[digital-copyright] In the news.

["Jin hoon Lee" <JHLee@xxxxxxxx>]

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Is The Open Act The Answer To Online Piracy?
By:Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., JD Supra (press release), Feburary 23,
2012.

http://tinyurl.com/88vupm6

"The Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA") and Protect Intellectual Property
Act ("PIPA") have been put on hold. But the Online Protection and
Enforcement of Digital Trade Act ("OPEN Act") is moving its way through
the US House of Representatives."

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EU, facing opposition, suspends ratification of copyright treaty, refers
to Court of Justice.
By Associated Press, Washington Post, Feburary 22, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/7o99naa

"He said the necessary balance between copyright protection and the
individual rights of Internet users "is only very inadequately anchored
in this agreement." And in a statement Wednesday, David Martin, a
spokesman on the issue for the Socialists and ..."

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A copyright claim on chirping birds highlights the flaws of YouTube's
automated system.
By Nancy Messieh, The Next Web, Feburary 27, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/789dg3a

"You can barely hear the birds chirping in this YouTube video of a man
picking some fresh ingredients for a wild salad, and yet that very sound
has been identified as copyrighted material, belonging to music company,
Rumblefish."

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What You Should Know About Pinterest and Copyright.
By Angela West, PCWorld, Feburary 26, 2012.

http://tinyurl.com/6u7emd6

"The bigger it gets, the more responsibility it has to ensure that
copyrighted content doesn't show up on its site. Less than a week after
Pinterest offered an opt-out code for websites seeking to protect their
content, Flickr is adopting that code to ..."

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