published by admin on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 05:55
I am thinking that the DMCA may not suck as much as the companies using the DMCA to infringe on our rights.
Yeah... but CompaniesThatAbuseTheDMCASuck.org is really long to type... :)
published by admin on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 05:53
This is really upsetting. Let me tell it like it is... this is bullshit.
For years, companies, mainly those considered ISPs have used contract law and policies to deny basic rights that users have via the DMCA.
Most of these have been with regard to counter notifications.
Here are some I note in my book - a Decade of the DMCA
A woman who runs a news blog receives a DMCA notification, filed by her competitor. The notification isn't even read through because if it were.. Google would have realized the notification was from herself to take down her own site.
published by admin on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 01:13
published by admin on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 21:21
I don't think that many people consciously decide to become an advocate or political activist. I believe that people follow their passion and that passion drives the activist followed by living in that passion. The passion grows and grows and is out of control at times. To others, the activist may seem kookie or odd. No matter if the activist continues quietly or loudly into the night, that passion lies within and may sleep at times but can easily be awakened.
published by admin on Sat, 11/17/2012 - 11:14
Anyone encounter this or have this happen to them?
Post your Tweet Withheld Experience here.
published by admin on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 23:06
So, I have a few myself...
1. I posted my book about 12 years ago to Geocities. They closed my account because they stated I had violated their terms of service by placing copyrighted materials on my site. It was my copyrighted materials. Ironically, it was a book I wrote titled, "DMCA".
I owned the book. Yet, I was never able to recover the website. I didn't really try. Even though I had not violated the DMCA, no notification was given - Obviously I would not send a notification to myself... Their terms of service was used to shut me down.
published by admin on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 18:13
In early 2000, a DMCA protest was held in Washington D.C.
There, people from different GNU Linux User Groups joined in.
There was discussion about setting up one website to inform people about upcoming protests.
In 2000, many people did not know about the DMCA.
This was that one website.
What started as a protest information center, soon became a DMCA information center. There were only a few cases. The audience was technical, legal and students.
The focus was:
