The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…
The DMCA is a powerful tool, but sometimes it is not the right tool for the job. Here are some examples.
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: ISP, Content Owners in Copyright Court Battle First off today, all eyes are on Australia today as a Federal court in the country is hearing a case between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, which counts 34 major copyright holders as…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Previously, I reported about how plagiarized content can create unique challeges on social news sites such as Digg and Reddit. The article detailed a case involving the site Celebrity Hack, a celebrity gossip blog. The site had one of its articles, entitled “37 Famously Stupid Celebrity Quotes” submitted to Digg only to be buried for…
The DMCA provides Web hosts a great deal of protection when it comes to copyright infringement taking place on their servers. If hosts met the requirements and take a few simple steps, they can not be held liable for any infringement perpetrated by their users. This is great news to hosts who, before 1998, were…