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mvario Jun 12, 2023

Top EU Court To Consider If Copyright Is More Important Than Privacy | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/12/top-eu-court-to-consider-if-copyright-is-more-important-than-privacy/

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Top EU Court To Consider If Copyright Is More Important Than Privacy

Back in November last year, Walled Culture reported on the shocking opinion by a top EU court advisor that copyright was more important than privacy. The case in question was brought by four F…

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mvario Jun 4, 2023

High Prices Make Textbook 'Piracy' Acceptable to Most Students * TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/high-prices-make-textbook-piracy-acceptable-to-most-students-230604/

#AbolishIP #EndCopyright #🏴‍☠️ #RepealTheDMCA #NoDRM #RightToRepair #A1S8C8 #FairUse #PublicDomainEverything #SharingIsCaring

High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Students

New research published by the Rights Alliance shows that more than half of all students find it acceptable to use pirated books.

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mvario May 28, 2023

Music Company Asks Google to Delist 'YouTube Downloader' Wikipedia Article * TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/music-company-asks-google-to-delist-youtube-downloader-wikipedia-article-230528/

#AbolishIP #EndCopyright #🏴‍☠️ #RepealTheDMCA #NoDRM #RightToRepair #A1S8C8 #FairUse #PublicDomainEverything #SharingIsCaring

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Music Company Asks Google to Delist ‘YouTube Downloader’ Wikipedia Article

A recent DMCA anti-circumvention notice asks Google to remove a Wikipedia entry that lists a comparison of YouTube downloaders.

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mvario May 20, 2023

Popular Pirate Bay Proxy Site Disappears From GitHub * TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/popular-pirate-bay-proxy-site-disappears-from-github-230520/

#AbolishIP #EndCopyright #🏴‍☠️ #RepealTheDMCA #NoDRM #RightToRepair #A1S8C8 #FairUse #PublicDomainEverything #SharingIsCaring

Popular Pirate Bay Proxy Site Disappears From GitHub

After a takedown dispute earlier this year, The Proxy Bay disappeared from GitHub, along with several dedicated proxy sites.

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mvario May 15, 2023

Major YouTube Copyright Lawsuit Nears Trial With Almost Everything On the Line * TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/major-youtube-copyright-lawsuit-nears-trial-with-almost-everything-on-the-line-230515/

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Major YouTube Copyright Lawsuit Nears Trial With Almost Everything On the Line

One of the most complex copyright cases in years goes to trial next month. Proposed yet disputed jury instructions currently run to 243 pages.

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mvario May 15, 2023

https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-alliance-backs-riaa-in-key-youtube-ripper-lawsuit-230515/

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Copyright Alliance Backs RIAA in Key YouTube Ripper Lawsuit

The Copyright Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief backing the RIAA in its legal battle with stream-ripping site Yout.com.

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mvario May 13, 2023

Iron Maiden Opposes Women’s Lingerie Company For Using The Word ‘Maiden’ | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/12/iron-maiden-opposes-womens-lingerie-company-for-using-the-word-maiden/

#AbolishIP #EndCopyright #🏴‍☠️ #RepealTheDMCA #NoDRM #RightToRepair #A1S8C8 #FairUse #PublicDomainEverything #SharingIsCaring

Iron Maiden Opposes Women’s Lingerie Company For Using The Word ‘Maiden’

Iron Maiden, the band, is not a band I have thought about much in the last, oh, let’s call it 20 years. They have made it onto our pages before, specifically for behaving like trademark bulli…

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mvario May 12, 2023

Biden Nominates Legacy Entertainment Industry Copyright Enforcer To Be New IP Czar | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/12/biden-nominates-legacy-entertainment-industry-copyright-enforcer-to-be-new-ip-czar/

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Biden Nominates Legacy Entertainment Industry Copyright Enforcer To Be New IP Czar

I have to admit that I’d lost track of the whole White House IP Czar position. Officially, the “Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator” or IPEC, the job was created by the “Pro-IP Act” in 20…

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mvario May 11, 2023

Z-Library Warns Against 'Fraudulent' and 'Unsafe' Copycats With Millions of Users * TorrentFreak

https://torrentfreak.com/zlibrary-warns-against-fraudulent-and-unsafe-copycats-with-millions-of-users-230511/

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Z-Library Warns Against ‘Fraudulent’ and ‘Unsafe’ Copycats With Millions of Users

The Z-Library crackdown and domain seizures haven't ended the site, but the knock-on effects are causing confusion among the public.

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mvario May 5, 2023

Germany Wants To Include Copyright Infringement Under Its Planned ‘Digital Violence’ Law | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/05/germany-wants-to-include-copyright-infringement-under-its-planned-digital-violence-law/

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Germany Wants To Include Copyright Infringement Under Its Planned ‘Digital Violence’ Law

The hyperbolic rhetoric that is a feature of the copyright industry, which tries absurdly to characterize making an additional digital copy as “theft”, can lead to some serious legislative harm. Fo…

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