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Tag Archive: Trademark
3 Count: Twilight Tonight
Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good First off today, The Pirate Bay has announced its plans to shut down its tracker for good. However, it isn’t for copyright reasons, but rather, to encourage file sharers and other bittorrent sites…
Digg Does it Again
Digg has once again sparked controversy with its URL shortening service. Only now it has drawn the ire of both Webmasters and users alike.
Digg Responds, Says DiggBar Not Evil
Following the controversy over the new DiggBar, Digg has responded with some changes to the bar itself as well as reassurances that it’s not evil.
Is the DiggBar Content Theft?
Digg’s latest feature, the DiggBar, has caused a great deal of controversy, including many calling it outright content theft.
Is Trademark the New Copyright?
I want to be clear before I begin that this article is not an attack on open source, copyleft or any of the products listed. Rather, it is an exploration of the role trademark will play in the future of copyleft and intellectual property in general. What do the following have in common: Ubuntu, Firefox,…
Reminder: Performancing Legal Issues Forum Available
I wanted to take a quick moment today to remind everyone that the Performancing Legal Issues Forum is still open and accepting legal questions from bloggers and Webmasters. So far, the forum has used to address questions surrounding copyright law, trademark issues and cybersquatting problems among others. It is a valuable and free resource that…
Episode 7 – Copyright 2.0 Show
It’s Monday and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. Once again I team up with Chris Matthieu from Numly to bring to you the latest in copyright news as it relates to the Web as well as more general information on copyright law itself. This week we…
Internet Archive Ruled Inadmissible
A New York Federal judge has ruled that printouts from the Internet Archive are inadmissible as evidence in a court of law unless the party trying to enter it can produce “authenticating testimony from someone familiar with how the pages were created�?. The judge’s order officially struck the pages from the record and removed the…
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