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Brazil's President restricts which posts social networks can remove

TechSpot

According to the new rules, social networks can only immediately take down content involving violence, drugs, or nudity, or if they encourage crime or violate copyrights. Removal of any other content will require a court order. The Brazilian government's Twitter account said the decree "forbids the removal of content that.

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Major record labels sue Charter Communications again for alleged copyright infringement

The Verge

Several record labels are suing an ISP for copyright infringement | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. A group of major record labels has filed a new lawsuit against Charter Communications alleging that the company has failed to address its subscribers’ copyright infringement of musical works. flagrant and serial infringers”.

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Club Penguin Online shuts down after receiving copyright claim from Disney

The Verge

Club Penguin Online, one of the largest Club Penguin fan servers, shut down Friday after The Walt Disney Company issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice earlier this week. According to BBC , a London man involved with the server was arrested on suspicion of child pornography. In all honestly, it isn’t worth it”.

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

The Verge

In the past several days, a number of headers, profile pictures, and tweets have disappeared across the wide network of BTS fan Twitter accounts. 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.”.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. But, when asked if we know whether or not there are “pirated” copyrighted materials, we can’t say. We write software for people with disabilities as well as human rights and environmental groups. And then they go away.

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

The Verge

The NFT, also, is a copyright nightmare, much like many of the images that Ratajkowski described grappling with throughout her career. The Richard Prince painting is itself a copyright nightmare. Is the font copyright protected, too? To break down the situation at hand: There is the NFT. Please help me. It’s messy!)

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The Challenges of Protecting Intellectual Property on Social Networks

NTEN

Nonprofits that want to connect with their constituents are almost obliged to participate on these networks. Causes and associations provide status updates on the networks, post links, publish content via tools like Facebook Notes, groups on Linked In and Facebook, and ask questions on all of the services.