Since June 2012, the proprietary software DMCA Force uses to locate possible infringements on our clients’ copyrights has scanned over 100 million URLs that had terms, file names or other indicators that matched our clients’ properties and products. Of those 100 million-plus URLs, the software flagged over 13 million as possible infringements. From there, our…
Derek Khanna, copyright reform activist and driving force behind FixCopyright.com, has published a new op-ed piece on WashingtonPost.com entitled “Let artists, innovators and the public define our copyright system.” As has been the case with other pieces Khanna has authored, the reaction to this op-ed from the perspective of someone pro-copyright, (and yes, someone whose…
If you have read any of the coverage surrounding a recently published study headed up by Anders Drachen of Aalborg University called “Distribution of Digital Games via BitTorrent” then one point you have had hammered into your head by now is that the study concludes that previous estimates concerning the amount of game piracy taking…
This week, the Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary began its “comprehensive review” of U.S. copyright law, kicking things off with a hearing that included testimony from a handful of legal scholars and attorneys whose views on copyright are quite divergent. Witnesses for the subcommittee’s first hearing included…
