The big movie studios are going after Google, asking the search giant to stop publishing links to the DMCA takedown requests it receives as these only add to the ways people can try to find copyrighted material. Read More >>
Digital copyright is broken. We know this inherently, and wheeze exasperation whenever the latest nonsensical DRM news up. But fixing it's not as simple as tossing the whole system out the window. So here's a breakdown of every way digital copyright has gone wrong, and, with luck and persistence and prevailing sanity, how it can maybe fix itself. Read More >>
Featured comment by Lester__Bangs:
"Unfortunately that's the difference between criminal and civil law. In criminal law you have to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. As this would be ..." More »
Mega and Megaupload sprang forth from the same loins so maybe it's unsurprising that Kim Dotcom's latest venture into the world of file sharing is already running into problems. Here we go again kids. Read More >>
Featured comment by bikerlifestyle:
"i use fileservers rather than torrenting, and mega is going to be a target from day one so all those people uploading to it will keep the eyes off oth..." More »
Bogus DMCA notices are unfortunately nothing new, but one recently issued to Google from Microsoft seems to go a bit further — and get a bit more absurd — than your average takedown request. This one hit sites like Wikipedia, the BBC, TechCrunch, and AMC Theaters, seemingly over the use of the number 45.Read More >>
Featured comment by Jon D:
"Make sure to bleach all the difficult to reach parts thoroughly. If you miss a spot things might get out of hand and you'll be using IE6 in a few days" More »
Featured comment by ilae4e:
"Yeah i was looking at the microsoft ones, 4.5 million website URL take down requests, it's ridiculous. Companies should know by now taking the URL off..." More »
Google is implementing a new policy that will smack down search results from sites that get a lot of DMCA requests. That must affect Google's own YouTube, which must get slammed with them all the time, right? Not exactly. Read More >>
Featured comment by josephniet:
"Doesn't this mean that governments/organisations could deliberately spam sites with DMCA notices for purely political reasons? They don't have to be l..." More »
An RIAA bigwig just laid a blog post smackdown on Google, claiming the search giant doesn't do enough to remove links to copyrighted material. Apparently, processing more than one million requests for removal per month isn't enough. Read More >>
Featured comment by TrustyDuckling:
"The industry really is never going to understand that prevention is better than cure are they? People are willing to pay, just stop making it so hard..." More »
Copyright laws are designed to protect the "fair use" of copyrighted content such as mash-ups and remixes — or they were, at least, until the advent of the dreaded DMCA Takedown Notice. The Dutch government has taken notes on the IP failures of the US and is reportedly looking to explicitly protect such DMCA fodder, much to the chagrin of the European Union. Read More >>
Universal Music's legal department sure has been busy! Late last week UMG had a song defending Megaupload removed from YouTube on a false copyright claim. Then on Monday, the company had a news report removed on the same grounds. Read More >>
Featured comment by georgehal:
"If you want to see something funny check out the LOCKED Wikipedia for Kim Dotcom! Really fair and balanced.... Absolutely ridiculous." More »
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