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July 30, 2013
Microsoft Sends Itself a Takedown Notice
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We recently reported that Google had received over 100 million takedown notices this year and amongst those notices was a request from Microsoft to take down Microsoft.com. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft in a b
July 15, 2013
Google and Microsoft Join Ad Networks Anti-Piracy Guidelines
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Tech giants Google, Microsoft Yahoo and AOL have agreed to join in a campaign that is aimed at preventing ads from promoting piracy and counterfeit goods. A new document released today titled, "Best Practices Guidel
June 13, 2013
The Rise of Patent Trolls
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The above mentioned title sounds a bit like a scary movie right? Truth is, The White House recently released a report on the amount of Patent Assertion Entities or as we call them, ‘Patent Trolls’ filing bogus c
May 22, 2013
Once Again, We’re in (Partial) Agreement With Derek Khanna
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Derek Khanna, copyright reform activist and driving force behind FixCopyright.com, has published a new op-ed piece on WashingtonPost.com entitled "Let artists, innovators and the public define our copyright system."
May 20, 2013
BitTorrent Piracy and Selective Media Focus
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If you have read any of the coverage surrounding a recently published study headed up by Anders Drachen of Aalborg University called "Distribution of Digital Games via BitTorrent" then one point you have had hammere
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
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
May 13, 2013
Pirate Party Rep: Artists Don’t Have “the Right to Get Money”
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I suppose it should come as no surprise that Amelia Andersdotter, a member of Sweden's Pirate Party and the youngest member of the European Parliament, is hostile to the very idea of a music industry, but comments a
May 10, 2013
A Tough Week for ‘Copyright Trolls’
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Two courts, one district and the other a court of appeals, handed down rulings in cases involving two of the country's more notorious "copyright trolls" this week, Righthaven and Prenda Law. These are both cases tha
May 8, 2013
The Cons of a Strict “Loser Pays” Policy
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Over on Forbes.com today, Tim Worstall asks: {W}hy is the US near unique in not having a system whereby the loser picks up both sets of legal bills? His question comes in the context of thinking of ways to prevent c
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