The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices

[Lester]

The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices
A new study from the University of Washington suggests that media industry trade groups are using flawed tactics in their investigations of users who violate copyrights on peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/0 ... n-notices/

[Dave Loudin]

I loved the evil file-sharing printer.

[The People's DJ]

The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices
A new study from the University of Washington suggests that media industry trade groups are using flawed tactics in their investigations of users who violate copyrights on peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/0 ... n-notices/

You do understand their not going to get all of us....errr...them.

[AmpedNow]

An inanimate object could also get the blame. The researchers rigged the software agents to implicate three laserjet printers, which were then accused in takedown letters by the M.P.A.A. of downloading copies of “Iron Man” and the latest Indiana Jones film.

Heck, keep throwing lawsuits at everybody and everything. Maybe one of them will stick.



On a serious note, I read that they recently got a judgment against a site who only linked to copyrighted material.

Imagine those implications for the entire internet. "Web 2.0" will be set back to the 90's...