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1: Last.fm’s User Data is Useless to the RIAA
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This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday.
1: YouTube Ordered To Pay $1.6 Million To ASCAP
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A recent re-post by Dan Heller has raised the question of whether the USCO should let private companies accept copyright registrations.

When it comes to copyright, whether or not to register their site is one of the most difficult questions a webmaster has to answer. However, with the system tilted against the Web, the answer for most of us is painfully clear.

A new company known as the US Copyright Registry is drawing fire for making confusing claims and sending out strongly-worded emails to domain owners. What does the service do and should you worry about the emails?

Earlier this week I re-visted the United States Copyright Office’s Electronic Copyright Office system to complete my first registration. The results pretty much speak for themselves.

Sometimes the biggest challenge to protecting your copyright is proving the work is yours in the first place. Though the United States Copyright Office provides the only official service, that makes available additional legal remedies, it is both pricey and slow, making it a waste for anyone who anyone who isn’t actively looking to go [...]

Earlier this year, the United States Copyright Office (USCO) announced that they were going to begin beta testing their new electronic copyright office (eCO) system to accept registrations over the Web.
The system, in theory, is supposed to make registering your work with the USCO easier, faster and cheaper than the traditional “file by mail” [...]