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Erroneous DMCA notices and copyright enforcement, part deux

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[Given my continued use of Ed's Freedom-To-Tinker blog, I'm reposting this article from there.]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a deluge of DMCA notices and pre-settlement letters that CoralCDN experienced in late August. This article actually received a bit of press, including MediaPost, ArsTechnica, TechDirt, and, very recently, Slashdot. I’m glad that my own experience was able to shed some light on the more insidious practices that are still going on under the umbrella of copyright enforcement. More transparency is especially important at this time, given the current debate … Continue Reading

Erroneous DMCA notices and copyright enforcement: the VPA, BitTorrent, and me

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I recently posted an article on Ed Felten’s group blog, Freedom to Tinker, which covers both technical and policy-related I.T. issues. It describes some technical issues and my recent experience with DMCA enforcement agencies, BitTorrent, and CoralCDN. I think our readers would be interested in it as well, as well as join in the lively conversation among commenters.
In the past few weeks, Ed has been writing about targeted and inaccurate copyright enforcement. While it may be difficult to quantify the actual extent of inaccurate claims, we can at least try to understand whether … Continue Reading