Posts Tagged ‘notice-and-takedown’

DMCA Takedown 101

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 3rd, 2010 • Category: Articles

If you’ve ever wonrdered about the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions (notice and takedown), here is all you could ever want to learn about it.



Red Flags, Takedowns and Copyright Law

By Jonathan Bailey • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues

One of the lesser-known parts of the DMCA calls for hosts to remove content in cases of “red flag” infringements. But how common are these removals?



Chilling Effects Roars Back to Life

By Jonathan Bailey • May 12th, 2009 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, News

Chilling Effects, after being almost idle for many months, has come roaring back to life with nearly 200 new DMCA notices in just over a month.



You Think U.S. Copyright Law is Bad?

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues

U.S. Copyright law has gotten something of a bad rep over the years. But how bad is it? Turns out not as crazy as some of the laws/restrictions we see in other countries…



Pop Quiz 1: Google Answers

By Jonathan Bailey • Oct 7th, 2008 • Category: Articles

After introducing the Pop Quiz content last week, I’m returning today with the answers to the questions along with a few useful links for controlling your content in Google.



5 Ways to Improve DMCA Safe Harbor

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, Punditry

The safe harbor provision is one of the most commonly used and most controversial elements of modern copyright law. But how can the law be improved? Here are five ways.



Takedown FAQ

By Jonathan Bailey • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues

Whenever copyright holders are first introduced to the idea of a DMCA takedown, they inevitably have many questions about it. Here are ten of the more common questions answered.



The Need for DMCA Transparency

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 20th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues

Though many understand how the DMCA is designed to function when it comes to removing infringing works, few have any idea what happens after a notice has been submitted. It is time to change that.



The DMCA on 7 Photo Sharing Sites

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 16th, 2007 • Category: Articles, DMCA, DMCA Seven, Legal Issues, Personal Experiences

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 money, [...]