One of the biggest problems for webmasters on today’s Internet is scraped content. What does it mean exactly? It basically means that other webmasters are copying contents from a website, usually without authorization to do so. That’s content theft and copyright infringement. The technology in this area has advanced a lot in the past years. [...]
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ISPs don’t have to give up names in civil cases
The news that European Internet Service Providers did not have to give up names of customers to members of the Music Industry and other organizations in civil cases hit the Internet by storm. Everyone seemed to think that this was a major victory for consumer rights. It probably is in some countries but let me explain how this is easily circumvented, at least in Germany.
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Viacom sends takedown notice to author of video clip
The following story is to good to just pass a long. Imagine you create a video and upload it to Youtube. You do get some exposure and someday you realize that a tv show, in this case Web Junk 2.0 on VH1, played your video on their show without asking for your permission in first place.