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May 6, 2013

A Different Sort of Copyright Theft

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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,

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DMCAForce
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 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 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 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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DMCAForce
March 27, 2013

Judge Rules in Favor of AP in Meltwater Case

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Late last week, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ruled that the Associated Press is "entitled to summary judgment on its claim that Meltwater has engaged in copyright infringement and that Meltwater’s copying is no

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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 13, 2013

EU Court of Human Rights Offers No Solace to Convicted TPB Founders

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With an unanimous 7-0 vote, a chamber of judges with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected an appeal from Pirate Bay co-founders Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde. In coming to the decision, which can b

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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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