I've been following your series of videos on this Enric, and you're doing a great job with it. Thanks for getting this information out there.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've posted up several videos on my tech vlog site, > http://techalley.cirne.com/ , on corporation and individual > using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act section 512 to intimidate. > Section 512 allows someone to send a notice to an ISP, video hoster, > etc. that they are the copyright owner of a photo, video, etc. without > proof of copyright ownership. The ISP, video hoster, etc. is required > to have the media removed for at least ten days. The accuser may also > subpeona the hoster to get the identity of the person who put up the > media. > > There are two cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is > defending against such DMCA intimidation: > > - Diehl v. Crook: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/diehl_v_crook/ > Michael Crook fraudalently claimed he owned the image from his > appearance on the Hannity and Colmes show, forcing Diehl to change > ISPs to have the image up on his blog > (http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/) > - Landmark Forum subpeona and EFF move to quash > The corporation, Landmark Forum, claimed copyright of the > critical french news segment, "Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous" > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous) > forcing it's removal from Google Video, The Internet Archive and > YouTube. Then Landmark Education subpoenaed Google Video, The > Internet Archive and YouTube (sample: > http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/archive_subpeona_101906.pdf > ) to reveal the identity of persons uploading the video. > > I interviewed Kurt Opsahl and Jason Schultz at the EFF on these cases > and what bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers can do to defend > themselves from using the DMCA to stop fair use of media. The videos > are not very exciting, but if this interests you or you're in such a > situation they can be worth watching: > > http://techalley.cirne.com/?s=DMCA&submit=Search >
