Posts Tagged ‘United-States’

3 Count: House of Lords

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 16th, 2010 • Category: 3 Count

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
1: Digital Economy Bill approved by House of Lords
First off today, the House of Lords in the UK has approved the Digital Economy Bill, paving the way for a “three strikes” system in the country and also for the blocking of Web sites [...]



Why Most Spam Blogs are American

By Jonathan Bailey • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues

With the Internet becoming more international in every regard and laws in the U.S. turning against spammers, it seems odd that so many spammers are still concentrated within the United States. However, the reasons are simple to understand.



Why Your Copyright Protection is Second Rate

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 11th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Punditry

If you’ve ever wondered why big copyright holders collect millions and damages while you struggle to deal with even the most basic of content theft, this is why.



The Need to Modernize the DMCA Agent List

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, Punditry

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 [...]



Designating Your Own DMCA Agent

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 4th, 2007 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, Prevention

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 operating [...]