This year is starting off very well for me as we are only seven days into the New Year and, already, one of my predictions has come true. I feel as if I cheated now… Regardless, it is a Monday, that means it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show, the first…
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Reverse Content Theft: Reflections on Scoble-gate
Robert Scoble kicked off a controversy when he was banned from Facebook for, according to him, running a script from a competing social network, Plaxo, designed to extract his Facebook account data and port it over to an account elsewhere. The response was very divided. Many supported Scoble for what he did while others accused…
Episode 39 – Predictions
First off, Happy New Year’s Eve! It has been one heck of a year and this one is closing out with a bang, though perhaps not literally. Since this year ends on a Monday, that means it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show, the final one for 2007. As usual, I…
Five Media Hosts for Easy Offloading
Since yestserday’s post about offloading images and multimedia to mitigate against false DMCA notices has generated some unexpected interest on the topic, I wanted to take a few moments and look at the companies I’ve worked with and discuss why I use the services that I do. I also want to open up the floor…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
Attributor Launches Content Monitoring Service
Web startup Attributor, previously covered here, has announced the launch of their content monitoring and analysis platform and is openly accepting customers for their service. According to Attributor, the system “works by allowing publishers to register and digitally fingerprint each piece of content” and then checking for uses of that content that violate previously determined…
The DMCA on 7 Advertising Networks
Advertising networks are very important allies in the fight against plagiarism and content theft. As one of the most popular revenue streams for scrapers and other spammers, they often unwittingly bankroll many of the content thieves who plague the Internet. However, advertising networks are not covered by the DMCA. Since they are not hosts and…
The DMCA on 7 Domain Hosts
For the next chapter of the “DMCA Seven” series, we take a look at a different kind of hosts, domain hosts. These differ from most of the other hosts we’ve covered in that they are not free services, but rather, paid hosts that earn monthly or yearly fees from their subscribers. Despite the apparent conflict…
Photographer Gets Plagiarized then Censored
Aricle Updated: See Below Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir is heralded as one of the top photographers on the photo-sharing site Flickr. Guðleifsdóttir, a native of Iceland, is well known for her self-portraits as well as her surreal landscapes. However, she recently discovered that a photo printing site had not only posted several of her works under a…
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