TorrentFreak

AUGUST 16, 2023

The copyright angle is the topic of many debates and has already made its way to court in a few cases. Books3 AI Training Database This week, Rights Alliance entered the arena with one of the most high-profile takedowns thus far. At the same time, AI is causing grave concerns within the copyright industries.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2023

On March 17, Musk raised the topic once again. When GitHub received the initial DMCA notice isn’t clear, but some interaction between Twitter and GitHub appears to have taken place before 10:15. “Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st,” he tweeted.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2023

This is a highly controversial topic in the music industry, with many insiders suggesting that commercial use of these models could breach copyright law. Exactly what is allowed and what isn’t is a topic of legislative debate. The letter came with a list of URLs that are going nowhere now.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

They aren’t meant to be complete overviews, just catch up guides for those interested in that specific topic. Best of all, it’s written in plain language, making it very easy to understand, and offers references to other circulars for a deeper dive on particular topics if wanted. Copyright Office. What it Leaves Out.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2023

For musician Maria Schneider, whose class action lawsuit against YouTube will head to a jury trial next month, the status quo and its alleged facilitator have been a constant topic of discussion for well over a decade. He denies being involved in the submission of 1,975 bogus notices sent to YouTube.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Last month, the Danish Rights Alliance was the first group to claim a major victory on the takedown front, by removing a copy of the controversial Books3 AI training dataset from the web. Books3 was first published on The Eye in late 2020 and was eventually removed when the Rights Alliance sent a formal takedown notice.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

The TRO acts like a supernotice compared to the traditional takedown notice: it targets sellers, not individual items; and it implicates their cash from all of their sales, not just the allegedly infringing listings.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 7, 2023

On receipt of a properly formatted and submitted takedown notice, allegedly infringing content must be taken down. The usual format is the inclusion of a photograph or image, a description of the image, a hyperlink to the original source, and sometimes a link to a secondary source with additional information on the current topic.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

“TorGuard knows and encourages its end users to use its VPN service to access The Pirate Bay and pirate content” the complaint read, pointing to a topic in the Torguard forums. For example, the movie companies sent 97,640 Notices to QuadraNet of alleged piracy activities on SOCKS5 IP addresses that were assigned to TorGuard.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 30, 2022

Among other things, the submission cites 2018 data from Google, which reported that takedown notices removed more than 14,000 items from the Play Store in that year. This should include “enhanced vetting” of developers, “screening” apps for infringements, and an effective notice and takedown system.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

After some back-and-forth, Bayside submitted a takedown request through Twitter’s online form and Twitter honored it. If you don’t recall this procedure, it says that after sending a 512(c)(3) takedown notice, a copyright owner can get, as a matter of right, an unmasking subpoena.

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CopyrightsWorld

MARCH 9, 2021

One follow-up possibility (although it probably won’t garner you any money) is sending a takedown notice to the host or whoever manages the websites. In many countries, a takedown notice alone requires the party that has infringed on the copyright to take down the item in question, or at the very least to take some sort of action.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

It has several uses, among them assisting in YouTube’s efforts to comply with DMCA notice and takedown requirements. Reupload Prevention Tool (unnamed): Speaking of the DMCA (YouTube /Google is generally understood as being the world’s largest user of the notice & takedown procedures). . . It, too, is controversial.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 14, 2022

Nevertheless, GitHub later restored the software and placed $1m in a takedown defense fund. Any attempt to circumvent it, therefore, would amount to infringement. Threats Were Also Sent to Others. After more than a year, the warring factions are no closer to an agreement.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2024

The contrast between $35 million in advertising revenue and the hardware on display has been a topic of discussion since the raid, and probably best summed up by the comment , “The shelter operator lives more frugally than I thought.” I am very sorry to leave you with bad news.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 15, 2022

A Notice of Inquiry, such as that opened by April 27 th by the US Copyright Office on this very topic , seems to me an excellent means of airing out these issues, and the views of the public and stakeholder groups on them. Since its inception, there have often been calls for the DMCA’s revision over a variety of issues.

