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DMCA takedown forces Google to remove links to Pirate Bay

Bravo...How is it logical that a DMCA takedown forces Google to remove links to a website when a DMCA takedown can only be used to remove CONTENT not LINKS to content(IE: Pirate Bay is not owned by google nor it is hosted by google).What's next? DMCA takedown on all DNS...

Tags: Digital media, DMCA takedown, DMCA, Google Inc., takedown

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

DMCA takedown forces Google to remove links to Pirate Bay

Even though I'm linking to it right here, the Pirate Bay's home page has a PageRank of zero. Google still links to other sites on thepiratebay.org, but not the home page. It's almost like putting a lock on the front door and...

Tags: Google Inc., DMCA, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-02

Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra on Net neutrality; innovation, DMCA

Introducing a new series where CNET editors interview tech newsmakers. First up, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra talks DMCA, Net neutrality, innovation, and more. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Innovation, CTO, DMCA, Net Neutrality, Leadership, Digital Media, Strategy, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Supreme Court rebuffs Hollywood's attempt to block remote DVR services

Supreme Court rebuffs Hollywood's attempt to block remote DVR servicesInteresting conceptI suppose there is little difference between a service that records what you ask it to then transmits it to a device of your choice and the ability to record locally, backup centrally and restore to a location of your...

Tags: remote-DVR

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google

Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with GooglePropaganda always trumps truthYes, TPB openly ridiculed the asshats from the US that sent them DMCA takedowns. This was, of course, turned into a major point against them, and that was accomplished far easier than it should have been.Naturally, the Propaganda...

Tags: Google Inc., TPB, DMCA, Safe Harbor

Discussion threads 2009-05-02

Apple is being accused of stifling free speech; again

In November 2008 Virginia-based OdioWorks, operator of BluWiki a non-commercial wiki that promises publishing without censorship, received a takedown notice from Apple demanding that it remove user postings about how to “write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Hash, Digital Media, Digital Music, Wiki, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Wiki sues Apple over DMCA claims

Wiki sues Apple over DMCA claimsBully for BlueWiki!!If we start bottling up what can and cannot be talked about publicly then we may as well be living in a Kafkaesque nightmare.Whilst I understand the company not wanting to have all its secure measures of retaining a customer torn away it...

Tags: Digital media, site name, Apple Inc., DMCA, DMCA claim, Wiki

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Wiki sues Apple over DMCA claims

Last year, Apple lawyers contacted OdioWorks, the operator of BluWiki.com, claiming that certain user postings violated the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and copyright law. Apple threatened to sue Odioworks if the documents weren't removed and OdioWorks complied. Now, with the assistance of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, OdioWorks...

Tags: DMCA, Apple Inc., OdioWorks, Wiki, E-mail, Digital Media, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-27

EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use

EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair useyou tube?You Tube is so yesterday.They are blowing themselves up right along with the corporation rent seekers.RE: EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use"A way for people to get this taken seriously is to boycott YouTube in favor...

Tags: You-Tube, fair use, YouTube Inc., von Lohmann, Lohmann, DMCA, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use

I passed Jason's post about getting DMCA'd by Warner Music onto Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You'll recall that Jason and his wife put up on Vimeo a reunion slideshow with several tracks of music and that Warner Music Group promptly filed a DMCA take-down notice. Fred's...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, YouTube Inc., DMCA, Warner Music Group Corp., Fred, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Is Warner juicing DMCA with automated infringement detectors?

Is Warner juicing DMCA with automated infringement detectors?Greedy IdiotsWhen will this stop?RE: Is Warner juicing DMCA with automated infringement detectors?It won't stop.It is the result of greedy corpulent American business using the standard practice where litigation is always easier than innovation, but coupled with hugely excessive individual greed where many...

Tags: Digital media, automated infringement detector, Warner, DMCA

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Is Warner juicing DMCA with automated infringement detectors?

Last week, Jason Perlow wrote about his not-so-amusing adventures with Warner Brothers. After helping his wife put together a little 20-year-reunion slide show with an easy listening soundtrack (featuring James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend" and Madonna's "Like a Virgin"), which he intentionally degraded to avoid...

Tags: Autonomy Corp. Plc, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Jason Perlow, DMCA, Video, Jason, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Psystar ... can this little company hope to defeat Apple?

Does Psystar have a chance against Apple? A few months ago I would have said no, but now I'm not too sure. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Macintosh, EULA, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Flipside, Desktops, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone = copyright infringement & DMCA violation

It seems that Apple is growing tired of iPhone jailbreakers getting a free ride and is pushing to make jailbreaking illegal. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple iPhone, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Latest twist in Apple vs. Psystar

Mac clone maker Psystar has modified its counterclaim against Apple. Gone are the Clayton Act and Sherman Act antitrust claims, and in are sections that refute claims of violating the DMCA. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Counterclaim, Operating System, DMCA, Apple Inc., Computer Hardware, Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationApple is much more evil than MS...they've just been so much less successful that no one has noticed just how evil Apple is. People are beginning to notice. :)RE: Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA ViolationI used to use Anapod Explorer for my old...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Computers Today, Apple Inc., Apple Confuses Speech, DMCA Violation, DMCA

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

Apple recently sent a "cease and desist" email to bluwiki demanding the removal of postings by users who are trying to figure out how to write software that can sync media to the latest versions of the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the EFF: Apple doesn't...

Tags: Apple iPod, DMCA, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit

Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suitAdieu, PsystarI always thought EFI-X looked to be a better solution, although many do not like to build their own.

Tags: Digital media, Psystar, DMCA, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit

It appears that Apple is trying to put the final nail in Psystar's coffin, asking the court to accept an amended complaint against the Mac clone maker to add a charge of violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to a long list of allegations, including trademark infringement, breach of...

Tags: Complaint, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Apple Mac OS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple hits Psystar with DMCA charges

Apple hits Psystar with DMCA chargesCan't wait for the iApologistto show up, talking out of the other side of their mouths about how the DMCA is evil except when Apple uses it.Should match their views on patents....But... but... but... Apple doesn't use a TPM DRM chip!!!All the Apple zealots told...

Tags: Digital media, Apple EULA, intel, Apple Inc., DMCA, Psystar, DMCA charge

Discussion threads 2008-12-01