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Legal nightmares to scare bloggers on Halloween
Considering that this post appeared on Plagiarism Today, I’m going to be VERY careful about sharing it. So I will say only this: if you are a blogger or social media user, Click on this link — and...
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Hey, Dummies: That’s Illegal!
Not to be outdone by the movie, music, and TV industries, a print publisher (John Wiley & Sons) has joined the party and filed its first mass copyright infringement lawsuit against BitTorrent...
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It’s Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley: And You Could Lose Big
It’s Hollywood against Silicon Valley when it comes to lobbing around the new anti-piracy legislation pending in Washington DC. And both sides are taking a stance that can hurt average consumers like...
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New York Judge to Copyright Trolls: Get Real!
A judge last week told a copyright troll to “get real” and stop abusing the court system. The ruling came in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York involving four lawsuits,...
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Tell Amazon.com to Stop eBook Scammers!
There are several scam artists on Amazon.com who are stealing whole books, changing a title and a name or two inside, and reselling the works as their own. C.J. Cherryh, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C....
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The Legal Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media
First, the disclaimer. I’m not a lawyer. I figure that I’ve paid for a pretty good legal education, however, having worked with many of the best attorneys in this arena and written far more than my...
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Ready or Not: Here Comes the Six Strikes Rule
Torrentfreak this week confirmed what I’ve been saying for a year or so: it’s about to get a lot harder to find a free public WiFi connection. After dancing around the details for over a year, the...
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Copyright Infringement…or Racial Stereotyping?
Our 11-year-old is reading a series of young adult fantasy novels called The Adventurer’s Wanted Series, by Utah-based author M.L. Forman. Kameron and I often read the stories aloud to each other — I...
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New Sources for Free Photos & Images for Bloggers
Is there a budget-conscious blogger, PR person or marketer who hasn’t been tempted to right-click on an image found by a search image and “save as” before using it? Probably not. Luckily, most of us...
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Study Says Online Social Norms Create Copyright Violations
A new study from Georgia Tech says that mash ups, fan fiction and content sharing have created new complexities in copyright that have effectively turned the legal concept of “fair use” on its ear....
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