THE END OF FAIR USE?
Websites Using Copyrighted News Stories Could Be History
Feds Seize 8 More Domains In Copyright Crackdown
(WIRED NEWS) Obama's Department of Homeland Security seized at least eight website addresses over the weekend, bringing to 128 the number of domains confiscated as part of a government copyright crackdown. The government is taking the sites with court approval, under the same civil seizure law the government invokes to seize brick-and-mortar drug houses, bank accounts and other property tied to illegal activity. The seizures, first reported by TorrentFreak, came as Congress is mulling dramatically increasing the government’s legal power to disrupt and shutter websites “dedicated to infringing activities.”
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White House Tries To Use Patriot Act Terrorism Law To Enforce Copyright Crackdown > Kiss Youtube Goodby?
The White House has proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making "illegal streaming" of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers. Under federal law, wiretaps may only be conducted in investigations of serious crimes, a list that was expanded by the 2001 Patriot Act to include offenses such as material support of terrorism and use of weapons of mass destruction. The administration is proposing to add copyright and trademark infringement, arguing that move "would assist U.S. law enforcement agencies to effectively investigate those offenses." The term "fair use" does not appear anywhere in the proposal.READ ENTIRE ARTICLE
Media Giants Want To End Fair Use Doctrine
The whispered rumor is that US Fair Use doctrine is so broad that it violates international law — specifically, the Berne Convention on copyright. If enough national governments agree with this interpretation, the US government might be required to replace the Fair Use doctrine with something far more restrictive. Fair use is the doctrine that lets reviewers quote from published works. There is a movement afoot in the world of copyright. The purpose of the movement is to chill the willingness of countries to enact fair use or liberal fair dealing provisions designed to genuinely further innovation , creativity and the free flow of information.
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Websites Using Copyrighted News Stories Could Be History
(WIRED NEWS) Obama's Department of Homeland Security seized at least eight website addresses over the weekend, bringing to 128 the number of domains confiscated as part of a government copyright crackdown. The government is taking the sites with court approval, under the same civil seizure law the government invokes to seize brick-and-mortar drug houses, bank accounts and other property tied to illegal activity. The seizures, first reported by TorrentFreak, came as Congress is mulling dramatically increasing the government’s legal power to disrupt and shutter websites “dedicated to infringing activities.”
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White House Tries To Use Patriot Act Terrorism Law To Enforce Copyright Crackdown > Kiss Youtube Goodby? The White House has proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making "illegal streaming" of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers. Under federal law, wiretaps may only be conducted in investigations of serious crimes, a list that was expanded by the 2001 Patriot Act to include offenses such as material support of terrorism and use of weapons of mass destruction. The administration is proposing to add copyright and trademark infringement, arguing that move "would assist U.S. law enforcement agencies to effectively investigate those offenses." The term "fair use" does not appear anywhere in the proposal.
Media Giants Want To End Fair Use Doctrine
The whispered rumor is that US Fair Use doctrine is so broad that it violates international law — specifically, the Berne Convention on copyright. If enough national governments agree with this interpretation, the US government might be required to replace the Fair Use doctrine with something far more restrictive. Fair use is the doctrine that lets reviewers quote from published works. There is a movement afoot in the world of copyright. The purpose of the movement is to chill the willingness of countries to enact fair use or liberal fair dealing provisions designed to genuinely further innovation , creativity and the free flow of information.
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