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Velocity of Content

JULY 8, 2021

As I dug down further on the topic, I ended up tumbling down a bit of a rabbit hole concerning certain nooks & crannies of copyright that I hadn’t known much about; at that point, I thought it might be useful (to some) and interesting (to others) to share them here.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 14, 2024

If the vision for the creation of the web included a day one feature that could restrict access to content, people working on their own specialist topics, catering to their own niche audiences, would’ve happily pressed the button. The absence of information has led to some speculation that the notice may have been abusive.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Actions against non-violating content include: Placing forms of sensitive media, like adult content or graphic violence behind a notice. Enforce and remove threats Improve team efficiency and cost-effectiveness through automated enforcement and takedown procedures, meticulously reviewed by human experts.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We invited experts to offer a synthesis of empirical evidence catalogued on the Evidence Portal in response to 21 topical copyright questions of importance for the 21 st century. We anticipate exciting new contributions on topical issues such as litigation data, trade, and diversity in the coming months.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The community-oriented platform has “subreddits” dedicated to pretty much every topic one can think of, including several that are linked to online piracy and related issues. ” Copyright Takedown Notices Peak There were no dramatic increases related to Reddit’s copyright policies.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We received a number of fantastic questions, covering topics such as the implications of recent legislation on Cloudflare’s operations, enforcement best practices and alternate forms of recourse, and further insights on what Cloudflare should be doing to tackle the issue. In the second half of the session, we hosted a Q&A with viewers.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Martin Senftleben: The more complex the system gets, the lighter and less detailed the framework should be—open-ended notice and takedown would be better than DSA. Might be broken down by topic. Justin Hughes: Some topics here are premature, others old hat (trusted flaggers). Where to focus to fix?

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2023

If you’re interested in doing a deeper dive into how all of this works, I recommend following Andres Guadamuz’s blog on the topic.) 101 Notice that a derivative work is defined as one that’s “based upon” one or more preexisting works. Midjourney has set up a notice and takedown system for this purpose.)

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

This topic warrants an article in its own right but AAPA’s example – an operation with a RIPE ASN , headquarters in Hong Kong, Seychelles IP addresses, and rented servers in the Netherlands – suggests significant challenges. DMCA Notices Are Ignored. From an enforcement perspective, that’s less than ideal.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 4, 2023

On the topic of VPNs and DNS helping to circumvent blocking injunctions, the EC says that “providers of intermediary services should consider whether they could take further voluntary measures to prevent their services from being misused.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I’m dreading when any Section 230 case goes to the Supreme Court because Justice Thomas will feel free to mess up Section 230 jurisprudence, even on topics not properly before the court. A notice-and takedown approach may be constitutionally required. “Intellectual Property” Is Inherently Ambiguous.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the adoption of both the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has moved away from the notice-and-takedown model for copyright enforcement and content moderation. More information is available here.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Topicality/Impact]. However, later the defendant served a termination notice against which the plaintiff filed this suit. c) Top 10 Other IP Developments. H Lundbeck A/S v.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

In particular, UFC’s COO feels that the takedown provisions of the DMCA are outdated and especially so when it comes to protecting live events. ’ And through a variety of technology – whether it’s a takedown tool or notifications – you ask them to take it down.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2022

Students: this post surfaces numerous potential paper topics. As I mentioned in my post on the Twitter case, saying that a website knowingly participates in a sex trafficking venture by not honoring takedown notices creates significant opportunities to weaponize takedown notices. THE MINDGEEK LITIGATION.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Whether it’s the takedown of Megaupload, COVID-19 , financial and/or fuel crises, the control of the mainstream media, or a lack of interest in the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, look no further than the US Government. Not that many regular users would’ve noticed much opposition.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 3, 2021

Under US law, online service providers need to respond to takedown notices. What is Twitter doing to ensure that takedown notices are addressed in a manner that corresponds with that speed and volume? Senate and House of Representatives over the past 12 months, with platform accountability being one of the key topics.

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