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Man pleads guilty to selling $100 million worth of pirated software

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that a Chinese man they arrested will pled guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.

On Jan 9, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Was the Republican staffer who “fixed” copyright a scapegoat?

Republican Study Committee staff Derek Khanna was fired for authoring a copyright memo that may have upset powerful players in the content industry.

On Jan 7, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Gougou, China’s biggest pirate search engine, is gone

Gougou has shut down less than a month after the United States' trade regulator labeled its parent company a "notorious" copyright violator.

On Jan 2, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Dutch sites now need radio licenses to link to streaming music

Embedding, or even linking to, a legitimately-offered live stream of a radio broadcast is now illegal in the Netherlands. 

On Dec 27, 2012 by Curt Hopkins

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Movie studios are illegally pirating rival studios’ films

Major Hollywood studios who campaign relentlessly against Internet piracy are often guilty of pirating movies themselves, according to a TorrentFreak study.

On Dec 26, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Google’s copyright removal requests up 1000 percent since May

Since it started keeping track of copyright removal notices in its official Transparency Reports, Google has seen takedown requests from copyright owners skyrocket.

On Dec 12, 2012 by Curt Hopkins

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House Republicans fire staffer who wrote copyright reform memo

Derek Khanna wrote a copyright proposal that could have gained support from both sides of the aisle, but the memo was pulled, and Khanna has been fired from his job with the House's Republican Study Committee.

On Dec 6, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Royalty Free: Why YouTube and Creative Commons can’t coexist

With every erroneous attribution, YouTube's Content ID system cuts off composers from potential royalties and ad revenue .  

On Dec 5, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger

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Donut company forces rapper Krispy Kreme to find a new name

The 21-year-old is reportedly considering such new monikers as Froggy Fresh, Jelly Bean, and Lil Kuntry.

On Dec 4, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger

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Dad settles with copyright group that seized daughter’s laptop

A father has settled with a Finnish recording industry copyright group over his daughter's failed attempt to download a pop album, which she later bought at a store.

On Dec 3, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Internet-slowing Copyright Alerts System delayed until 2013

The program's executive director blames Hurricane Sandy for delays in the testing schedule.

On Nov 29, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Google campaigns against proposed German copyright law

According to Google, a new law designed to protect German newspapers would also cripple the search engine's ability to find news stories.

On Nov 27, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Finnish 9-year-old’s Pooh laptop seized in file sharing case

The girl tried to download an album on the Pirate Bay before her dad bought it for her legally. Authorities still raided the family's house and seized the computer.

On Nov 22, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Sega hits fan-made YouTube videos with copyright claims

The YouTube community around Shining Force III, a 15-year-old game that was never fully released in the U.S., has started receiving takedown notices from Sega, even though many of their videos use no in-game footage.

On Nov 20, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren asks Reddit for help with her latest bill

The representative who asked Reddit for help stopping SOPA is back for more guidance.

On Nov 20, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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