Indie filmmakers and musicians who find their work uploaded to YouTube without permission are probably pretty familiar with sending DMCA notices to Google. I know I am. I also know that the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal’s decision in the EFF’s infamous “Dancing Baby” lawsuit will have ZERO impact on how I approach sending those notices moving forward.
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It’s no secret that Hollywood has a long way to go when it comes to diversity and a new report released today by the Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School shows just how far. Echoing findings of a similar study issued last winter by UCLA’s Bunche Center, today’s report finds that women, minorities and LGBT characters are not only rare–but often insignificant in Hollywood films.
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So-called “public-interest” groups really just “Google-interest” groups...
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Censorship is a dirty word, laden with negative connotations and so it’s not surprising...
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Google removes pirate links, Chilling Effects reposts them In the wake of Google’s move to...
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[repostus]EFF’s Misleading Criticism is a Wasted Opportunity to Contribute to the Discussion...
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Terry Hart takes the EFF to task for their misleading take on copyright history Copyhype blogger...
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