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| Published: July 27, 2007, 1:38 pm |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Articles, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Dmca, Fair Use, Plagiarism |
| Perhaps the most difficult area of copyright law is fair use. Not only are the issues involved in fair use complicated and difficult to understand, but the answer is never satisfying. Since fair use can only be decided by a judge or jury and is handled on a case-by-case basis, there is no way to offer a definitive answer about what is or is not |
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| DMCA Game Answer |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 10:50 am |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Game, Legal, Plagiarism, Stock Letters, Templates, Winner |
| a legal requirement of the DMCA. The second letter, theoretically, could have been submitted by anyone without authorization from the copyright holder. That would be against the DMCA and would haev been grounds for rejecting the notice. It is a tricky law in that regard, but it is an important element. Finally, the third DMCA notice was missing |
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| Game: Find the Valid DMCA Notice |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 1:08 pm |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Cease And Desist, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Game, Legal, Notice And Takedow, Plagiarism, Stock Letters, Templates |
| their poor handling of the DMCA while chiding Webmasters and other laypeople who make mistakes while filing DMCA notices. Though the criticism of hosts is a little more fair since they were one of the parties pushing for the notice and takedown provision, the fact remains that the DMCA notice and takedown provision is complicated and, for most |
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| Five Practical Reasons for Fighting Plagiarism |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 12:43 pm |
| Tags: Prevention, Products, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Creative Commons, Google, Marketing, Plagiarism, Reuptation, Scraping, Search Engines, Seo |
| For most, being plagiarized is an inherently emotional experience. Finding out that someone else copied and claimed something that took hours to produce is bound to produce some negative feelings. This has lead some to wonder if fighting plagiarism is more about revenge than practicality. To some, it is better to simply forget about the |
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| Picking a Dead Man's Pocket |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 12:23 pm |
| Tags: Prevention, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Archive, Caching, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Internet Archive, Meta Tags, Plagiarism, Robots Txt, Rss, Scraping, Spam, Spammers, Splogs |
| be difficult. Though the DMCA does not state that URLs must be provided with a DMCA notice, some hosts have that requirement and it is the most common way of identifying the original works. With the site down, that element could prove difficult. Furthermore, since there would be no economic damages and it is unlikely that the work was |
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| Why the Cease and Desist Doesn't Work |
| Published: July 17, 2007, 1:21 pm |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Cease And Desist, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Riaa, Social Networking |
| is dubious at best. Filing a DMCA notice, on the other hand, requires no membership, can be done through email (on most sites) and is consistently effective. Thus, it is a strange side effect of the “walled gardens” created by these social network sites that cause copyright holders to turn away from cease and desist letters. If one |
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| How the Copyright Office Hurts Bloggers |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 1:51 pm |
| Tags: Punditry, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Cmi, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Law, Mpaa, Plagiarism, Registration, Riaa, Usco |
| is not required to file a DMCA notice or send a cease and desist letter. However, if either of those notices are ignored, then enforcement through a court of law would be almost impossible. One could register then and hope that the work arrives at the USCO before the infringing copy is removed, but even as the work was traveling to the |
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| Google's Defense Against Copyright Infringement |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 8:01 am |
| Tags: Interesting Technology, Copyright Infringement, Daily, Dmca, Google, Youtube, Dis, Via, Goog |
| by Google to develop a DMCA-compliant technology that will assist the site in taking down illegally uploaded content. A Google attorney told the court last Friday that the company was working on a video recognition tool that would compare uploaded videos to copyrighted material that has been claimed. The tool could either block an upload |
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| Nintendo teams up with customs to crack down on Wii modders |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 11:53 am |
| Tags: Dmca, Hackers, Homebrew, Mod Chip, Modchip, Nintendo, Wii |
| is still a sticky issue (the DMCA seems to frown on the idea), but it looks like if you are indeed trading in the illicit stuff, Nintendo and the fuzz are hoping to track you down for a little chat. Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life! |
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| The DMCA on 7 Photo Sharing Sites |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 1:58 pm |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Flickr, Image Theft, Imageshack, Notice Takedown, Photobucket, Plagiarism, Safe Harbor, Smugmug, Snapfish, Webshots, Zooomr |
| that have been served with DMCA notices. All in all, it is a well-rounded and simple DMCA policy that is more or less what you would expect from Yahoo. Format: Email Email Address: copyright at webshots dot com Location of Policy: Copyright Violation Policy Registered with USCO: Yes Comments: Owned by CNET, Webshots has a very simple but |
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| The Need to Modernize the DMCA Agent List |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 12:56 pm |
| Tags: Punditry, Legal Issues, Articles, Dmca, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Office, Dmca Agents, Dmca Notice, Plagiarism, United States, Usco |
| protect yourself under the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions and thus register your designated DMCA agent. You have to visit the USCO’s Web site, download a simple one-page form (PDF), fill it out and send it in with an $80 fee to the USCO. Once the USCO receives the file, after a few weeks, they will scan your form as an image PDF and upload |
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| The DMCA on 7 Social Networking Sites |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 1:48 pm |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Bebo, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Designated Agent, Facebook, Friendster, Linkedin, Myspace, Orkut, Safe Harbor, Xanga |
| only the basics for filing a DMCA notice with no mention of a counter-notice and does so in a very bare-bones way. The bottom line is that MySpace needs to clean up, update and unify its DMCA policy before serious problems emerge. Grade: C- Format: Email Email Address: amac at google dot com Location of Policy: Google’s DMCA Policy |
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| Is it legal to unlock your iPhone? |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Dmca, Engadget, Iphone, Laws, Legality, Software, Unlock, Warranty |
| around an exception to the DMCA, which allows you to unlock your cell phone "for the sole purpose of lawfully connecting to a wireless telephone communication network." Under that law and that exception, it's perfectly legal to use an iPhone on T-mobile, Verizon, or any other provider that you can get it to work with. Things really only get |
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| Copyright 2.0 Show - Episode 21 - Free Music |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 12:23 pm |
| Tags: Podcast, Articles, Bioshock, Content Theft, Copyright, Coupons, Dmca, Nbc, Peta, Plagiarism, Podcast, Universal, Youtube |
| Coupons Get Man in DMCA Trouble Bioshock Gets More Seats A Law Firm Claims Copyright Over a Horrible Jingle Wal-Mart Gets Something Right PeTA Engages in Copyright Cruelty And Many more… Also, to clarify a point in the episode’s “hidden track”, Chris is not the worst developer in the world, otherwise he would |
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| The DMCA on 7 Video Sites (YouTube Beats Viacom) |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 11:18 am |
| Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Break, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Copyright Policy, Dailymotion, Google Video, Ifilm, Metacafe, Plagiarism, Revver, Viacom, Youtube |
| next segment in our “DMCA Seven” feature, we will take a look at the “Darlings of the DMCA” as I’ve come to know them, the video sharing sites. These sites, many of which have been sued or are operating under the constant threat of being sued, have their very livelihood centered around whether or not they qualify |
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