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A 70-year-old grandmother from San Francisco is fighting charges filed by a Chicago law firm representing the entertainment industry that she used BitTorrent to illegally download pornography. Named as one of 43 Jane or John Doe defendants in the latest … Continue reading
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A consortium of entertainment copyright holders called The Center for Copyright Information has launched something called the “six strikes plan” that has the potential to shutter unsuspecting businesses by cutting off their Internet access. Here’s how it works: ISP’s will begin … Continue reading
I was thrilled to have this blog featured on the Technogranny show this morning. We talked about: Things you can’t say online (First Amendment limits) Keeping your job while having your say (Employee rights) Copyright issues for social media users … Continue reading
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Ever wonder if social media marketing is a risky business – or a manageable risk? I have. But there are many ways to manage risk so that it doesn’t kill your ability to have your say in the evolving social … Continue reading
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I was shocked late last week to hear that my neighbor was one of 23,000 people targeted in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the copyright trolls at the U.S. Copyright Group (USCG). I wasn’t shocked that the “bounty hunters” … Continue reading
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Nate Anderson wrote a fascinating article last week in the Ars Technical Law & Disorder report titled Unhappy Mounties sick of being private copyright cops Based in part on recently released documents from the U.S. and Canada, as well as … Continue reading
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Litigation over what happens in social media and blogs is growing at alarming rates. It’s scary enough to hear that you’re being sued, but the scariest term a lawyer can use in my presence is the phrase “personally liable.” That … Continue reading
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On Good Friday (April 22, 2011), U.S. District Judge James Mahan issued a ruling that could shrink the biggest copyright troll in the U.S. down to size. “[Righthaven’s] litigation strategy has a chilling effect on potential fair uses of Righthaven-owned articles, … Continue reading
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Copyright trolls are like this cave troll: poised to drop a hammer on the unwary at any moment. The photo is mine (taken in 2004 outside Te Papa Tongarewa museum in Wellington, NZ). The photo is copyright free; the troll is not. … Continue reading
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Copyright law hasn’t changed much since the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the DMCA) – but social media has changed the way people think about what copyright law actually means. And the number of lawsuits is growing at an amazingly high … Continue reading
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