Google recently sent a document to the U.S. Copyright Office which shows the degree at which a site can be damaged by being hit by the Pirate Update. On February 8, 2022, Google stated “when a ...
https://dmcaforce.com/google-empowers-dmcaforce-to-shut-down-sites/
Comcast Corp., the largest cable operator in the United States is in the early phase of creating a new system to help battle online piracy. Comcast Corp. has started preliminary discussions with ...
https://dmcaforce.com/new-anti-piracy-alternative-proposed-by-comcast/
Since June 2012, the proprietary software DMCA Force uses to locate possible infringements on our clients’ copyrights has scanned over 100 million URLs that had terms, file names or other indic...
https://dmcaforce.com/dmca-takedowns-and-selectivity-by-the-numbers/
On several occasions now, this blog has addressed things that one shouldn’t do as a DMCA takedown service provider, like place too much faith in DMCA takedown automation or issue a DMCA takedow...
https://dmcaforce.com/more-stuff-you-probably-shouldnt-do-as-a-dmca-takedown-service-provider/
I suppose it should come as no surprise that Amelia Andersdotter, a member of Sweden’s Pirate Party and the youngest member of the European Parliament, is hostile to the very idea of a music in...
https://dmcaforce.com/pirate-party-rep-artists-dont-have-the-right-to-get-money/
Two courts, one district and the other a court of appeals, handed down rulings in cases involving two of the country’s more notorious “copyright trolls” this week, Righthaven and Prenda Law...
Warner Brothers, no stranger to intellectual property litigation, now finds itself on the defendant’s side of the table of a trademark lawsuit filed by… (wait for it…) the creators of the K...
https://dmcaforce.com/of-cats-and-copyright-warner-bros-sued-by-meme-makers/
Over on Ars Technica today, Timothy Lee has published an interesting piece called “Five ways Congress should improve the copyright system,” and while I’m not in complete agreement with the ...
https://dmcaforce.com/reforming-copyright-where-is-the-balance/
In a decision handed down yesterday, a five-judge panel from the New York Supreme Court held that the ‘safe harbor’ provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act do not shield Grooveshark...
https://dmcaforce.com/court-grooveshark-not-protected-by-dmca-safe-harbor-on-pre-1972-recordings/
By now, you’ve probably seen the news that U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton has awarded summary judgment to YouTube in Viacom v. YouTube, and you’ve probably read the salient quotes from the...
https://dmcaforce.com/youtube-wins-another-round-against-viacom/