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February 27, 2013

The Implicit Message Behind File-Sharing

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It has often been said that in a free market, the value of a product or service is whatever people are willing to pay for it. Whenever I'm speaking to someone who expresses confusion about how a given service prov

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DMCAForce
February 25, 2013

The Copyright Alert System Launches At Last

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After an unanticipated delay stemming from the carnage caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Center for Copyright Information's "Copyright Alert System" (CAS) is kicking off this week, according to a blog post published to

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DMCAForce
February 22, 2013

RIAA Grades Google’s ‘Anti-Piracy Algorithm’ and (Surprise!) Google Gets an F

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As you might recall if you follow copyright and piracy-related news, Google announced back in August that it was going to start taking into account the number of valid copyright removal notices it received for any g

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DMCAForce
February 20, 2013

Another Day, Another (Misleading) Infographic About Online Piracy

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Over on Mashable, there's a recent post that includes an infographic entitled "The Obscenely High Penalties of Downloading Music" attributed to Total Bankruptcy Attorneys. Couched in language that makes it quite cle

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DMCAForce
February 18, 2013

Google Seeking to Cut Funding to Piracy Sites?

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In a brief and maddeningly vague article published over the weekend, The Telegraph reports that Google is in discussions with air max 95 pas cher VISA, Mastercard and PayPal seeking ways to cut off funding to "illeg

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DMCAForce
February 15, 2013

(Not So) Intellectual Property

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Among the many stumbling blocks that face rights-holders in the Internet Age, one of the more confounding is... other rights-holders. Take, for example, the case of investigative reporter Teri Buhl, who recently de

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DMCAForce
February 14, 2013

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right – But They Do Make For An Entertaining Lawsuit Threat

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When you see headlines about ThePirateBay being involved in a legal tussle, one place you don't expect to see them is in the position of the plaintiff in a copyright case. If a lawsuit threat issued by TPB this week

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DMCAForce
February 6, 2013

The Perils of DMCA Take Down Notice Automation (Yet Again)

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Here we go, again. I've written before, twice, about the danger of introducing too much automation into your system for issuing DMCA take down notices, and now it appears that HBO is getting an object lesson in tha

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DMCAForce
February 1, 2013

Cory Doctorow on the Difference Between Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement

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Synchronicity is a funny thing. This morning, in deliberating what topic I should take up next on this blog, a question occurred to me: Why are so many advocates of unfettered file-sharing and/or online piracy als

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DMCAForce
January 30, 2013

Required Reading for Those Interested in the Subject of Online Music Piracy

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When it comes to the subject of the online piracy of music, there's no shortage of information available on the Web. Unfortunately, a lot of that information can be categorized as "questionable," if we're to be char

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