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Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill

The Verge

Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images. On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. Congress’ $2.3

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

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Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski is selling a link representing a composite image that features a photograph of herself in front of a print by another artist that contains a photo (of herself) taken by (presumably) yet another artist. The Richard Prince painting is itself a copyright nightmare. Is the font copyright protected, too?

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College student sues Proctorio after source code copyright claim

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Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images. After Johnson refused, Proctorio filed a copyright takedown notice, and three of the tweets were removed. I’m doing this to stand up against student surveillance, as well as abuses of copyright law,” Johnson told The Verge.

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

The Verge

Photo by AL DRAGO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images. Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law.

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GitHub reinstated a YouTube video downloader that the RIAA claimed was a piracy tool

The Verge

Photo: GitHub. GitHub has reinstated an open-source tool for downloading YouTube videos, and it’s changed its policies to make similar copyright-related takedowns less likely. It alleged that the tool “was designed and is marketed” for illegally saving copyrighted music, violating Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is important to respect copyright laws. Flickr Creative Commons – Flickr is a photo site but it offers creative commons licensing and you can use it combined with keyword searches to find an image. Wylio – This is a searchable archive of public domain or creative commons licensed photos that bloggers can use.

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One tweet tried to identify a cop — then five people were charged with felony harassment

The Verge

Is retweeting an officer’s photo cyber harassment? A New Jersey police department is pursuing cyber harassment charges against five people in connection with a protest photo uploaded to Twitter in June. In an attempt to identify a specific police officer who was befriending someone harassing me, I uploaded a photo.”

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