Copyright Infringement articles

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  SOPA author Lamar Smith defends bill, questions critics' credibility

  By Adi Robertson on January 13, 2012 05:01 pm + 38 comments

  US Representative Lamar Smith, author of the Stop Online Piracy Act, has doubled down on his support Continue reading…

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  EMI sues Grooveshark over licensing dispute

  By Adi Robertson on January 6, 2012 04:59 am + 27 comments

  EMI has just become the latest of four major labels to sue streaming music service Grooveshark. The Continue reading…

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  Google moves to strike Authors Guild and other organizations from Books suit

  By Adi Robertson on December 25, 2011 10:07 am + 10 comments

  Back in 2008, it looked like the Google Books legal saga might finally be over. After filing suit Continue reading…

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  What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online Piracy Act explained

  By Nilay Patel on December 22, 2011 04:27 pm + 227 comments

  I walk by a pretty good bootleg DVD stand a few times a month — the proprietor sets up at Continue reading…

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  X-Men pirate sentenced to one year in federal prison

  By Thomas Ricker on December 20, 2011 06:56 am + 53 comments

  Gilberto Sanchez has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for uploading an unfinished Continue reading…

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  When remix culture becomes mainstream culture, is copyright doomed?

  By Adi Robertson on December 9, 2011 07:26 pm + 23 comments

  With a chronologically-ordered edit of Pulp Fiction making the rounds online, writer Andy Baio has Continue reading…