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Weekend tech reading: Google punishes sites for DMCA takedowns

Weekend tech reading: Google punishes sites for DMCA takedowns
  • Posted August 12, 2012, 2:15 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Has someone filed a large number of DMCA "takedown" requests against your site? If so, look out. That's the latest penalty that may cause you to rank lower in Google's search results. It joins other penalties such as "Panda" and "Penguin." We're dubbing it the "Emanuel Update" in honor of...

Steve Wozniak shares his thoughts on the MegaUpload case

Steve Wozniak shares his thoughts on the MegaUpload case
  • Posted June 26, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Steve Wozniak visited New Zealand last month, stopping by MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom’s Auckland-area estate during the trip. When Dotcom was allowed back online last week, he tweeted a photo of the two during the visit and publically thanked him…

US Government denies Megaupload fair legal representation for a fourth time

US Government denies Megaupload fair legal representation for a fourth time
  • Posted April 17, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • It quickly became obvious with the raids on Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom in January that US authorities were taking a no-nonsense approach to the file-sharing service, in what they aptly called the biggest criminal copyright case ever brought…

Weekend tech reading: Examining the 'evidence' against Megaupload

Weekend tech reading: Examining the
  • Posted January 22, 2012, 3:24 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Having spent some more time going through the indictment in much greater detail, I have some more thoughts and concerns. First, it's important to acknowledge that the founder of Megaupload, who goes by Kim Dotcom, has a long history of flouting the law in a variety of ways...

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