Scientology critics fight YouTube takedown notices: “ Push Me F*ck You Net users are fighting back against attempts to remove content critical of the Church of Scientology (CoS) from YouTube.… “ (Via The Register –…
Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider ‘Fair Use’ Before Sending Takedown Notice: “A federal judge rules that copyright owners must first consider ‘fair use’ before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites like YouTube requiring removal…
Olympic Committee Takedown Shows Risks of Ill-Timed Take-Downs | Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Olympic Committee Takedown Shows Risks of Ill-Timed Take-Downs” Deeplink by Corynne McSherry It’s never OK to use improper copyright claims to take down…
(Via Techdirt.) The IOC Joins the DMCA Censorship Club: “The International Olympic Committee is no stranger to overzealous protection of what they perceive to be their intellectual property. We’ve covered their ridiculous attempts to change…
(Via Techdirt.) Viacom Ignores Promise: Sends Bogus Takedowns To YouTube: “You may recall that back before it sued YouTube, Viacom sent the company 100,000 takedown notices, many of which turned out not to violate Viacom’s…
AP To Meet with Bloggers Over Guidelines: “The Associated Press plans to meet Thursday with the Media Bloggers Association to help craft standard under which AP stories can be used by bloggers. The AP recently…
AP may have to take on entire blogosphere, warns attacked blogger: “A major news agency has claimed that a blog’s quotation of its stories is copyright infringement and has demanded they be taken down in…
The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs: “The effort may offer a prominent definition of the important but vague doctrine of ‘fair use,’ often a contentious issue in the blogosphere….
Drudge Retort Episode Highlights ‘Fair Use’ Uncertainties: “The Associated Press has sent copyright violation take-down notices to the operator of the Drudge Retort, claiming that lifting a few sentences and the headline of the newswire’s…