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SXSW Lesson 2: Big Copyright Doesn’t Get the Web

March 21, 2012 20:14

Big copyright holders, IE: RIAA and the MPAA, don't truly understand the Web or the tech community. The surprise is that they aren't even trying.In yesterday’s SXSW Lesson regarding what the Web didn’t learn from SOPA and PIPA, I made a promise to address how the major copyright...

MPAA Wants Megaupload User-Data Retained for Lawsuits — Update

March 21, 2012 17:40

Hollywood studios are mulling a massive copyright litigation campaign that entails suing individual users of Megaupload, the file-sharing service that shuttered in January in the wake of federal indictments targeting its operators on allegations of facilitating wanton infringement. The site had...

The sky is not falling on the music industry

February 21, 2012 08:46

I tend to talk about Big Media (aka the entertainment industry) on this site quite a bit. The reason for this is pretty simple: Big Media constantly complains about how content "piracy" (its term for infringing music and movie downloads and sharing) is costing the industry enormous amounts of...

The Ongoing Legal Battle Over Bit Torrent Gets More Interesting

Mark Methenitis
January 17, 2012 15:42

Since the beginning of its existence, BitTorrent has been a lightning rod for controversy. Comcast choosing to slow down or “throttle” the service’s traffic was one of the first shots fired in the ongoing battle over Net Neutrality. This is not just a problem here in the States. Canadian...

3 Count: Cozy Friday

October 14, 2011 17:07

The Copyright Czar was "cozy" with copyright holders, Australia seems to streamline copyright enforcement and more! Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: U.S. Copyright Czar Cozied Up to Content Industry, E-Mails Show First off today, a Freedom of...