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November 28, 2012

Richard O’Dwyer Strikes Deal, Avoids Extradition

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In a major development in the TVShack.net case, Richard O'Dwyer has avoided extradition to the U.S. by signing off on a Deferred Prosecution Agreement. According to BBC News, O'Dwyer will pay a "small sum of compen

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DMCAForce
November 26, 2012

ICE Does Another Mass Cyber Monday Domain Seizure Sweep

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) announced today that it conducted another mass domain-seizure sweep over the weekend, taking down another 132 sites as part of twin projects called "Project

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DMCAForce
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

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DMCAForce
November 19, 2012

Of SOPA, Political Appointments and Hyperbole

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Look, I understand that SOPA was not a popular idea, and even as an advocate for online enforcement of copyright I thought the bill was overly broad and otherwise problematic, but there comes a point where the anti-

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DMCAForce
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

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DMCAForce
November 12, 2012

Two Reports Suggest a Decrease in Illegal Downloading; Are They Right?

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Two recently published reports, one from Musicmetric and the other from Sandvine, report recent declines in illegal downloads of music and videos (or, at least, reduced use of platforms that are popular for the down

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DMCAForce
November 9, 2012

I’m All For Strong Copyright Protection, But….

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I appreciate the desire to protect one's intellectual property as much as the next guy, but this is kind of creepy, if you ask me. Microsoft, evidently, has applied for a patent under the title "Content Distributio

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DMCAForce
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

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DMCAForce
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

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DMCAForce
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

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