How To Send A Takedown Notice To Google (In 46 Easy Steps!)

In this detailed, step-by-step account, entertainment attorney Stephen Carlisle walks us through the arduous and complex process of sending a DMCA related takedown notice to Google _______________________ Guest Post by Stephen Carlisle on Nova Southeastern University As a postscript to the last blog post on DMCA takedown notices, I thought…

Music Has A Metadata Problem And Next Month’s Music Biz Summit Hopes To Solve It

Music has a metadata problem. If you can’t find it you can’t track it; and if you can’t track it you can’t get paid. That’s the problem and the promise behind Music Biz’s annual Music Metadata Summit. _______________________________________ The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will bring its Metadata Summit back…

DMCA’s Takedown Procedure Is A Total Mess. Are Automated Takedowns To Blame?

As the Copyright Office seeks public comment on how to reform copyright law, DMCA takedown notices have been gaining particular attention, although many of the suggestions for how to improve them involve automated takedowns, which many say would actually make the problem worse. _________________________________ By Mike Masnick of Techdirt Both…