A Way to Avoid Copyright Suits

[Palmpilot]

If it hasn't already, for $105 Pilots of America can protect itself against being sued if we boneheaded forum members post something that violates copyright, by registering a DMCA takedown agent with the U.S. Copyright Office.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/dmca-righthaven-loophole/

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Very interesting; thanks for posting that.

 

[jesse]

Interesting. We're looking into this.

 

[JeffDG]

If y'all need some, give me a paypal account and I'll chip in for this...I work way too much with Intellectual Property issues to advocate against getting this cheap insurance.

 

[AdamZ]

Thanks for the kind offer Jeff.

 

[Skip Miller]

I'm quoting a post by Ed Guthrie over on the red board:

Note that there is an error in the Wired article which I discovered in other research: Righthaven is actually partially owned by the same folks who own the Las Vegas newspaper. IOW, Righthaven isn't some unrelated 3rd party entity purchasing copyright rights from the Las Vegas newspaper, then researching blogs, etc., for infringements, and then suing those the research finds. No, this is a newspaper making money by suing infringers of the newspaper via a sister entity.

That said, I also discovered that Righthaven has discovered a revenue stream by contracting infringement suit services to other newspapers. Denver based MediaNews signed on for the service.
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Ed Guthrie

I don't have the legal background to parse out whether this means the "defense" against copyright infringement is more or less tight because of this news.

-Skip

 

[ScottM]

Protection money. Tony Soprano would be so proud.