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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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BTS fan Twitter accounts say they’re being targeted by copyright trolls

The Verge

The spoof websites appear to have been taken down as of this writing, but the account’s header remains suspended “in response to a report from the copyright holder.”. Hello, with copyright harassment going on for the past 24hrs (4 strikes), I've decided to go private for the next few days – soon!

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How many layers of copyright infringement are in Emily Ratajkowski’s new NFT?

The Verge

As somebody who has built a career off of sharing my image, so many times — even though that’s my livelihood — it’s taken from me and then somebody else profits off of,” Ratajkowski told The New York Times. The NFT, also, is a copyright nightmare, much like many of the images that Ratajkowski described grappling with throughout her career.

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College student sues Proctorio after source code copyright claim

The Verge

After Johnson refused, Proctorio filed a copyright takedown notice, and three of the tweets were removed. Copyright holders should be held liable when they falsely accuse their critics of copyright infringement, especially when the goal is plainly to intimidate and undermine them,” said EFF Staff Attorney Cara Gagliano in a statement.

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New ‘felony streaming’ measure is aimed at piracy services, not Twitch streamers

The Verge

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. More importantly, there’s nothing in the text of the bill that suggests platforms’ moderation of everyday copyright violations would need to change.

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Facebook will let people claim ownership of images and issue takedown requests

The Verge

From there, the company could choose to let the images stay up, issue a takedown, which removes the infringing post entirely, or use a territorial block, meaning the post stays live but isn’t viewable in territories where the company’s copyright applies. “We The system defaults ownership to whoever filed first.

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Daily Crunch: Stripe responds to report that it seeks to raise $2B with a terse ‘no comment’

TechCrunch

No music for you : Google displayed its musical chops and now won’t share it with the world, Kyle writes. Here’s your Friday five: Gobbling up your information : Uber Eats has a new feature that shows you how much of your information is shared with delivery people, Aisha reports. If you don’t already get it in your inbox, click here.

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