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DMCAForce
April 26, 2013

Reforming Copyright: Where’s the Balance?

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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

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DMCAForce
April 22, 2013

The Perils of DMCA Take Down Notice Automation, Yet AGAIN?

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I've previously addressed, a few times now, the problem with relying too much on automated systems to identify infringing files that are then targeted with DMCA take-down notices. The latest widely-reported incident

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DMCAForce
April 15, 2013

Spain Tries to Keep Itself Off of USTR’s Watch List

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Each year, the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) puts out what it calls a "Special 301" report, a review of "the of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in trading part

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DMCAForce
April 10, 2013

Issuing a Take-Down Notice; Sometimes, Even if You Can, Maybe You Shouldn’t

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Given the services that DMCA Force provides, one might reasonably assume that I'm in favor of issuing DMCA take-down notices in response to any and all apparent online infringements on a copyrighted work; one would

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DMCAForce
March 20, 2013

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Jammie Thomas-Rasset Case

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A few months back, I wondered whether the latest appeal from Jammie Thomas-Rasset to reduce the lawsuit damages imposed on her would be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, we got the answer. The Supreme Cou

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DMCAForce
March 18, 2013

New Study Says Piracy Doesn’t Hurt Digital Music Sales…. While Offering No Sales Data At All

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A new study published by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (part of the European Commission's "Joint Research Centre") asserts that "Internet users do not view illegal downloading as a substitute t

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DMCAForce
March 15, 2013

Study Concludes That Megaupload Shutdown Boosted Movie Sales

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In a study published earlier this month, professors Brett Danaher (of Wellesley College's Department of Economics) and Michael D. Smith (from Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy an

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DMCAForce
March 11, 2013

Of ‘Good’ Lobbyists and ‘Bad’ Lobbyists

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Last month, I wrote about a pair of articles published by Forbes, one by Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro, and the other by National Music Publishers' Association CEO David Israelite. Both

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DMCAForce
March 8, 2013

Another Copyright Reform Website, More Detail This Time

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Earlier this week, I expressed disappointment in the lack of information to be found on FixCopyright.com, a website recently launched by copyright reform activist Derek Khanna. Today, I stumbled across another websi

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DMCAForce
March 6, 2013

FixCopyright.com – Sounds Good, But a Little Detail Would Be Nice

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Derek Khanna, a copyright reform activist who I've written about previously, has launched a new website, FixCopyright.com, as part of his advocacy campaign. As a staunch advocate of strong intellectual property rig

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