As a follow-up to my recent updates to the Finding the Host page of the site, I’ve decided to create a short video demonstrating the process of finding a host for a domain Web site.
The video, which lasts about five minutes, takes the user through the process of finding the host for this site, [...]

Anyone who is a regular reader to this site knows that, in order to get Adsense removed from a scraper or plagiarist’s page, you are required to file a DMCA notice.
Adsense has its own DMCA policy and follows it very strictly. Though results can be obtained through that means, few bloggers actually use it.
Not only [...]

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA.
In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users [...]

On the surface, workFRIENDLY is something of a novelty site.
The idea is pretty simple, you punch in a URL that you want to visit and workFRIENDLY pulls up the site in a format that resembles a Microsoft Word document (see Blog Herald on workFRIENDLY). The idea is that, if you use the site to [...]

Message boards are often thought of as dinosaurs on the Web. Where once having a presence on message boards and forums was almost as ubiquitous as email and IM, message boards have fallen on hard times, pushed aside by blogs and social networking sites.
However, there are still many thriving communities on the Web that use [...]

There were only a couple of takers on the last game but the results were interesting. Both participants did very well. PT regular and all-around good guy Jeremy Steele met the requirements to win the game, getting both seven correct answers and the bonus. However, kudos also has to go to the lovely and talentedAmita [...]

Since my last game was at least three shades of cruel and almost unsolvable. I’ve decided to give it another try, this time time with a much more simple premise and fewer tactics worthy of Dr. House.
This time around the rules are much more straightforward Ten questions, all of them basic copyright questions, and one [...]

With modern technology, anyone can be a published author. Print on demand services enable anyone to create a book and publish it without worrying about issues of distribution, storage and what to do with thousands of unsold copies.
The print on demand publishing industry has exploded in recent years, giving thousands of authors an opportunity that [...]

Advertising networks are very important allies in the fight against plagiarism and content theft. As one of the most popular revenue streams for scrapers and other spammers, they often unwittingly bankroll many of the content thieves who plague the Internet.
However, advertising networks are not covered by the DMCA. Since they are not hosts and are [...]

I’ve done several updates to the DMCA Contact Information list, mainly adding companies that I’ve either gotten information from or have profiled in the “DMCA Seven” series but never added tot his list.
The companies added include Mahalo, Squidoo (special request), Zooomr, Break and about six other sites.
Also, I did a quick dead link check on [...]