For the next chapter in the “DMCA Seven” series, we’re taking a look at one of the most common types of hosts out there, blog hosts. Many of these hosts have been copyright headaches for Webmasters. They are prime targets for spam blogs and scrapers and some have played a huge role in rise of…
Category Archives: Legal Issues
Why Fair Use Suffers on YouTube
On the surface, YouTube seems like a natural haven for fair use. The entire system is designed from the ground up to allow the posting of short, low resolution video clips and then embed those clips into blogs and other Web sites for commentary and criticism. When you look up the four factors of fair…
The DMCA on 7 Video Sites (YouTube Beats Viacom)
For the 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…
Transcraping: Multi-Lingual Content Theft
When Sallie Goetsch received a Google Alert for her name, she was originally excited. It meant, most likely, that one of her free Web articles had been picked up and used by another site. However, when she followed the link, she found something else. Rather than a properly attributed article, complete with bio and proper…
The DMCA on 7 Social Networking Sites
For the next segment in our “DMCA Seven” feature, we will take a look at the DMCA policy on seven of the largest social networking sites including Myspace, Facebook, Bebo and more. In each case we will evaluate their policy, look for weaknesses and, as necessary, recommend steps for improvement. However, as you can see…
The Need to Modernize the DMCA Agent List
Previously on this site, I’ve talked about how the DMCA agent list suffers from decay and is slipping into antiquity. Already, I only reference the U.S. Copyright Office’s list when the information isn’t readily available on the host’s Web site due both to hosts who haven’t registered with the USCO and hosts who haven’t maintained…
The DMCA on 7 Photo Sharing Sites
Previously on this site, I reviewed the DMCA policies of the top 5 social news sites. I found, as might be expected, that the policies on the five different sites varied wildly both in terms of how they were implemented and how robust they were. Differences between the sites became clear as sites with more…
FeelImage No Longer Displaying Flickr Photos
Image search engine FeelImage, previously discussed here, has stopped displaying Flickr results in its pages. This comes after Cybele, along with others, noticed that the site appeared to violating Flickr’s terms of use and posted about it in the Flickr forum. In the replies to Cybele’s post, a Flickr staff member named “Kevin” posted a…
Your Work, Someone Else’s Portfolio
My wife works in human resources. Part of her job is to coordinate with with outside printers for materials that are targeted at the company’s employees. Though her business does a lot of printing in-house, their machines are specialized and can not handle a lot of jobs, especially smaller press runs. Earlier this week, she…
Breaking News: Lara Jade Sues Pornographer
In May, I reported on DeviantArt photographer Lara Jade Coton who had discovered that a self-portrait she had taken when she was 14 was being used on the cover of a pornographic DVD. Earlier today she, through her attorney Richard Harrison, filed suit today in a Tampa courtroom against TVX Films, its owner, Robert Burge,…
Category Archives: Legal Issues
The DMCA on 7 Blog Hosts
For the next chapter in the “DMCA Seven” series, we’re taking a look at one of the most common types of hosts out there, blog hosts. Many of these hosts have been copyright headaches for Webmasters. They are prime targets for spam blogs and scrapers and some have played a huge role in rise of…
Why Fair Use Suffers on YouTube
On the surface, YouTube seems like a natural haven for fair use. The entire system is designed from the ground up to allow the posting of short, low resolution video clips and then embed those clips into blogs and other Web sites for commentary and criticism. When you look up the four factors of fair…
The DMCA on 7 Video Sites (YouTube Beats Viacom)
For the 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…
Transcraping: Multi-Lingual Content Theft
When Sallie Goetsch received a Google Alert for her name, she was originally excited. It meant, most likely, that one of her free Web articles had been picked up and used by another site. However, when she followed the link, she found something else. Rather than a properly attributed article, complete with bio and proper…
The DMCA on 7 Social Networking Sites
For the next segment in our “DMCA Seven” feature, we will take a look at the DMCA policy on seven of the largest social networking sites including Myspace, Facebook, Bebo and more. In each case we will evaluate their policy, look for weaknesses and, as necessary, recommend steps for improvement. However, as you can see…
The Need to Modernize the DMCA Agent List
Previously on this site, I’ve talked about how the DMCA agent list suffers from decay and is slipping into antiquity. Already, I only reference the U.S. Copyright Office’s list when the information isn’t readily available on the host’s Web site due both to hosts who haven’t registered with the USCO and hosts who haven’t maintained…
The DMCA on 7 Photo Sharing Sites
Previously on this site, I reviewed the DMCA policies of the top 5 social news sites. I found, as might be expected, that the policies on the five different sites varied wildly both in terms of how they were implemented and how robust they were. Differences between the sites became clear as sites with more…
FeelImage No Longer Displaying Flickr Photos
Image search engine FeelImage, previously discussed here, has stopped displaying Flickr results in its pages. This comes after Cybele, along with others, noticed that the site appeared to violating Flickr’s terms of use and posted about it in the Flickr forum. In the replies to Cybele’s post, a Flickr staff member named “Kevin” posted a…
Your Work, Someone Else’s Portfolio
My wife works in human resources. Part of her job is to coordinate with with outside printers for materials that are targeted at the company’s employees. Though her business does a lot of printing in-house, their machines are specialized and can not handle a lot of jobs, especially smaller press runs. Earlier this week, she…
Breaking News: Lara Jade Sues Pornographer
In May, I reported on DeviantArt photographer Lara Jade Coton who had discovered that a self-portrait she had taken when she was 14 was being used on the cover of a pornographic DVD. Earlier today she, through her attorney Richard Harrison, filed suit today in a Tampa courtroom against TVX Films, its owner, Robert Burge,…
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