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SOPA Will Destroy the Internet, Mythbuster Adam Savage Warns

If you don't follow tech news very closely, it's likely you've heard the term "SOPA," but you may not know exactly to what it refers. You could be forgiven- in the barrage of politics-related news that crosses our ... continue

Judge Dismisses ‘Copyright Troll’ Righthaven Lawsuit

The law firm criticized for their "copyright trolling" in an attempt to wring money out of internet users for engaging in nefarious activities such as viewing a YouTube video or quoting an news piece on a message ... continue

US Copyright Group preps suit against 23K+ BitTorrent users

I have to say, if you're going down for torrenting a movie, you could have probably been sued for something far better than The Expendables. Perhaps the US Copyright Group wants to add insult to injury by threatening ... continue

Grooveshark challenges Android market removal, says “nothing illegal” about the service

Grooveshark is often attacked for its "too good to be true" business model- after years of watching the RIAA win astronomical judgments against file-sharers and the whole Napster brouhaha, users are wary of getting their asses hauled ... continue

[Video] YouTube sends naughty users to “Copyright School”

Well, this is kinda whack. YouTube is now forcing alleged copyright infringers to watch a PSA starring the Happy Tree Friends in which the blue otter pirate is beaten over the head with a gavel several times as ... continue

“Copyright trolling” law firm Righthaven loses pivotal case

A little over a month ago, we posted about the Las Vegas law firm seeking to squeeze dollars out of bloggers and regular everyday internet users via a creative use of copyright law and re-interpretation of statues ... continue

Vegas law firm pioneers frightening strategy to sue everyone on the internet

Via Fark comes a story about this terrifying new practice, spearheaded by a law firm in Vegas and aimed at wringing money out of bloggers and even sometimes message board commenters in a legal strategy that- if it catches ... continue

Apple PR moves to squelch jailbreaking joy among the faithful

Well that didn't take very long did it. Early this morning Leander Kahney from the Cult of Mac blog was contacted by Apple PR over this silly idea of jailbreaking the iPhone in light of the new DMCA ... continue

Jailbreaking your iPhone totally cool according to new DMCA rules

Exceptions to the DMCA announced today have decreed that jailbreaking of iPhones is no longer an illicit activity to be carried out under the cover of night, among a few other bones thrown to the consumer. James H. ... continue

YouTube gets to tell Viacom to #suckit – wins case

Well YouTube can breath easy now. The official YouTube blog has a post up announcing its win over Viacom in their long running court case. The court issued a summary judgement which means that the court decided that YouTube was ... continue

Fun with copyright laws: YouTube says Viacom uploaded own videos, sued

YouTube Chief Counsel Zahavah Levine posted some interesting things today on YouTube's official blog about Viacom's strange, love-hate relationship with the video streaming giant. I am not a lawyer©, but the allegations made certainly seem like Viacom is ... continue

Time Inc’s New Scam: Abusing the DMCA

Times are tough for the media industry, and any way to raise funds and abuse copyright law seems to be fair game, at least if you're Time Inc. We received a DMCA takedown notice and a demand for ... continue

Google removes Pirate Bay from search results

Googling for "The Pirate Bay" returns a different set of results today, as Google has responded to a DMCA complaint requesting the change. Instead of the results you may have come to expect, pages have been removed with ... continue

Dustin Lance Black lawyers threaten to sue us despite not running the XXX pics

Lawyers representing Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black have today threatened to sue The Inquisitr for a screenshot of perezhilton.com we included in a post. The shot we ran included one picture from the set of pictures published by ... continue

Yet another really dumb move by Warner Brothers

No this isn’t another story about Warner Brothers sending their RIAA or MPAA storm troopers after a single mom or an ailing grandmother. Those they would probably succeed into forking over a pound of ... continue

Google provides some slapdown on who really serves DMCA notices

Copyright laws around the world are in the process of being re-written and in many cases they are a draconian move into the the past with us – the users – being made out ... continue

YouTube Now Blocks Copyright Material First, Asks Questions Later

We've had some interesting run-ins with YouTube before over copyright. In December USA Today claimed copyright of a Digg demonstration video we uploaded, and given YouTube seemingly ignores complaints, USA Today to the best of our knowledge ... continue

McCain Campaign asks YouTube to ignore the DMCA

The McCain campaign has written to YouTube, asking that the site ignore a provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and provide special resources to give expedited consideration to copyright claims against campaign videos. The legalities leading ... continue

In a polarized society, will moderate viewpoints die?

The term red states, blue states introduced America and the world to the notion of a polarized society, one that rallies around what makes us different over the common ground. Polarization in politics isn't new, but today ... continue

Muxtape jammed?

Online music sharing service Muxtape is offline, with a notice on the site saying only that "Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA." The Muxtape blog doesn't ... continue