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DMCAForce
March 4, 2022

Google Empowers DMCAForce to shut down sites…

Copyright News By Mark B

Google recently sent a document to the U.S. Copyright Office which shows the degree at which a site can be damaged by being hit by the Pirate Update. On February 8, 2022, Google stated “when a site is demoted [

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DMCAForce
August 6, 2013

New Anti-Piracy Alternative Proposed By Comcast

Blog By DMCA Force

Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the United States is in the early phase of creating a new system to help battle online piracy. Comcast Corp. has started preliminary discussions with film and TV studios

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May 28, 2013

DMCA Takedowns and Selectivity — by the Numbers

Copyright News By DMCA Force

Since June 2012, the proprietary software DMCA Force uses to locate possible infringements on our clients' copyrights has scanned over 100 million URLs that had terms, file names or other indicators that matched our

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DMCAForce
May 15, 2013

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

Blog By DMCA Force

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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DMCAForce
May 13, 2013

Pirate Party Rep: Artists Don’t Have “the Right to Get Money”

Blog By DMCA Force

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

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DMCAForce
May 10, 2013

A Tough Week for ‘Copyright Trolls’

Blog By DMCA Force

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

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DMCAForce
May 3, 2013

Of Cats and Copyright; Warner Bros Sued by Meme Makers

Blog By DMCA Force

Warner Brothers, no stranger to intellectual property litigation, now finds itself on the defendant's side of the table of a trademark lawsuit filed by... (wait for it...) the creators of the Keyboard Cat and Nyan C

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DMCAForce
April 26, 2013

Reforming Copyright: Where’s the Balance?

Blog By DMCA Force

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

Blog By DMCA Force

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 res

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DMCAForce
April 19, 2013

YouTube Wins Another Round Against Viacom

Blog By DMCA Force

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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