...
May 10, 2013
A Tough Week for ‘Copyright Trolls’
Blog By dadmin
Two courts, one district and the other a court of appeals, handed down rulings in cases involving two of the country's more notorious "copyright trolls" this week, Righthaven and Prenda Law. These are both cases tha...
May 8, 2013
The Cons of a Strict “Loser Pays” Policy
Blog By dadmin
Over on Forbes.com today, Tim Worstall asks: {W}hy is the US near unique in not having a system whereby the loser picks up both sets of legal bills? His question comes in the context of thinking of ways to prevent...
May 6, 2013
A Different Sort of Copyright Theft
Blog By dadmin
Normally on this blog, when we talk about copyright infringement or intellectual property theft, the perpetrators are people generally unknown to the rights-holder -- for-profit pirates operating from parts unknown,...
May 3, 2013
Of Cats and Copyright; Warner Bros Sued by Meme Makers
Blog By dadmin
Warner Brothers, no stranger to intellectual property litigation, now finds itself on the defendant's side of the table of a trademark lawsuit filed by... (wait for it...) the creators of the Keyboard Cat and Nyan C...
May 1, 2013
DMCA Force Now a Part of NARM
Blog By dadmin
DMCA Force is pleased to announce that we have joined the ranks of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), a trade association established back in 1958 to advance the business of music. So, what...
April 29, 2013
Greenheart Games Gives Pirates a Taste of Their Own Medicine
Blog By dadmin
When it comes to getting people to really internalize a concept, it's often better to show, rather than tell. Take the harm done to game developers by online piracy of their creations, for example. You can spend al...
April 26, 2013
Reforming Copyright: Where’s the Balance?
Blog By dadmin
Over on Ars Technica today, Timothy Lee has published an interesting piece called "Five ways Congress should improve the copyright system," and while I'm not in complete agreement with the measures Lee suggests, I f...
April 24, 2013
Court: Grooveshark Not Protected by DMCA Safe Harbor on Pre-1972 Recordings
Blog By dadmin
In a decision handed down yesterday, a five-judge panel from the New York Supreme Court held that the 'safe harbor' provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act do not shield Grooveshark from liability with r...
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