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Offer Upgrade User ID: 945238 United States 12/27/2010 02:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anyone familiar running websites, or internet copyright issues care to give this article from WIRED a review...? The $105 Fix That Could Protect You From Copyright-Troll Lawsuits "Call it ingenious, call it evil or call it a little of both: Copyright troll Righthaven is exploiting a loophole in intellectual property law, suing websites that might have avoided any trace of civil liability had they spent a mere $105. That’s the fee for a blog or other website to register a DMCA takedown agent with the U.S. Copyright Office, an obscure bureaucratic prerequisite to enjoying a legal “safe harbor” from copyright lawsuits over third-party posts, such as reader comments..." [link to www.wired.com] "Nothing to see here, go back to sheep..." --- AC 1251379 |
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