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1 hr ago | Tech Review

Dutch Pave the Way for Looser Copyright Laws

Much to the displeasure of the wider EU, the Dutch want to liberalize their copyright laws to explicitly allow remixes and mashups .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Digital Rights Management

6 hrs ago | Variety

Biz mulls Spain's new piracy law

Washington may have shelved two anti-piracy laws last month but Spain's anti-piracy legislation is set to take effect Feb.

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Related Topix: Washington, Internet Service Providers, Netflix, Startups, Entertainment

10 hrs ago | Digital Copyright Canada

Eastern and Western censorship: which is worse?

No visit of the Canadian Prime Minister to China would be complete without western media commenting on China's censorship policy.

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Related Topix: Prison

21 hrs ago | Daily Mississippian

University cracking down on campus-based piracy

The University of Mississippi is cracking down on students who illegally download music through the Appropriate Use Policy.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government, University of Mississippi, Mississippi

Sun Feb 12, 2012

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

All Your Holiday Belong to Us

If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Appropriating Forms: Violence and Godspeed You! Black Emperor

If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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Related Topix: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Progressive-Rock

Fsf.org

FSF Supports Proposed Exemptions to DMCA Anti-Circumvention Rules

The Free Software Foundation submitted comments to support exemptions to allow users to install free software on all kinds of devices, and view and play media encumbered with Digital Restrictions Management .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Digital Rights Management, Prison

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Eff.org

Canada's C-11 Bill and the Hazards of Digital Locks Provisions

While copyright owners claim that they need anti-circumvention laws to address copyright infringement, twelve years' experience with the U.S. DMCA provisions demonstrates that overbroad digital locks laws can wreak havoc on lawful, non copyright-infringing activities, stifle free speech and scientific research, and harm innovation and competition.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Science / Technology, Digital Rights Management

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

DJ Handi's Archive Picks: Black Metal Mercury Blues.

If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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Related Topix: The Stylistics, Soul

Broadbandreports

Growing List of Countries Oppose ACTA - Germany Joins Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic in Opposition

As we've discussed for months , the ACTA took all of this country's worst copyright ideas --many of them enshrined in the controversial DMCA -- made them considerably worse, then foisted them upon much of the globe with little to no real public discussion.

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TechnoLlama

Can a court order stop a torrent file?

I've just finished reading the fascinating case of AMP v Persons Unknown [2011] EWHC 3454 via the IP Osgoode blog .

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Related Topix: BitTorrent, Startups, Internet, Science / Technology, Cell Phones, Electronics, Social Software

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

FOOD (1972) - Gordon Matta-Clark's Restaurant - Directed by Robert Frank

If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

Techdirt

If The Internet Is Treated Just Like The Offline World, We'd Never...

One of the key talking points from the SOPA/PIPA supporters was this ridiculous claim that the internet shouldn't be "lawless." That was a laughable line, considering just how many laws have been passed already that directly impact the internet -- including many copyright laws specifically.

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From SCREW to Screamin' Jay and Beyond: The Comic Art of Avi Spivak

If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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Tree People + Folks on Fire + Larry Mondello Band = The Update

If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY

InformationWeek

Want IT Flexibility? Demand Jailbreaking Be Legal

Why should CIOs care about the DMCA's jailbreaking rules? Despite Pollyanna assurances that locking down a box will make everybody more secure, that's just not true--and it decreases choice.

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Related Topix: CIO News, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups

Daily Kos

In the future everyone will get royalties

Ok, not exactly yet another SOPA, PIPA, diary. They passed the DMCA and there was a compromise in there.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, US News, Liberal Political News

Wed Feb 08, 2012

TechCrunch

Is A Hash Of Hash Of A Torrent Of A Torrent Of Copyrighted Data Copyrighted?

Pirate Bay user allisfine just recently uploaded a torrent to the site that is a collection of all the magnet identifiers for the entire site .

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The Daily Irrelevant

Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We Already Have

The most frustrating part of the discussion around SOPA has been watching politicians and commentators fail to acknowledge the vast resources we already devote to protecting copyright in the United States.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 153

Strange Bedfellows: A Rockabilly Session and a Voice of Reason on Anti-Communism If you are a copyright owner and believe that your copyrighted works have been used in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, here is our DMCA Notice .

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