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Center for Copyright Information 'Six Strikes' system begins

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:33:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361729424_onlinepiracy-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As expected, the Center for Copyright Information's Bit...]]>

Leak: Verizon 'six strikes' will throttle user connections

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:51:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/MPAA-UK-SurfTheChannel-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />six-strikes" anti-piracy policy, set to roll out this year, have surfaced online. Warnings, bandwidth throttling, and obligato...]]>

Google takedown requests increase tenfold in six months

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:40:00 GMT

Google settles Belgian press copyright suit amicably

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:50:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355461008_googlebelgium-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />European blog today, and announced that it has reached a settlement with Belgian publishers that launched a suit against it six years ago. In the suit, the publishers argued that Google link...]]>

Hurricane Sandy damage blows 'six strikes' rule into 2013

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:24:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354152256_verizonflood-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Center for Copyright Information (CCI) head Jill Lesser has announced in a blog post that the much-criticized "six strikes" myVidster was n...]]>

Oracle versus Google 'fair use' legal fight heading to DC?

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:20:00 GMT

Canadian Supreme Court expands consumer 'fair use' rights

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:05:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1342219355_canadiansupremecourt-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />iTunes store song sample length. The court has affirmed that "fair de...]]>

New Zealand judge rules Megaupload search warrant illegal

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:45:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/dotcombond-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Megaupload file-sharing site founder Kim Dotcom were illegal. The warrants used did not properly describe the of...]]>

German 'flash drive tax' jumps 2,338 percent

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:47:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339021251_ZPU-German-Blank-Media-Tax.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Heise is reporting that the ZP�, the German organization responsible for administering a tax on blank media, has announced a sizable increase in the blank media levy. Acc...]]>