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• in Social Media
  Tweeting Copyrighted Content? Now Everyone Will Know
  In an effort to improve transparency, Twitter is now withholding tweets that are alleged copyright infringement instead of simply deleting them.
  by allisonmidorireilly / on Nov 4, 2012
• in IT
  RIAA Attorney Says Copyright Protection is Too Weak
  The RIAA is pushing to place the burden of copyright protection on ISPs, which would require surveillance of all Internet traffic.
  by cblaha / on Nov 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “dmca”

 

• New Bill Would Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking

  
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  For the past six years, cell phone unlocking was granted exemption under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In October, the Library of Congress decided to remove the exception, and since January of this year , cell phone unlocking has been illegal and the Internet hasnt been too happy. A new bill introduced to the ...
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• Web Hosting

  
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  Me & Kleopatra I’ve been talking to a variety of companies about web hosting. My needs are a bit odd, because in effect I want to become my own web hosting company. Seriously. I’ve got friends who’ve been screwed over by the big boys, who don’t understand the specific needs of writers and musicians. I ...
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• DMCA Amendment Seeks To End Unfair Illegal Smartphone Unlocking Law

  
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  In October 2012 the members of Congress introduced a universal cell phone unlocking law. Immediately customers and consumer advocacy groups blasted the bill for making it illegal to unlock a smartphone. Now, a new amendment to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) aims to end the illegal practice of unlocking ...
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• Copyright Reform Bill Targets Anti-circumvention

  
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  5/10/2013 Author:  Andrew McDiarmid Digital Copyright Filtering/Watermarking/DRM Ahead of next week’s first ...
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• 3 Count: Wronghaven

  
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  Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday . 1: Members of Congress Finally Introduce Serious DMCA Reform First off today, Timothy B. Lee at Ars Technica reports that a new bill introduces in the United States House of Representatives aims to reform the anti-circumvention ...
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• Linkpost | 5.10.2013

  
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  • Amazon Developing Smartphone With 3-D Screen – It’s one of several devices sources tell the Wall Street Journal are under development at Amazon.com. They also warn that the 3D phone may never see the light of day. • International Space Station switches from Windows to Linux, for improved reliability – The ...
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• Past time to amend the DMCA

  
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  The Digital Millenium Copyright Act, enacted on October 12, 1998, made it a crime to bypass digital rights management (DRM) applied to copyrighted works, among other things. Thus, as an example, if you purchased a commercial DVD, it would be … Continue reading →
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• A new bill introduced to congress today, called “The Unlocking Technology Act,” seeks to make unlock

  
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  A new bill introduced to congress today, called “The Unlocking Technology Act,” seeks to make unlocking, jailbreaking, and otherwise modifying phones, tablets, and other mobile devices completely legal. It’ll legalize DVD ripping as well. For more information, read this and contact your representative and show ...
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• Congress to Consider DMCA Anti-Circumvention Reform…But Probably Not Very Hard

  
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  Well, it’s that time of decade again. Someone in Congress has finally—or, rather, once again—taken note of how the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions step all over consumer rights and introduced legislation to try to balance the scales. Ars Technica reports that three Democrats and a Republican, including ...
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• ‘Unlocking Technology Act’ introduced to fix DMCA

  
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  Two Bay Area congresswomen have helped introduce a bill that would permanently guarantee consumers can unlock their cell phones, tablets, and other mobile communications devices in order to switch carriers. H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013, would give consumers new avenues to unlock their devices and ...
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• Ask Massively: Trailers, emulators, and skill caps

  
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  Filed under: Culture , MMO Industry , Opinion , Massively Meta , Legal , Humor , Ask Massively , Community Q&A , Miscellaneous , Crowdfunding , Player-Generated Content Its time for a grab bag edition of Ask Massively ! A reader named Nicholas is up first: I was wondering if you could help me ...
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• Tips from the Abuse Department: DMCA Takedown Notices

  
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  If you are in the web hosting business or you provide users with access to store content on your servers, chances are that you’re familiar with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you aren’t familiar with it, you certainly should be. All it takes is one client plagiarizing an article or using a ...
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• Sanctions Order in Prenda Law Case

  
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  Judge Otis Wright issued a doozy of a sanctions order against Prenda Law , the notorious copyright trolls. I could have done without the Star Trek references, but given the overall context of the case, footnote five did make me laugh long and loud. Normally, I worry that when Judges try to write creative orders ...
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• The Inevitable Death of the Free Internet

  
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  An interesting topic came up in a discussion on Reddit today in an AskReddit thread entitled, " What is something we should enjoy while its still legal? " The top response, by user Dont_Trust_Ducks, with over 424 points stated, quite simply: "The unrestricted internet. Sopa. Cispa. F***, it aint gonna last forever." ...
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• When Is A DMCA Agent Filing Effective?

  
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  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 provides a safe harbor for sites from claims related to copyright infringement for materials uploaded by users. To gain this immunity, sites must follow certain procedures and meet certain requirements. Filing a DMCA Agent designation with the Copyright Office is one ...
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• Does DMCA require copyright owner to consider fair use before requesting takedown? Also, chilling effects in agribusiness.

  
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  Does a copyright owner sending a takedown notice under the DMCA have to consider the possibility that the defending speaker “copied” a small amount of material under Fair Use?    There seems to be some controversy, but in general it seems that the courts are saying, yes it does.  Otherwise, a copyright ...
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• Judge Stearns to Take on Wrongful DMCA Takedown Notice Based on Fair Use – Maybe

  
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  The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) allows a copyright holder to send a takedown notice to an online service provider that is hosting a copyright-protected work posted by a third party. But, lest the law be used to suppress lawful speech, the DMCA requires that a takedown notice contain (among other things) a ...
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• Lionsgate’s malicious campaign now apparently defeated

  
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  Today brings the long-awaited notice from Google confirming that the only outstanding URL in dispute has now been reinstated. All the malicious complaints of DMCA infringement made by Lionsgate and its agent(s) have been thrown out. This has been four months of frustration with daily page hits reduced by half. ...
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• No safe harbor for this shark.

  
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  One groovy shark. Generally, one doesn’t expect to find copyright decisions of note in state courts, but every so often one will crop up. One really doesn’t expect to find interesting decisions on state-court motions to dismiss a party’s fourteenth affirmative defense… and yet here we are, reading with ...
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• Universal Music Wins Appeal In A Copyright Lawsuit Against Grooveshark. The DMCA Does Not Apply, The Court Ruled

  
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  On the 23 rd of April, 2013, a New York court of appeals ruled against Grooveshark, in a painful copyright lawsuit that involves Universal Music Group. Nearly 2 years ago, on November 2011, Universal Music files suit against Grooveshark, blaming the service of infringing copyright. To make things worse, Sony ...
  3 weeks ago

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