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May 17, 2013

Congressional Subcommittee Begins “Comprehensive Copyright Review”

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This week, the Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary began its "comprehensive review" of U.S. copyright law, kicking things off with a hearing that included test

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DMCAForce
May 15, 2013

More Stuff You Probably Shouldn’t Do as a DMCA Takedown Service Provider

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On several occasions now, this blog has addressed things that one shouldn't do as a DMCA takedown service provider, like place too much faith in DMCA takedown automation or issue a DMCA takedown notice in response t

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May 1, 2013

DMCA Force Now a Part of NARM

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DMCA Force is pleased to announce that we have joined the ranks of the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM), a trade association established back in 1958 to advance the business of music. So, what

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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 17, 2013

Even When You Can, Maybe You Shouldn’t, Redux

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As this blog is operated by an anti-piracy services company, it's natural for us to focus on intellectual property misdeeds of pirates and pirate-enablers. From time to time, however, we run across a story in which

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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
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

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