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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
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 6, 2013
A Different Sort of Copyright Theft
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Normally on this blog, when we talk about copyright infringement or intellectual property theft, the perpetrators are people generally unknown to the rights-holder -- for-profit pirates operating from parts unknown,
May 3, 2013
Of Cats and Copyright; Warner Bros Sued by Meme Makers
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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
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
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 res
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
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
April 15, 2013
Spain Tries to Keep Itself Off of USTR’s Watch List
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Each year, the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) puts out what it calls a "Special 301" report, a review of "the of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement in trading part
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