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Youtube Content ID-A Must for Every Indie Filmmaker or Musician
When Google recently announced a change to its search rankings algorithm, lowering results for known pirate sites, critics asked why the company would not do the same for Youtube , despite the site’s...
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Nickel and Dimed to Death? Pirates Profit off DMCA Requests
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Most cyberlocker websites that offer file storage, do (eventually) respond to DMCA takedown notices, but in an ironic final twist, a fair number of them have found a...
View ArticleChilling Effects sends me a DMCA counter-notice
Last week I sent a DMCA notice to Chilling Effects to request that the site remove a copy of a DMCA notice (sent to Google search) containing a direct link to infringing (pirated) online streams of our...
View ArticleGoogle-funded study on copyright takedowns drops the ball
Google-funded report generates desired headlines and conveniently downplays the role of DMCA counter-notices--ignoring fact the system is weighted against rights holders A new report on the DMCA notice...
View ArticleBOGUS fair use claims hurt creators already victimized by piracy
YouTube users claim Fair Use as a defense for uploading full copies of pirated movies There was a lot of talk about fair use and takedown abuse at last week's the U.S. Copyright Office's Section 512...
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