Tag: Copyright

Australia Content Industry Pushing For New Internet Laws
Australia content owners and ISP executives met last Wednesday in Sydney to hammer out potential laws and policies in response to content piracy. The meeting, led by Roger Wilk...
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Government Introducing “Six Strike” System To Combat P2P Piracy
It used to be that if you were found to be downloading something off of a P2P network, you were sent a letter demanding that you pay a settlement or go to court. The RIAA found out...
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Porn Copyright Case Is One For The History Books
Can you copyright porn? That’s one of the big issues facing copyright law now. Liuxia Wong received a letter last year from Hard Drive Productions claiming that she had used he...
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Paulo Coelho on SOPA: ‘Pirate Everything I’ve Ever Written!’
During the entire SOPA/PIPA/ACTA ongoing ordeal, all you have heard about were the movie studios in Hollywood feeling butt hurt about people ripping them off and depriving them of...
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Madonna’s Super Bowl Show Under Threat Of Lawsuit From Girls Gone Wild’s Joe Francis
Here's a little Super Bowl, aging pop star, naked girl on camera drama for your Friday afternoon. Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis is threatening the Queen of Pop with a lawsui...
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Search Engines Given Code Of Practice
It looks like the copyright police are at it again. This time they are in a secret meeting with search engine companies making demand of them. In a document obtained by...
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SOPA/PIPA: The Aftermath of Web Blackout, ACTA, & What’s Next
Even though the SOPA and PIPA bills are essentially dead, they are still getting a lot of attention. Last week, the U.S. witnessed a powerful expression from both brands and consum...
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Righthaven Domain Sold In Auction
We recently reported that Righthaven.com was up for auction on Snapnames, and it has now s...
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ICANN Has Started Taking Applications For New Top-Level Domains
Beginning January 12, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will be accepting applications for newly available top-level domain names beyond the typical .com and...
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Righthaven Domain Now Being Auctioned
Righthaven, which is commonly referred to as a “copyright troll,” is now having its domain name RightHaven.com...
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PROTECT-IP/E-PARASITE Act Gets A White House Petition
The E-PARASITEs act (formerly known as the PROTECT-IP act) is still floating around Congress, and the threat of its passing has many internet denizens worried. The bill would...
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Righthaven Ordered to Pay Huge Fine
The woes continue for Righthaven, the company designed to sue bloggers and others on the web for allegedly infringing upon the copyrights of its clients/partners. You can see o...
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Free Justin Bieber: Could Covering A Song On YouTube Land You In The Slammer?
A new campaign is using Justin Bieber to raise awareness about a current Senate bill that could have devastating effects on the YouTube community. As of right now, there is a...
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Everything Is a Remix Exposes the Fallacy of Copyrights Gone Wild
Before we get too far, it should be noted that this author does not believe all entertainment should be available on a free for all basis. While that sounds good in theory, there'...
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