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December 12, 2012
Google Adds More Detail to its Transparency Report
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In a blog post published yesterday by the search giant's Legal Director, Fred Von Lohmann, Google announced that it is now disclosing the number of scarpe jordan uomo URLs removed from its SERPs on a per-request bas
December 5, 2012
In Working on Copyright Reform, the EU Faces Some Familiar Dilemmas
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As the European Commission gathers this week to consider EU copyright policy, and possible reform of that policy, interest groups are lining up to lobby the Commission, and their arguments are a well-worn set, indee
November 21, 2012
Zoe Lofgren Heads to Reddit to Crowdsource Copyright Reform Ideas
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It has often been said that the Internet has collapsed distances and other forms of separation between people, from class and generational gaps to political divides. This week, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat who repre
November 14, 2012
Memes and Marketing; Use With Caution
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In light of the popularity and rapid viral spread of various Internet memes, it's only natural that companies would seek to tap into this powerful modern spin on traditional "word of mouth marketing" by incorporatin
November 7, 2012
Will Copyright Reform Be On The Agenda In 2013?
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With the election now over, one hopes that the three branches of our federal government will turn their attention fully to the pressing policy issues of the day, chief among those issues being the looming "fiscal cl
November 5, 2012
Twitter Changes its Handling of Tweets Alleged to Infringe On Copyright
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Twitter's legal policy manager, Jeremy Kessel, announced on Friday a change in Twitter's handling of tweets that the social messaging platform receives DMCA take-down requests for. Going forward, such tweets will be
November 2, 2012
Copyright Office Issues New Rules on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems
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Last week, the Copyright Office published its final rule regarding "Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies." Much like its tongue-twisting mouthful
October 8, 2012
Copyright + Resale + Intangible Goods = Tricky Legal Questions
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Judge Richard Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has a legal humdinger on his hands in the form of EMI Music's lawsuit against ReDigi, the service that allows its users to stor
September 21, 2012
Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus Issues New Watch List
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In its latest "Country Watch List," the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus identifies a handful of countries wherein a "lack of enforcement of intellectual property rights... causes grave harm to America
September 14, 2012
Six Strikes, But How Many Teeth?
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Reading over Ars Technica's coverage of its interview with Center for Copyright Information Executive Director Jill Lesser, it's hard to say how exactly the Copyright Alert System, AKA "six strikes" is going to work
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