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May 3, 2013

Of Cats and Copyright; Warner Bros Sued by Meme Makers

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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

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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 24, 2013

Court: Grooveshark Not Protected by DMCA Safe Harbor on Pre-1972 Recordings

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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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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 19, 2013

YouTube Wins Another Round Against Viacom

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By now, you've probably seen the news that U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton has awarded summary judgment to YouTube in Viacom v. YouTube, and you've probably read the salient quotes from the decision, as well. Rat

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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
April 8, 2013

One Subject on Which Piracy Apologists Have a Point… To a Point

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In reading about the (inevitable) piracy of Netflix's popular original series House of Cards, and the yeezy replica evidently record-setting piracy of the third seasons premier of HBO's Game of Thrones, I'm struck b

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DMCAForce
April 4, 2013

Judge: ‘Either the Law or ReDigi Must Change’

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Back in October, I wrote briefly about Capitol Records' (a division of EMI Music) lawsuit against ReDigi, a service that allows users to store, stream, buy and sell "pre-owned" digital music. At the time, I thoug

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DMCAForce
April 2, 2013

Court Denies Broadcasters Prelim Injunction in the Aereo Case

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In a ruling that some interpret as a very bad portent for the plaintiffs'/broadcasters' claims, a panel of judges from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision declining the plaintiffs

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