It was a wild week for copyright news with appearances by the RIAA, MPAA, Viacom, YouTube and even Spitzer’s escort. This is one episode you can not miss!

It has been a busy week for copyright news as there are several updates to important, ongoing stories. Even for copyright news, this is one very packed week.

Anyone who is a regular reader to this site knows that, in order to get Adsense removed from a scraper or plagiarist’s page, you are required to file a DMCA notice.
Adsense has its own DMCA policy and follows it very strictly. Though results can be obtained through that means, few bloggers actually use it.
Not only [...]

On the surface, YouTube seems like a natural haven for fair use. The entire system is designed from the ground up to allow the posting of short, low resolution video clips and then embed those clips into blogs and other Web sites for commentary and criticism.
When you look up the four factors of fair use, [...]

Unlike other podcasts, the Copyright 2.0 Show does not take Labor Day weekend off. So, despite the holiday, we are coming at you with yet another collection of copyright news stories, views and abuse as brought to you by myself and Chris Matthieu, the founder of Numly.
All totaled, the show had sixteen stories, including [...]

For the next segment in our “DMCA Seven” feature, we will take a look at the “Darlings of the DMCA” as I’ve come to know them, the video sharing sites.
These sites, many of which have been sued or are operating under the constant threat of being sued, have their very livelihood centered around whether or [...]

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite [...]

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. As Chris and I stammer our way through another week of copyright news including the following stories:

Net radio wins a reprieve against rate hikes
Google takes a shot at Viacom
Prince angers his label with a CD giveaway
The MPAA is accused of [...]