2 month ago
wearehugh : McCain campaign protests YouTube's DMCA policy | Politics and Law - CNET News - youtube doesn't have a DMCA "policy". they have the fucking DMCA. don't shoot the messenger.
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15 month ago
Andy Baio : Chief of the U.S. Copyright Office doesn't own a computer - how can a self-proclaimed luddite make policy decisions involving copyright in the digital age? [via]
deusx : Pattern Recognition » Blog Archive » Technophobia or payola? - "Oh wait, IT DOES SAY THAT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR COPYRIGHT IN THE US DOESN’T OWN A COMPUTER."
Rod Begbie : Technophobia or payola? - "The person responsible for administering Copyright law in the US doesn't own a computer." This explains a *lot*. [via] #
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15 month ago
deusx : ASCII by Jason Scott: Toy - "Machine guns. 7am. Because he fixed a broken toy."
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15 month ago
deusx : Do-It-Yourself Counter Notification Letter - "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, enacted in 1998, set out a notification procedure that can be used to request an ISP to remove allegedly infringing material from a web page. However, there is a defense against this attack"
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19 month ago
Rod Begbie : "Psychic" Uri Geller sued after trying to remove critical YouTube clip | CNET News.com - Hooray for the EFF. Or frankly anyone who sues that bullshit artist. [via] #
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19 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : own your own integer - the logical conclusion of this argument is that all copyright is ridiculous
Rod Begbie : Freedom to Tinker » You Can Own an Integer Too - Get Yours Here - If any of you bastards *dare* to post "12 6F 5A CF BD 5F 55 00 B8 60 C8 42 49 59 FC AB" elsewhere on the web, I'll sue you, you hear? [via] #
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19 month ago
Rod Begbie : EFF: 09 f9: A Legal Primer - Outline of what the current HD-DVD key legal maelstrom is all about. #
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22 month ago
wearehugh : DMCA takedown notice for BackupHDDVD at SF.net - Doom9's Forum
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23 month ago
wearehugh : PlagiarismToday » Debunking The DMCA Caching Loophole
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Rod Begbie : finetune - playlists you can share - Stretching the DMCA streaming limits as far as they'll go, a site that lets you build up a playlist from their collection, then share it with friends for free. The embedded flash player is pretty nice. [via] #
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30 month ago
Rod Begbie : Pyrcast - Stream ripper for Pandora. Specify a station and a playlist length, and get a stash of MP3s to copy to your MP3 player. Countdown to DMCA letter.... [via] #
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46 month ago
Andy Baio : LokiTorrent fined $1 million in Dallas court - even though they didn't host a single file
jimray : LokiTorrent owner ordered to pay $1-million - This is pretty fucked in every way imaginable, not to mention the fact that LokiTorrent hosted exactly zero files (via Daring Fireball via Waxy)
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