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:Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' Before Sending Takedown Notice
Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use' Before Sending Takedown Notice
Aug 22, 2008, 12 :32 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (3711 reads)

(Other stories by David Kravets)

"The legal dispute decided Wednesday centers on a rarely used clause in the DMCA -- originally approved by Congress in 1998 -- allowing victims of meritless takedown notices to seek damages, in a bid to deter false notices and breaches of First Amendment speech. It is usually used when somebody issues a takedown notice and misrepresents ownership of the copyright."

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And a lot of other things on DMCA/ EFF i ...   The predecessor stories were here, too.   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 22, 2008, 13:16:17
 
Isn't sending take-down notices to e ...   Freedom of the press?   
jhansonxi
Aug 22, 2008, 19:36:54
 
> Funnily enough, there were no complain ...   Re: Complaints   
The Man Who Japed
Aug 22, 2008, 19:37:40
 
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