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Tech Culture Gaming

Game companies do not want us preserving their abandoned online titles

Should games like City of Heroes just be forgotten and allowed to die?

By Cal Jeffrey, February 20, 2018, 4:14 PM 14 comments

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Valve says it has the final say on DMCA takedowns regarding DotaTV

ESL VP Ulrich Schulze: "There will be more discussion around this"

By Cal Jeffrey, January 26, 2018, 5:15 PM

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Gaming Industry

Renewed proposal seeks DMCA exemption for 'abandoned' online games

Could this mean the resurrection of City of Heroes?

By Cal Jeffrey, December 22, 2017, 5:05 PM

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The Web Tech Culture

Pornhub ordered to turn over user data by May 1

Porn purveyor demands all user information connected to illegally posted videos

By Cal Jeffrey, April 7, 2017, 10:45 AM 18 comments

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Samsung abuses DMCA to take down GTA V exploding Note 7 mod videos

By Tim Schiesser, October 19, 2016, 7:15 PM 22 comments

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Google Industry

Taylor Swift joins other music industry names calling for DMCA reform in campaign against YouTube

By Rob Thubron, June 21, 2016, 7:30 AM 42 comments

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The Web Tech Culture

Twitter using copyright law to delete stolen jokes

By Rob Thubron, July 27, 2015, 10:30 AM 13 comments

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Google updates its search engine to demote piracy sites, highlight legal content

By Himanshu Arora, October 21, 2014, 10:15 AM

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Google has removed over 100 million piracy-related links this year

By Tim Schiesser, July 26, 2013, 7:30 AM

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Grooveshark gets added to Google's piracy search filter

By Justin Kahn, July 24, 2013, 5:30 PM 10 comments

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The Web Industry

Kim Dotcom holds two-factor authentication patent, won't sue tech giants in exchange for legal help

By Rick Burgess, May 23, 2013, 12:30 PM 16 comments

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New bill aims to legalize cell phone unlocking, fix the DMCA

By Jose Vilches, May 10, 2013, 2:29 PM 11 comments

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YouTube protected by DMCA in Viacom lawsuit, judge rules

By Rick Burgess, April 19, 2013, 5:00 PM

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Phone-unlocking petition author launches "Fix the DMCA" campaign

By Rick Burgess, March 8, 2013, 5:00 PM

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AT&T will continue to unlock customers' smartphones

By Shawn Knight, March 8, 2013, 4:30 PM

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Industry Mobile

FCC will investigate phone unlocking ban, cites innovation, competition concerns

By Rick Burgess, March 1, 2013, 2:00 PM 16 comments

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Petition to legalize unlocking reaches 100K signatures, warrants White House response

By Rick Burgess, February 21, 2013, 11:42 AM 8 comments

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Google report shows increase in censorship, anti-piracy requests

By Rick Burgess, November 14, 2012, 5:30 PM 12 comments

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Industry Mobile

Jailbreaking smartphones remains legal. Tablets? Not so much.

By Rick Burgess, October 26, 2012, 4:30 PM 14 comments

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News Around the Web

Weekend tech reading: Google punishes sites for DMCA takedowns

By Matthew DeCarlo, August 12, 2012, 2:15 PM 11 comments

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Industry The Web

Google defends Hotfile's right to 'safe harbor' under DMCA

By Jose Vilches, March 20, 2012, 10:22 AM

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The Web Industry

Grooveshark sued, Spotify limits free music to 10 hours per month

By Rick Burgess, January 6, 2012, 5:00 PM 12 comments