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Protect Your Website from Copyright Infringers

February 1st, 2012

Companies put a lot of money and time into designing a website that is attractive to potential clients and internet surfers. It is a wise investment these days, since much of a company’s business may first learn about the company’s services through search engines and internet advertisements. Less than scrupulous companies may, unfortunately, take a short cut when establishing their own website. Theft of online pictures, text or even entire websites has become a big problem for businesses. What can companies do to protect their online property? Keep Up on Domain Registration Particularly if you have a popular site, someone – often spammers or adult sites – may be watching your URL address closely. It has happened before to companies when they forget to renew their domain name and then someone else jumps in and does so, using a similar-looking website to redirect links to their own products. Register Your…
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Feds Take Down Megaupload – More Seizures to Come?

January 31st, 2012

A sure sign of increased enforcement efforts to come against alleged copyright infringers, the US Department of Justice took a bold step on January 19 when it shut down Hong Kong-based file-sharing service Megaupload.com. To say that Megaupload was a popular site would be an understatement – the site received four percent of all internet traffic on any given day, with 50 million daily visitors. Visitors to the site will now simply see a “seized” picture with the logos of the Justice Department, FBI and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Megaupload is different from torrent file-sharing services in that Megaupload is more like a drop box for files. Internet users upload their files and then receive a hyperlink that they can share with others. Many internet users and companies used Megaupload’s services legitimately. They could upload files too large for e-mail or large files like software and then…
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SOPA and PIPA May Be Done With, But New Laws Still Coming

January 30th, 2012

2012 may shape up to be the most important year yet in terms of intellectual property law developments during the Internet Age. A month into the new year, we have already seen major developments. On January 18, we had the Wednesday that Wikipedia and other popular websites shut down in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (“PIPA”). The protests from technology companies and users seemed to have worked, as both the Senate and the House Judiciary Committee canceled forthcoming action regarding the bills. This likely means that the bills – at least in their controversial forms – will not be moving forward. This does not mean, however, that copyright laws will stay put. The same day as the protests, January 18, California representative Darrell Issa introduced the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (it goes by “OPEN”). Several Californian members…
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