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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
March 25, 2013
IsoHunt Loses Another Round in Court
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In a decision that likely comes as no shock to anyone who is not named "Gary Fung," IsoHunt founder Gary Fung suffered another loss in court last week, when a panel of judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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
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
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
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
March 4, 2013
The Pirate Bay Hopes to Find Smoother Sailing in…. North Korea? UPDATED
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Update: OK, so apparently this announcement was a hoax... and I fell for air max 97 pas cher it, along with a whole lot of other people who also should have known better. Here's what TBP had to say about it (m
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
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
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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